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This day in history
June 28
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2016
Gunmen attacked Istanbul's Atatürk Airport, killing 45 people and injuring more than 230 others. 2016 Atatürk Airport attack →
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1990
Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, was found guilty of copyright infringement for using Lotus 1-2-3's look-and-feel interface in its own spreadsheet program. Paperback Software →
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1989
President Slobodan Milošević gave a speech at Gazimestan in which he described the possibility of "armed battles" in the future of Serbia's national development. Slobodan Milošević →
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1978
In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the U.S. Supreme Court barred quota systems in college admissions but held that affirmative-action programs advantaging minorities were constitutional. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke →
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1969
In response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, groups of gay and transgender people began demonstrations, a watershed event for the worldwide gay rights movement. Stonewall Inn →
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1963
Profumo affair: During the trial of Stephen Ward, Mandy Rice-Davies uttered the phrase "Well he would, wouldn't he?" Profumo affair →
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1956
Polish workers demanding better working conditions began massive protests in Poznań, but were later violently repressed by the Polish People's Army and the Internal Security Corps. 1956 Poznań protests →
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1950
Korean War: South Korean forces began the Bodo League massacre, summarily executing tens of thousands of suspected North Korean sympathizers. Korean War →
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1942
World War II: The Wehrmacht launched Case Blue, a strategic German offensive to capture oil fields in the south of the Soviet Union. World War II →
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1916
First World War: Around 55,000 workers in Berlin went on strike to protest against the trial of anti-war campaigner Karl Liebknecht. World War I →
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1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip (pictured), a Yugoslav nationalist, sparking the outbreak of World War I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria →
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1911
The Nakhla meteorite (fragments pictured), the first meteorite to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, fell to Earth in Abu Hummus, Egypt. Nakhla meteorite →