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On this day 28th June
Photograph by © Ahmed Hadrovic
Born
1491 King Henry VIII
1902 Richard Rodgers
1902 John Dillingerl
1926 Mel Brooks
1930 Jack Gold
1936 John Inman
1948 Kathy Bates
1966 John Cusack
1968 Adam Woodyatt
Died
1801 Francis Wheatley
2001 Joan Sims
Music
1975 'I'm Not In Love' by 10CC reached No.1 on the UK sngles chart.
1986 WHAM! played their farewell concert at Wembley Stadium, having released their first single only 4 years earlier.
Sport
1995 British doubles players Jeremy Bates and Tim Henman were disqualified from Wimbledon after Henman hurt a ballgirl when he threw a ball in a fit of pique.
1997 The heavyweight championship fight between title defender Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson in Las Vegas was stopped after Tyson twice bit Holyfield's ear, the second time biting off a large chunk of his right lobe.
People & Showbiz
1961 United Artists announced plans to release at least 7 films based on Ian Fleming's popular James Bond novels.
1995 WH Smith were aming several high street shops refusing to stock a series of documentary videos called 'The Serial Killers' featuring interviews with convicted US murderers describing their crimes in graphic details.
General Events
1461 The coronation of King Edward IV took place.
1838 The coronation of 19 year old Queen Victoria took place at Westminster Abbey.
1858 Queen Victoria visited the Great Eastern
1919 The Peace Treaty was signed by the Allies and Germany in the Palace of Versailles.
1993 Oxfam called for the return of 1000 necklaces made from poisonous seeds , sold from their shops. The seeds contained ricin which if swallowed could prove fatal.
1994 British Rail claimed that the 17:30 Paignton to Exeter train had been cancelled because the conductor did not have a tie. The management of BR insisted that a tie must be worn and the conductor, sweating in the high temperatures, was working open-collared.
1997 The government said that it was considering the return of free milk for school children, over 20 years after it was abolished by education minister Margaret Thatcher.
1997 Customes officers found £500,000 worth of cannabis stuffed into a catfish at Gatwick airport.
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