Today is Sunday, July 28, the 210th day of the 12 months 2024. There are 156 days left within the 12 months.
Today in history:
On July 28, 1945, a U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in New York, then the tallest constructing on the planet, killing 14 people.
Also on this date:
In 1794, Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just were executed by guillotine in the course of the French Revolution.
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that he would increase the variety of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
In 1976, an earthquake devastated northern China, killing at the least 242,000 people, in keeping with official estimates.
When the 1984 Summer Olympics opened in Los Angeles, 14 Eastern Bloc countries, led by the Soviet Union, boycotted the games.
In 1995, a jury in Union, South Carolina, rejected the death penalty for Susan Smith and sentenced her to life in prison for drowning her two young sons (Smith might be eligible for parole in November 2024).
In 1996, 8,000-year-old human skeletal stays (later called Kennewick Man) were discovered on the banks of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington.
In 2004, the Irish Republican Army officially announced the tip of its armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
In 2015, it was announced that Jonathan Pollard, the previous U.S. Navy intelligence analyst who spent nearly three many years in prison for spying for Israel, had been released on parole.
In 2018, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of US Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington DC, following allegations of sexual abuse, including involving an 11-year-old boy.
In 2019, a gunman opened fire at a preferred garlic festival in Gilroy, California, killing three people, including a six-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, and injuring 17 others before taking his own life.
Today's birthdays:
- The music conductor Riccardo Muti is 83.
- Former Senator and NBA Hall of Famer Bill Bradley is 81.
- “Garfield” creator Jim Davis is 79.
- Television producer Dick Ebersol is 77.
- Actress Sally Struthers is 77.
- The architect Santiago Calatrava is 73.
- CBS television journalist Scott Pelley is 67.
- Actress Lori Loughlin is 60.
- Jazz musician and producer Delfeayo Marsalis is 59.
- UFC President Dana White is 55.
- Actress Elizabeth Berkley is 52.
- Manu Ginobili, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, is 47.
- Actor John David Washington is 40.
- Actor Dustin Milligan is 39.
- Rapper Soulja Boy is 34.
- England football star Harry Kane is 31.
- Pop/rock singer Cher Lloyd is 31.
- Golfer Nelly Korda is 26.
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