What happend on 28th July

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2005

Larry Brown is introduced as the head coach of the New York Knicks NBA franchise, at a press conference in Madison Square Garden.

2003

NPR broadcasts the first episode of Day to Day, a one-hour radio newsmagazine

2002

Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pennsylvania, were rescued after 77 hours underground.

1998

Monica Lewinsky scandal: Ex-White House intern, Monica Lewinsky receives transactional immunity in exchange for her grand jury testimony concerning her relationship with US President Bill Clinton.

1997

Guatemala becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

1996

Kennewick Man, the remains of a prehistoric man, was discovered near Kennewick, Washington.

1995

Network Solutions announces a new policy to help companies protect their trademarks on the Internet.

1992

Mary J. Blige releases her album What's the 411?. It is considered the album that started the new subgenre, hip-hop soul (also see 1992 in music).

1990

Alberto Fujimori becomes president of Peru

1976

The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 magnitude flattens Tangshan, China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.