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The Fourteenth Amendment was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments following the American Civil War.
July 28 in History
1868 — The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law
July 28 spans 48 recorded events across recorded history, from 484 to 2022. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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484 – 2022
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More major events on July 28
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- 2010 Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321. Read story Source
- 1965 Vietnam War: U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. Source
- 1932 During the Great Depression, U.S. president Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C. Source
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The amendment was bitterly contested, with states of the defeated Confederacy required to ratify it to regain representation in Congress.
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The first section of the amendment is one of the most litigated parts of the Constitution, forming the basis for landmark Supreme Court decisions.
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Landmark cases based on the Fourteenth Amendment include Brown v. Board of Education, Loving v. Virginia, and Roe v. Wade.
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The amendment's enactment addressed citizenship rights and equal protection under the law at all levels of government, particularly for freed slaves.
484
Pope Felix III excommunicated patriarch Acacius of Constantinople for his support of the Henoticon and his support of the removal of patriarch John Talaia, leading to the Acacian schism.
Head of the Catholic Church from 483 to 492
1364
Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
Italian maritime republic (c. 1000–1406)
1402
Ottoman-Timurid Wars: Battle of Ankara: Timur, ruler of Timurid Empire, defeats forces of the Ottoman Empire sultan Bayezid I.
1402 Timurid–Ottoman battle
1540
Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
King of England from 1509 to 1547
1540
Thomas Cromwell is executed after having been condemned untried, using a bill of attainder which Cromwell had used against his opponents.
English statesman (1485–1540)
1571
La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines, is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomiendas (provinces) in the country.
Spanish labour system in its colonies
1635
Eighty Years' War: The Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
c. 1566/1568–1648 war in Habsburg Netherlands
1778
Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
Autonomous community and province of Spain
1794
French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
1789–1799 sociopolitical change in France
1808
Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1839
1809
Peninsular War: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army repulse a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte in the Battle of Talavera.
1807–1814 war against Napoleon in Iberia
1821
José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
Argentine general and leader (1778–1850)
1854
USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy and current museum ship in Baltimore Harbor, is commissioned.
Last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy
1864
American Civil War: In the Battle of Ezra Church, Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt under General John Bell Hood to prevent Union forces led by General William T.
Sherman from approaching Atlanta, Georgia.
1866
At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
19th-century American sculptor
1883
A moderate earthquake measuring magnitude 4.3–5.2 strikes the Italian island of Ischia, killing over 2,300 people.
Earthquake in Italy
1911
The Australasian Antarctic Expedition began as the SY Aurora departed London.
Expedition to Antarctica led by Douglas Mawson, 1911–1914
1914
World War I: In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on the Kingdom of Serbia and begins the Great War.
Global conflict from 1914 to 1918
1915
The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
1915–1934 military occupation
1917
Anti-lynching movement: The Silent Parade takes place in New York City, in protest against murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
Civil rights movement in the United States
1932
During the Great Depression, U.S.
president Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
1935
1938
Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
1938 aviation accident
1942
World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No.
227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
1943
World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
1945
A U.S.
Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
1957
Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
City in Kyushu, Japan
1960
The German Volkswagen Act comes into force.
1960 West German laws regarding privatisation and government control of companies
1962
Beginning of the 8th World Festival of Youth and Students.
1962 youth festival in Helsinki, Finland
1965
Vietnam War: U.S.
president Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1973
Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
1973 rock festival in New York state, US
1974
Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
Unit of the Soviet/Russian Security Service
1976
The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
Mw 7.6 earthquake in Hebei, China
1984
Olympic Games: Games of the XXIII Olympiad: The summer Olympics were opened in Los Angeles.
International sporting events
1996
The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington.
Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
2001
Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
Australian swimmer (born 1982)
2002
Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
Process of getting coal to the surface
2002
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 crashes after takeoff from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing 14 of the 16 people on board.
2002 aviation accident
2005
The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
Paramilitary force active from 1969 to 2005
2010
Airblue Flight 202 crashes into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing all 152 people aboard.
It is the deadliest aviation accident in Pakistan history and the first involving an Airbus A321.
2011
While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold.
The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island, killing both crew members on board.
2017
Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.
Prime Minister of Pakistan (1990–1993; 1997–1999; 2013–2017)
2018
Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
Australian skipper
2022
Catastrophic floods devastate Eastern Kentucky, resulting in 45 fatalities and causing damage to thousands of homes and businesses.
Catastrophic flood event from July 26 to August 1