Tuesday, July 28th
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Today's Highlights in History
On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. World War I began as declarations of war by other European nations quickly followed. (Go to article.)
On July 28, 1929, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the American first lady noted for her style and elegance, was born. Following her death on May 19, 1994, her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
On July 28, 1877, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about anti-Semitism. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
On this date in:
1540 King Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed. The same day, the English monarch married Catherine Howard, the fifth of his six wives.
1750 Composer Johann Sebastian Bach died in Leipzig, Germany, at age 65.
1794 Maximilien Robespierre, a leading figure of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine.
1821 Peru declared its independence from Spain.
1868 The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing due process and the equal protection of the laws to former slaves, was declared in effect.
1896 The city of Miami, Fla., was incorporated.
1929 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, first lady from 1961 to 1963, was born in Southampton, N.Y.
1945 A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City's Empire State Building, killing 14 people.
1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1976 An earthquake devastated northern China, killing at least 242,000 people.
1995 A jury in Union, S.C., sentenced Susan Smith to life in prison for drowning her two young sons.
1998 Bell Atlantic and GTE announced a $52 billion merger that created Verizon.
1998 Monica Lewinsky was given blanket immunity from prosecution in exchange for grand jury testimony in the investigation of her relationship with President Bill Clinton.
2002 Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pa., were rescued after 77 hours underground.
2002 American cyclist Lance Armstrong won his fourth straight Tour de France.
2004 The Democratic National Convention in Boston nominated Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry for president.
2005 The Irish Republican Army renounced the use of violence against British rule in Northern Ireland and said it would disarm.
2006 Actor-director Mel Gibson launched an anti-Semitic tirade as he was arrested in Malibu, Calif., for driving drunk; Gibson later apologized and was sentenced to probation and alcohol treatment.
2007 Vice President Dick Cheney had surgery to replace an implanted device that was monitoring his heartbeat.
Current Birthdays
Hugo Chavez turns 55 years old today.
AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye President Hugo Chavez of Venzuela turns 55 years old today.
89 Andrew V. McLaglen
Director
78 Darryl Hickman
Actor
68 Michael Mukasey
Former attorney general
66 Bill Bradley
Basketball Hall of Famer, former U.S. senator, D-N.J.
64 Jim Davis
Cartoonist ("Garfield")
63 Jonathan Edwards
Singer
63 Linda Kelsey
Actress ("Lou Grant")
62 Dick Ebersol
TV producer
61 Georgia Engel
Actress ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
61 Sally Struthers
Actress ("All in the Family")
60 Simon Kirke
Rock musician (Bad Company)
55 Steve Morse
Rock musician (Deep Purple)
52 Scott Pelley
Broadcast journalist ("60 Minutes")
48 Marc Perlman
Rock musician (The Jayhawks)
46 Michael Hayden
Actor
45 Lori Loughlin
Actress ("Full House")
44 Delfeayo Marsalis
Jazz trombonist
37 Elizabeth Berkley
Actress
35 Afroman
Rapper, singer
34 Todd Anderson
Country musician (Heartland)
33 Jacoby Shaddix
Rock singer (Papa Roach)
28 Carly Goodwin
Country singer
24 Dustin Milligan
Actor
23 Nolan Gerard Funk
Actor
19 Soulja Boy
Rapper
