What happend on 28th June

27.06
29.06
2005

Canada's lower house paves the way for same-sex marriage to be legalized there, and make it the third country to do so.

2004

Estonia, Lithuania and Slovenia join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism

1997

Boxer Mike Tyson is disqualified from WBA title re-match, for biting off part of the ear of his opponent Evander Holyfield.

1990

Paperback Software found guilty by a U.S. court of copyright violation for copying the appearance and menu system of Lotus 1-2-3 in its competing spreadsheet program.

1988

The worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history occurs at a metal-plating plant in Auburn, Indiana, killing five.

1978

The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.

1969

Stonewall riots in New York city mark the beginning of the modern gay rights era.

1967

Israel annexes East Jerusalem.

1964

Malcom X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

1960

US-owned oil refineries in Cuba confiscated and nationalised.