What Happened On This Day – July 28
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2005 IRA Army Council Announces End to Armed Campaign
The Provisional Irish Republican Army, also known as IRA, announced an end to its armed campaign in the group's effort to free Northern Ireland from United Kingdom's rule.
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1958 National Aeronautics and Space Act is passed by the US Congress
The act established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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1928 IX Summer Olympics open
The IX Summer Olympics opened in Amsterdam
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1928 IX Summer Olympics open
The IX Summer Olympics opened in Amsterdam
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1821 Peru declares independence
The Peruvian War of Independence against Spain began in 1811 and ended with a declaration of independence under the leadership of José de San Martín.
Births On This Day,
July 28
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1990 Soulja Boy
American rapper, producer, actor
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1954 Hugo Chávez
Venezuelan military officer, politician, President of Venezuela
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1938 Alberto Fujimori
Peruvian politician
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1929 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
American book editor, 37th First Lady of the United States
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1902 Karl Popper
Austrian/English philosopher
Deaths On This Day,
July 28
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2004 Francis Crick
English biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1968 Otto Hahn
German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1750 Johann Sebastian Bach
German organist, composer
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1741 Antonio Vivaldi
Italian violinist, composer
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1540 Thomas Cromwell
English statesman