28th of July 2026
28th of July 2026 is the 209th day of the year.
This day in history:
1689: Relief of Derry – No Surrender - ...more
1914: Start of World War I - ...more
1948: The Battle of London Airport - ...more
1959: Postcodes Introduced - ...more
2005: Provisional IRA formally ceases Violence - ...more
2005: The Birmingham Tornado - ...more
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British quote for the day:
Islington is about as far as you can get from London without needing yellow-fever jabs - A A Gill.
Born today:
Gerard Manley Hopkins - 1844, Beatrix Potter - 1866, Sir Kingsley Amis - 1902, Sir Karl Popper - 1902, John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd - 1904, Malcolm Lowry - 1909, John Stonehouse - 1925, Ian McCaskill - 1938, Harry Kane - 1993.
Died today:
Thomas Cromwell - 1540, Richard Corbet - 1635, Flinders Petrie - 1942.
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