Today In History From JJD........June 28

1389 - Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan).
1519 - King Carlos I elected Holy Roman Catholic Emperor Charles V
1838 - Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, London
1914 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip at 10.45, the casus belli of WWI
1919 - Treaty of Versailles, ending WW I and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 4 of 223

Henry VIII (1491)

John Elway (1960)

John Wesley (1703)

Mel Brooks (1926)

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 5 of 12
1919 - 33rd US president Harry Truman (35) weds Elizabeth Truman (34) in Independence
1934 - Novelist Kenneth Patchen (22) weds Miriam Patchen in nearby Sharon, Pennsylvania
1965 - Country singer Merle Haggard (28) weds singer Bonnie Owens (35)
1986 - CBS news correspondent Mike Wallace (68) weds Mary Yates
1991 - Explorer Jacques Cousteau (81) weds Francine Triplet in Paris

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Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 2 of 2
2010 - Academy award winning actress Sandra Bullock (45) divorces "Monster Garage" host Jesse James (40) due to conflict of personalities after nearly 5 years of marriage
2012 - "Spy Kids" actress Alexa Vega (23) divorces film producer Sean Covel (36) due to irreconcilable differences after less than two years of marriage

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