07-28-2004, 04:55 AM
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July 28th
1540 ~ Thomas Cromwell was executed on order from the king on charges of treason. A great-great grand nephew, Oliver, also became involved in politics.
1741 ~ Death of Antonio Vivaldi, Composer.
1750 ~ Death of Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer.
1794 ~ Maximilien Robespierre was guillotined in front of a cheering crowd, for sending thousands of others to a similar fate during the French Revolution.
1817 ~ Death of Jane Austen, Author.
1866 ~ Birthday of Beatrix Potter, Author.
1929 ~ Birthday of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.
1914 ~ World War I begins: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
1965 ~ Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson announced his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1996 ~ Kennewick Man, the remains of a prehistoric man, was discovered near Kennewick, Washington.
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