July 28
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1976
The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
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Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles.
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The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
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Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
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Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
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Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing 14 of the 16 people on board.
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The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
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Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321.
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While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island, killing both crew members on board.
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Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.
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Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
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Catastrophic floods devastate Eastern Kentucky, resulting in 45 fatalities and causing damage to thousands of homes and businesses.
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2003Malik Nabers, American football player
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2000Emile Smith Rowe, English footballer
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1999GloRilla, American rapper
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1996Harriet Dart, British tennis player
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1994Walker Buehler, American baseball player
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1994Hyojung, South Korean singer
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1993Harry Kane, English footballer
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1993Evan Rodrigues, Canadian ice hockey player
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1993Cher Lloyd, English singer
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1992Spencer Boldman, American actor
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1990Soulja Boy, American rapper, producer, and actor
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1988Gunnar Nelson, Icelandic professional fighter and mixed martial artist
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