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This Day In History June 28


Charles elected Holy Roman emperor Former President James Madison dies Western writer Emerson Hough is born Confederates capture commercial ship Robert Louis Stevenson sets sail for the South Seas Archduke Ferdinand assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated Lasky Company merges with Famous Players, later to become Paramount Harry S. Truman marries Bess Wallace Keynes predicts economic chaos Louis Armstrong records "West End Blues" Britain recognizes General Charles de Gaulle as the leader of the Free French Yugoslavia expelled from COMINFORM Workers assemble first Corvette in Flint, Michigan U.S. forces launch first offensive The Stonewall Riot Nixon announces draftees will not go to Vietnam A teenage girl's boyfriend murders her parents Two big quakes rock California A serial rapist strikes in Allentown Mike Tyson bites ear DaimlerChrysler announces Smart's arrival in United States
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