28 July
July 28 is the 209th day (210th day in a leap year) in the Gregorian calendar.
Events
1794 – The leader of the Reign of Terror, Maximilien Robespierre is executed by guillotine in Paris.
1808 - Governor General Daendels issued a new regulation, replacing the resident of the Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat Sultanate with a minister and changing his position to be equal to the Sultan and Sunan.
1821 - José de San Martín declares Peru's independence from Spanish rule.
1914 – Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, starting World War I.
1990 - Alberto Fujimori becomes President of Peru and the first person of East Asian descent to serve as chief executive of a non-Asian country.
1993 - Andorra becomes a member of the United Nations.
1995 - Vietnam officially becomes a member of ASEAN, changing the SEAN symbol to ten rice stalks.
2003 - Humbang Hasundutan Regency was inaugurated in North Sumatra with the largest sub-district of Dolok Sanggul.
2005 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army announces the end of their thirty-year armed campaign in Northern Ireland.
2007 - Rini Wulandari won Indonesian Idol (fourth season).
Birth
1929 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wife of John F. Kennedy (d. 1994).
1981 - Michael Carrick, English footballer
1993 - Kevin Julio Indonesian Actor
Died
1947 - Abdul Rahman Saleh, Indonesian national hero (b. 1909).
2018 - Marlis Rahman, Indonesian academic, lecturer, and politician. (b. 1942)
Holidays and anniversaries
1996 - Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad SAW 1417 Hijri.
2014 - Eid Al-Fitr 1435 Hijri.World Hepatitis Day
Peru - Independence Day 27 July - 28 July - 29 July