June 28: World War I begins and ends, Holyfield loses an ear

June 28, 7:15 PMPortland History ExaminerNatalie Leavitt

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Maine Fast Fact: The Portland Ice Arena is the home to the practices of the Portland Pirates hockey team, seats 750 people, was opened in 1984 and stays open 10 months during the year.

Births:

• 1491: King Henry VIII of England
• 1926: Mel Brooks, American film director, screenwriter, comedian, producer and actor
• 1946: Gilda Radner, American comedienne
• 1948: Kathy Bates, American actress
• 1960: John Elway, American football player, quarterback for the Denver Broncos
• 1966: John Cusack, American actor
• 1976: Seth Wescott, American snowboarder
• 1977: Mark Stoermer, American bass player, part of the group The Killers
• 1986: Kellie Pickler, American singer

Deaths:

• 1836: James Madison, 4th President of the United States
• 1975: Rod Sterling, American screenwriter and television producer, creator of the television series The Twilight Zone

History:

• 1778: The Battle of Monmouth is fought during the Revolutionary War between the American Continental Army under George Washington and the British Army led by Sir Henry Clinton.
• 1859: The first official dog show is held in England.
• 1894: Labor Day is made into an official U.S. holiday.
• 1896: An explosion in Newton Coal Company’s Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston City, Pennsylvania causes a cave-in, killing 58 miners.
• 1902: The Spooner Act is passed by the U.S. Congress giving President Theodore Roosevelt the authorization to obtain rights to purchase the French Panama Canal from present day Colombia and Panama.
• 1914: The Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand, and his wife, Sophia, are assassinated in Sarajevo by a Serbian nationalist, the cause of World War I.
• 1919: The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris between the Allies (Belgium, Britain, the United States, France and Italy) and Germany and Austria-Hungary, ending World War I.
• 1964: The Organization of Afro-American Unity is created by Malcolm X.
• 1978: The United States Supreme Court rules against using quota systems in college admissions in the case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.
• 1983: The Mianus River Bridge in Connecticut collapses over the Mianus River, killing three drivers.
• 1996: The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina, allows women to attend the school, ending the 153-year-old men-only policy.
• 1997: Mike Tyson is disqualified from the third round of WBA heavyweight title for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear during the fight.
• 2000: Elian Gonzalez returns to Cuba after seven months in Florida; The Supreme Court rules that the Boy Scouts are allowed to ban gays from serving as troop leaders.
• 2006: The Republic of Montenegro becomes the 192nd member of the United Nations by the General Assembly resolution.
• 2007: The American Bald Eagle is removed from the endangered species list.

[photo: Malcolm X, worderpress.caraway1965.com/?p=397]