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June 28th

EVENTS
1859: First conformation dog show is held in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. (Conformation=conforming to breed standards within 1 breed)
1960: US-owned oil refineries in Cuba confiscated and nationalized.
1964: Macolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
1969: Stonewall riots in New York city mark the beginning of the modern gay rights era.
2001: Slobodan Milošević transferred to United Nations custody.
2005: Same sex marriage passes in the House of Commons in Canada.


BIRTHDAYS
Henry VIII (1491)...King of England (the one who went through 6 wives)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712)...philosopher ("Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." - The Social Contract)
Mel Brooks (1926) ...actor/writer/director/producer (The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs)
Gilda Radner (1946) ...comedian (Second City in Toronto, later part of SNL)


DEATHS
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie (1914)...one of the triggers of WWI
Terry Fox (1981) ...Canadian cancer activist