This Day in History, June 28th...

1776 - Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and Life Guard to General George Washington, was hanged for mutiny and sedition.

1865 - The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.

1894 - Labor Day becomes and official US holiday.

1914 - Franz Ferdinand, the Archduke of Austria, and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli (justification for acts of war) of WWI.

1919 - 5 years later, The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, formally ending WWI between Great Britian, France, Italy, the United States and allies on one side and Germany and Austria Hungary on the other side.

1950 - Seoul is captured by troops from North Korea.

1978 - The US Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.

1997- Tyson v. Holyfield II - Tyson is disqualified in 3rd round for biting a piece of Holyfield's ear.

2004 - Sovereign power in handed to interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the US-led rule of that nation.

2005 - Canada becomes the third country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.

Notable Birthdays:

1491 - King Henry VIII of England
1703- John Wesley, English Founder of Methodism
1706- Benjamin Franklin, Scientist, Philosopher and Founding Father.
1926- Mel Brooks
1932- Pat Morita, (Mr. Miyagi)