Today in History
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2005 IRA Army Council Announces End to Armed Campaign
The Provisional Irish Republican Army, also known as IRA, announced an end to its armed campaign i
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1958 National Aeronautics and Space Act is passed by the US Congress
The act established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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1928 IX Summer Olympics open
The IX Summer Olympics opened in Amsterdam
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1928 IX Summer Olympics open
The IX Summer Olympics opened in Amsterdam
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1821 Peru declares independence
The Peruvian War of Independence against Spain began in 1811 and ended with a declaration of indepen
Births On This Day,
July, 28
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1990 Soulja Boy
American rapper, producer, actor
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1954 Hugo Chávez
Venezuelan military officer, politician, President of Venezuela
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1938 Alberto Fujimori
Peruvian politician
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1929 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
American book editor, 37th First Lady of the United States
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1902 Karl Popper
Austrian/English philosopher
Deaths On This Day,
July, 28
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2004 Francis Crick
English biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1968 Otto Hahn
German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1750 Johann Sebastian Bach
German organist, composer
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1741 Antonio Vivaldi
Italian violinist, composer
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1540 Thomas Cromwell
English statesman
