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On this day — June 28

A hand-curated thread of what happened on this date, across centuries.

2016

Milestone

A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.

2012

Milestone

The United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.

2009

Politics

Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.

2004

Politics

Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority

ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.

2001

Milestone

Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.

1997

Milestone

Holyfield–Tyson II

Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.

1989

Milestone

On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo

Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.

1987

Politics

For the first time in military history

a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.

1982

Milestone

Aeroflot Flight 8641 crashes in Mazyr

Belarus, killing 132 people.

1981

Milestone

A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran

killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party.

1978

Milestone

The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v

Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.

1976

Milestone

The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.

1973

Politics

Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly

which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.

1969

Milestone

Stonewall riots begin in New York City

marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.

1964

Milestone

A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.

The United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.

Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.

Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority

Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.

Holyfield–Tyson II

On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo

For the first time in military history

Aeroflot Flight 8641 crashes in Mazyr

A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran

The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v

The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.

Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly

Stonewall riots begin in New York City

Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.