July 28

This day in history:

• 2011 – While flying from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai, China, Asiana Airlines Flight 991 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold. The Boeing 747-400F freighter attempts to divert to Jeju International Airport, but crashes into the sea South-West of Jeju island, killing both crew members on board.
• 1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
• 1854 – USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy and now a museum ship in Baltimore Harbor, is commissioned.
• 1778 – Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.

Births:

• 1645 – Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, French princess (d. 1721)
• 1966 – Shikao Suga, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1966 – Miguel Ángel Nadal, Spanish footballer

Deaths:

• 2018 – Wanny van Gils, Dutch footballer (b. 1959)
• 2012 – Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1937)
• 2021 – Dusty Hill, American musician (b. 1949)

Holidays:

• Fiestas Patrias, celebrates the independence of Peru from Spain by General José de San Martín in 1821.
• World Hepatitis Day
• Ólavsøka Eve (Faroe Islands)

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