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A total solar eclipse occurred on July 28, 1851
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_July_28,_1851

A daguerrotypist named Berkowski made the first solar eclipse photograph on July 28, 1851
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophotography#mediaviewer/File:1851_07_28_Berkowski.jpg



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On 28 July, people around the world will come together to mark World Hepatitis Day
https://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/



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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_July

USS Constellation, a sloop-of-war was commissioned on 28 July 1855
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_(1854)



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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.html

On July 28, 1962, Tom Johnson publicly unveiled a new invention, a portable 18¾-inch Cassegrain telescope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Johnson_(astronomer)



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Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 4 was launched on the 28th July 1967
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiting_Geophysical_Observatory

Skylab 3 was launched on the 28th July 1973
http://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 1964
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t37369632/ranger-7/ 

Arirang-2 was launched on the 28th July 2006
http://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



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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_Behnken

Scott Edward Parazynski (born July 28, 1961) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_E._Parazynski

Ian McCaskill (born 28 July 1938 - 10 December 2016) was a former BBC weatherman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_McCaskill

Kennewick 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 physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Townes

Robert 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 astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Campani

James Ludovic Lindsay (28 July 1847 - 31 January 1913) was a British astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ludovic_Lindsay

William Stephen Finsen (28 July 1905 - 16 May 1979) was a South African astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephen_Finsen

Charles Dillon Perrine (July 28, 1867 - June 21, 1951) was an American astronomer living in Argentina.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dillon_Perrine

Albert George Wilson (July 28, 1918 - August 27, 2012) was an American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_George_Wilson

J. Davy Kirkpatrick is an American astronomer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Davy_Kirkpatrick



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Waterworld is a 1995 post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Kevin Reynolds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld



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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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Meteorites

The 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/



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