A total solar eclipse occurred on July 28, 1851http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_July_28,_1851A daguerrotypist named Berkowski made the first solar eclipse photograph on July 28, 1851http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophotography#mediaviewer/File:1851_07_28_Berkowski.jpg
On 28 July, people around the world will come together to mark World Hepatitis Dayhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Hepatitis_Day
The Tangshan Earthquake was a natural disaster that occurred on Wednesday, July 28, 1976. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t7809157/tangshan-earthquake/
The Ólavsøka Boat Race is always held on the eve of Ólavsøka on 28 July.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93lavs%C3%B8ka#The_.C3.93lavs.C3.B8ka_Boat_Race_on_28_JulyUSS Constellation, a sloop-of-war was commissioned on 28 July 1855http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_(1854)
On July 28th 1885 the 10-inch Grubb refracting telescope was erected at the Armagh Observatory. http://www.arm.ac.uk/history/instruments/Grubb-10inch.htmlOn July 28, 1962, Tom Johnson publicly unveiled a new invention, a portable 18¾-inch Cassegrain telescopehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Johnson_(astronomer)
Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 4 was launched on the 28th July 1967http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiting_Geophysical_ObservatorySkylab 3 was launched on the 28th July 1973http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50201330/skylab-3/Ranger 7, the first US space probe to transmit close images of the lunar surface, was launched on 28 July 1964http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t37369632/ranger-7/ Arirang-2 was launched on the 28th July 2006http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t7638884/arirang-2-satellite/
Space dogs Bars and Lisichka died after their rocket exploded 28.5 seconds into the launch on 28 July 1960.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_dogs#Bars_and_Lisichka
Robert Louis Behnken (born July 28, 1970) is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_BehnkenScott Edward Parazynski (born July 28, 1961) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_E._ParazynskiIan McCaskill (born 28 July 1938 - 10 December 2016) was a former BBC weathermanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McCaskillKennewick Man is the name for the skeletal remains of a prehistoric man found on July 28, 1996. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3381575/kennewick-man/Charles Hard Townes (July 28, 1915 - January 27, 2015) was an American Nobel Prize-winning physicisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_TownesRobert Hooke (28 July 1635 - 3 March 1703) was an English natural philosopher, architect and polymath.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t13763054/robert-hooke/Giuseppe Campani (1635 - July 28, 1715) was an Italian optician and astronomerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_CampaniJames Ludovic Lindsay (28 July 1847 - 31 January 1913) was a British astronomerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ludovic_LindsayWilliam Stephen Finsen (28 July 1905 - 16 May 1979) was a South African astronomer.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephen_FinsenCharles Dillon Perrine (July 28, 1867 - June 21, 1951) was an American astronomer living in Argentina.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dillon_PerrineAlbert George Wilson (July 28, 1918 - August 27, 2012) was an American astronomerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_George_WilsonJ. Davy Kirkpatrick is an American astronomer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Davy_Kirkpatrick
Waterworld is a 1995 post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Kevin Reynoldshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld
NGC 6130 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 28th July 1886.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58175241/ngc-6130/NGC 6208 was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on the 28th July 1826.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58175230/ngc-6208/NGC 6683 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 28th July 1827. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58175211/ngc-6683/
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MeteoritesThe Walters (L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Oklahoma, USA, on the 28th July 1946.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44132120/walters-meteorite/The Essebi (C2 chondrite) meteorite fell in Haut-Zaire, Congo - Dem. Rep, on the 28th July 1957.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44132131/essebi-meteorite/