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On this day in history - Today, June, 28

Today in History

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Births On This Day,
June, 28

  • 1940 Muhammad Yunus

    Bangladeshi economist, Nobel Prize laureate

  • 1926 Mel Brooks

    American actor, director, producer, writer

  • 1712 Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Swiss philosopher, polymath

  • 1577 Peter Paul Rubens

    Flemish painter

  • 1491 Henry VIII of England

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Deaths On This Day,
June, 28

  • 2001 Mortimer J. Adler

    American philosopher, author

  • 1981 Terry Fox

    Canadian athlete, activist

  • 1975 Rod Serling

    American screenwriter, producer, created The Twilight Zone

  • 1962 Mickey Cochrane

    American baseball player, manager

  • 1836 James Madison

    American politician, 4th President of the United States