This Day In History, June 28th.
Five Historical Events That Happened on June 28th.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife in Sarajevo in 1914 marked the beginning of World War I.
The Treaty of Versailles, which put an end to World War I and severely punished Germany, was signed in 1919, paving the way for World War II.
The Stonewall riots, which launched the contemporary LGBTQ rights movement, broke out in New York City in 1969.
In 2005, central London transportation networks were the target of four coordinated suicide attacks that claimed 52 lives and injured over 700 more.
The first iPhone was introduced by Apple in 2007, transforming the mobile phone market and establishing smartphones as a necessary component of contemporary life.
In 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, which triggered the start of World War I.
World War I began on June 28, 1914, as a result of the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. Bosnia and Herzegovina, which the Austro-Hungarian Empire conquered in 1908, was under the sovereignty of Austria-Hungary at the time of the assassination, which was carried out by a gang of Serbian nationalists. A month after the killing, Austria-Hungary accused Serbia for it and declared war on it, sparking a series of alliances and war declarations that eventually resulted in the start of World War I.
In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed, which ended World War I and imposed heavy penalties on Germany, setting the stage for World War II.
On June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside of Paris, France, the Treaty of Versailles was signed. The pact put an end to the war and severely punished Germany by ordering it to disarm and pay reparations to the Allies as well as suffer considerable territory losses. The unjustly harsh conditions of the treaty contributed to the hatred and bitterness that led to the emergence of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in the 1930s and the outbreak of World War II in Germany.
In 1969, the Stonewall riots, which marked the beginning of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, began in New York City.
On June 28, 1969, the Greenwich Village district of New York City saw the start of the Stonewall riots. In reaction to a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a well-known gay bar in the region, LGBTQ individuals spontaneously and violently demonstrated in a series of riots. The riots, which lasted for several days and represented a turning point in the struggle for LGBTQ rights by energizing activists and igniting a surge of demonstrations and lobbying activities around the nation, galvanized activists. The Stonewall riots are now largely recognized as marking the start of the contemporary LGBTQ rights movement.
In 2005, four coordinated suicide bombings targeted transportation systems in central London, killing 52 people and injuring more than 700 others.
On July 7, 2005, four suicide bombers struck London's public transportation system in a series of coordinated strikes during the morning rush hour. A fourth bomb detonated on a double-decker bus after three explosives detonated on London Underground trains. Since the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, the attacks—which resulted in 52 fatalities and more than 700 injuries—have been the worst terrorist assault on British territory. A gang of Al-Qaeda-inspired Islamist extremists carried out the attacks, and it was later discovered that they were connected to other terrorist schemes in the UK and overseas.
In 2007, Apple released the first iPhone, revolutionizing the mobile phone industry and paving the way for smartphones to become an essential part of modern life.
Apple unveiled the first iPhone in 2007, a breakthrough smartphone that transformed the mobile phone market and set the way for the present era of smartphones. The iPhone combined a touch-screen interface with superior computational capabilities, internet connectivity, and a sleek, minimalist appearance, marking a significant change from the cumbersome, button-filled phones that had previously dominated the market. The iPhone was an instant success, fast becoming a cultural phenomenon, changing the way people connect, work, and consume information. Smartphones are now a vital part of everyday life, and the iPhone continues to be one of the most popular and influential technologies in history.