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Today in History - June 28

Today in History - June 28

June 28, 1969 marks the beginning of the Stonewall Uprising, a series of events  between police and LGBTQ+ protesters that stretched over six days.  Continue reading.

A Bosnian Serb, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sofia, in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, setting off a chain of events that would culminate in a world war by August.  Continue reading.

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