Today in History - History - June 28th

1934Hitler flies to Essen (Night of Long Knifes)

2013Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole's final "Sportscentre" broadcast on TSN

1996"Nutty Professor" starring Eddie Murphy opens in theaters in the USA

1914Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip at 10.45, the casus belli of WWI

1938Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's

1973Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis & Althea Gibson elected

1970Mary Mills wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open

1935FDR orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky

19651st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson

1964Organization for Afo-American Unity formed in NY by Malcolm X

1491Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47)

1703John Wesley, Epworth, Lincolnshire, English Christian theologian and co-founder of the Methodist movement

1960John Elway, Port Angeles Washignton, NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32/33)

1948Kathy Bates, Memphis TN, academy award winning actress (Misery)

191933rd US president Harry Truman (35) weds Elizabeth Truman (34) in Independence

1965Country singer Merle Haggard (28) weds singer Bonnie Owens (35)

1991Explorer Jacques Cousteau (81) weds Francine Triplet in Paris

1934Novelist Kenneth Patchen (22) weds Miriam Patchen in nearby Sharon, Pennsylvania

2008Golfing legend Greg Norman (53) weds former tennis star Chris Evert (53) in Paradise Island, Bahamas

1986CBS news correspondent Mike Wallace (68) weds Mary Yates

1914Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria is assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, led to declarations of war in WWI

1836James Madison, 4th US pres (1809-17), dies in Montpelier Va at 85