July 28^th is

Buffalo Soldiers Day

Chili Dog Day

National Milk Chocolate Day

World Hepatitis Day

World Festivals and National Holidays

Bermuda – Emancipation Day

Peru – Día de la Independencia

San Marino – Fall of Fascism Anniversary

Spain – Día de las Instituciones

Switzerland – Verbier Festival
(Classical Music – through August 4)

United Kingdom –
…Cumbria: Kendal Calling
…Wiltshire: Womad

On This Day in HISTORY

1540 – Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s chief minister, executed for treason

1635 – Robert Hook, astronomy- biology-light refraction pioneer, is born
1809 – Wellington’s British/Iberian troops defeat French at Battle of Talavera

1821 – José de San Martín declares Peru’s independence from Spain

1854 – The last all-sail U.S. Navy warship, USS Constellation, is commissioned

1866 – Beatrix Potter, beloved English author-illustrator of Peter Rabbit, is born

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1868 – 14^th Amendment to U.S. Constitution certified, establishing citizenship of black males, and guaranteeing due process of law

1896 – Miami FL becomes incorporated city

1914 – Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting WWI

1915 – U.S. begins a 20-year occupation of Haiti

1932 – After DC police confrontation with WWI “Bonus Army” fails, President Hoover orders U.S. Army troops to evict the veterans from their Washington DC encampment

1935 – First flight of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

1939 – Judy Garland recorded Over the Rainbow for The Wizard of Oz

1965 – LBJ orders increase of U.S. troops in Viet Nam from 75,000 to 125,000

1973 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen – ‘Grateful Dead’ sparks massive turnout

1984 – Summer Olympics (XXIII Olympiad) Opening Ceremonies in Los Angeles CA

1996 – “Kennewick Man’s” prehistoric remains found near Kennewick, WA

2005 – Provisional Irish Republican Army ends its 30-year Northern Ireland campaign

2009 – Tanzania Banking for Women opens in Dar es Salaam