On This Day: 28 June

The Crusaders regain Antioch – defeating Kerbogha, the Turkish Atabeg of Mosul			1098
Edward IV is crowned King of England			1461
Spanish troops recover Minorca from the French			1756
Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition (during the American War of Independence)			1776
Washington defeats the British at the Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey			1778
John Whitelocke lands at Ensenada in an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires – the second British invasion of the Río de la Plata – but is defeated by the locals			1807
Queen Victoria is crowned in Westminster Abbey			1838
The ballet Giselle, with music by Adolphe Adam, is premiered in Paris			1841
Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone			1846
60 pointers and setters take part in the first modern ("conformation") dog show, at Newcastle–upon–Tyne Town Hall			1859
Robert O'Hara Burke, Irish explorer of Australia (partner of W. J. Wills) dies of starvation on returning from the exploration of the mouth of the Flanders River			1861
Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan			1880
The US Congress authorises President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the construction of the Panama Canal			1902
More than 635 lives are lost when the SS Norge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic, 270 miles northwest of Ireland			1904
Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin after sailors are shot for complaining about bad food			1905
The first Zeppelin airliner, the Deutschland, crashes in a forest near Osnabruck			1910
Westminster Cathedral consecrated			1910
The Nakhla meteorite – the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars – falls to Earth in Egypt			1911
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (and his wife) are shot by the Bosnian revolutionary Gavrilo Princip at Sarajevo			1914
The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I			1919
Alexander I, King of Serbia, proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes – known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution			1921
The shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces begins the Irish Civil War			1922
The ruins of a pre–Mayan city are discovered near Orizaba, Mexico			1925
Mercedes–Benz is formed by the merger of the companies owned by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz			1926
President Roosevelt orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky			1935
Thirty–six "confessed" German spies are shot in the Soviet Union, on the orders of Josef Stalin			1937
Romania cedes Bessarabia (current–day Moldova) to the Soviet Union, after facing an ultimatum presented two days earlier			1940
The British Eighth Army retreats to El Alamein			1942
Yugoslavia is expelled from Cominform because of its "hostility to the USSR"			1948
The British/US airlift to Berlin begins			1948
Dick Turpin (elder brother of Randolph Turpin) beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park, to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era			1948
The massacre of between 100,000 and 200,000 suspected Communist sympathisers, on the orders of South Korean President Syngman Rhee, begins			1950
North Korean forces take Seoul, despite the bombing of the Hangang Bridge by the South Koreans in an attempt to impede their progress. They massacre between 700 and 900 doctors, nurses, inpatient civilians and wounded soldiers at the Seoul National University Hospital			1950
England lose 1–0 to the USA in the first round of the World Cup finals in Brazil			1950
Forty–four people are killed in a conflict with the police, as factory workers in Poznan take to the streets to protest against Poland's Communist government			1956
France orders the release of 30 Algerian political prisoners, in an attempt to win Muslim support over French plans for the colony's future			1958
Forty–five coal miners lose their lives in a gas explosion at the Six Bells Colliery in Abertillery, Monmouthshire			1960
The Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement			1969
Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power–sharing between unionists and nationalists in the province for the first time			1973
In Ethiopia, armed forces take control of government buildings and broadcasting			1974
Three Britons and one American are sentenced to death by firing squad, and a further nine men sentenced to prison terms ranging from 16 to 30 years, for their mercenary roles during the Angolan civil war			1976
The Seychelles becomes an independent republic within the Commonwealth			1976
Chemical weapons are used against civilians for the first time, when Iraqi warplanes bomb the Iranian town of Sardasht			1987
Spain's longest–ever trial, over toxic olive oil, ends			1988
In Sri Lanka, the government announces a ceasefire agreement with the Tamil Tigers			1989
Seven months after being ousted as Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher announces that she will retire from the House of Commons at the next election			1991
The British Lions defeat South Africa 18–15 to clinch the 3–match test series (2–0 up with one to play)			1997
Mike Tyson is disqualified from a world title fight after biting off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear			1997
Elián Gonzalez, Cuban shipwreck survivor and "tug–of–love" victim, flies from Washington to Havana to be reunited with his father, stepmother and half–sibling			2000
Serbian authorities yield to international pressure and hand over former Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevich to face trial on charges of mass killings, ethnic cleansing and war crimes			2001
The Coalition Provisional Authority hands sovereign power to the interim government of Iraq, ending US–led rule			2004

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On This Day: 28 June