Talk:July 28
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July 28: Independence Day in Peru (1821)
- 1794 - Reign of Terror leader Maximilien Robespierre (pictured) was guillotined.
- 1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, starting World War I.
- 1976 - The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 magnitude flattened Tangshan, China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
- 1990 - Alberto Fujimori, the first person of Japanese descent elected as an executive head of state of a Latin American nation, took office as President of Peru.
- 1996 - The remains of the prehistoric Kennewick Man were discovered.
Recent days: July 27 – July 26 – July 25
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From main page, under holidays:
- Israel - Tisha B'Av, this is not a holiday, but many stores and most restaurants close
Tisha b'Av is the ninth day of the month of Av in the Hebrew Calendar--it doesn't fall on the same Gregorian day every year. (I assume someone meant "not a legal holiday", but that's an easy fix if the entry belongs at all.) Vicki Rosenzweig
