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July 28

This year marks the 50th anniversary of 1976 Tangshan earthquake — July 28 carries the weight of round numbers. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♌ZodiacLeo ◈BirthstoneRuby ❀Birth flowerLarkspur

Leo is the sign for July 28 — read more on the Leo page, or see July's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on July 28?

July 28 is the 209th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1540 and 2005. Famous people born on July 28 include Mathieu Debuchy, Marcel Duchamp and Hugo Chávez.

Released on July 28

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game One-Eyed Likho

2024

  • Game Chuxie

2023

  • Movie Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
  • Game Disney Illusion Island

2022

  • Game Azure Striker Gunvolt 3
  • Game Anonymous;Code
  • Game Digimon Survive
  • Game Life Makeover

2021

  • Game The Forgotten City
  • Game Omno
  • Game Unbound: Worlds Apart
  • Game Chernobylite
  • Game Eldest Souls

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1540

    Henry VIII

  2. 1778

    Cantabria

  3. 1866

    Vinnie Ream

  4. 1911

    Australasian Antarctic Expedition

  5. 1914

    World War I

  6. 1942

    World War II

  7. 1945

    North American B-25 Mitchell

  8. 1976

    1976 Tangshan earthquake

  9. 1984

    Olympic Games

  10. 2005

    Provisional Irish Republican Army

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 28

Mathieu Debuchy

b. 1985

Marcel Duchamp

b. 1887

Hugo Chávez

b. 1954

William T. Vollmann

b. 1959

John Ashbery

b. 1927

Michael Carrick

b. 1981

Ernst Cassirer

b. 1874

William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

b. 1516

Deaths

  • 2004Tiziano Terzani
  • 1844Joseph Bonaparte
  • 1794Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
  • 1794Maximilien Robespierre
  • 1750Johann Sebastian Bach
  • 1741Antonio Vivaldi

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Alphonsa Muttathupadathu (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Botvid
  • —Christian feast day: Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, Henry Purcell (Episcopal Church commemoration)
  • —Christian feast day: Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz, George Frederick Handel (Lutheran commemoration)
  • —Christian feast day: Nazarius and Celsus
  • —Christian feast day: Pedro Poveda Castroverde
  • —Christian feast day: Pope Innocent I
  • —Christian feast day: Pope Victor I

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