JUNE 28 | Birthdays and Events
Famous Birthdays
People born on June 28
Clara Maass
Died: August 24, 1901
Army nurse who sacrificed her life at the age of 25 to prove that mosquitoes carry yellow fever. She volunteered to let an infected mosquito to bite her and successfully contracted a mild case of the disease.
Mel Brooks
Multi-award winning comedian and actor with defining roles in film, such as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Spaceballs.
Robert Ledley
Died: July 24, 2012
Inventor of the CT scanner (computed tomography scanner).
Pat Morita
Died: November 25, 2005
Actor fondly remembered for his role as Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid film series.
Donald Johanson
Paleontologist who is best known for discovering a female hominin australopithecine (gorilla) known as "Lucy" in Ethiopia.
Kathy Bates
Multi-award winning actress with major roles in Misery, Fried Green Tomatoes, Titanic and The Waterboy.
Historical Events on June 28
Events that occurred on June 28 throughout history
The draft to the Declaration of Independence is submitted to the Continental Congress.
The "Committee of Five" (Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston) formally submitted their draft of Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
Congress establishes the first federal holidays.
Congress establishes the first federal holidays--New Years Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
Labor Day becomes an official U.S. holiday.
President Grover Cleveland signed legislation into law making Labor Day an official holiday as the result of the violent Pullman Strike. The law was intended to reconcile with workers and recognize the economic and social achievements of American laborers.
Congress passes the Spooner Act.
Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal. Columbia's legislature rejected the Hay-Herrán Treaty prompting Roosevelt to deploy U.S. warships to block Colombian troops. Eventually, Columbia granted the U.S. control of the Canal.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders a federal gold vault to be built.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as a secure location the nation's rapidly growing gold reserves.
Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity to unite all people of African descent and fight for global human rights. The organization fell apart after his assassination in 1965.
The first woman was admitted to Air Force Academy.
Joan Olsen is officially sworn in as the first woman was admitted to Air Force Academy. Unfortunately, she did not graduate.