On July 28, 1984, U.S. President Ronald Reagan opened the Summer Olympics at the Los Angeles Coliseum. UPI file photo Former Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer John Stallworth poses with nine rescued Quee Creek miners before the start of the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Oakland Raiders game at Heinz Field on September 15, 2002. The nine miners were rescued on July 28, 2002. File photo by Steven Gross/UPI Hillary Clinton reaches for a balloon after her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on July 28, 2016. File photo by Pete Marovich/UPI On July 28, 1917, thousands of black Americans marched down Fifth Avenue in New York City in the so-called Silent Parade. Demonstrators were marching to promote civil rights. File Photo Courtesy of the New York Public Library A wounded North Vietnamese soldier is removed from a bunker by soldiers of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division. On July 28, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced the immediate deployment of 50,000 additional U.S. troops to South Vietnam and a doubling of monthly draft requests. File Photo by Kyoichi Sawada/UPI On July 28, 1945, a military plane crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, killing 14 people and setting the building on fire. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI On July 28, 2003, the two largest U.S. banks, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, agreed to pay approximately $300 million in fines and penalties for helping Enron defraud investors. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI On July 28, 1945, the United States ratified the Charter establishing the United Nations. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
July 28 (UPI) — On this day in history:
In 1868, the ratified 14th Amendment was adopted into the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing citizenship rights and all of its privileges to African Americans.
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In 1917, thousands of black Americans marched down Fifth Avenue in New York City as part of the so-called Silent Parade to protest racist violence.
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In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he would double the monthly draft call and immediately send an additional 50,000 U.S. troops to South Vietnam.
In 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Tangshan region of China, killing more than 240,000 people, making it one of the deadliest earthquakes in history.
In 1984, US President Ronald Reagan opened the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The Soviet-led coalition of 15 nations, along with Iran, Libya, Albania and Bolivia, boycotted the games.
The Olympic Cauldron at the Los Angeles Coliseum on the day of the Opening Ceremony of the XXIII Summer Olympics on July 28, 1984. UPI file photo
In 1990, a cargo ship and two barges collided in the Houston Ship Channel near Galveston, Texas, spilling 500,000 gallons of oil.
In 2002, nine miners were rescued after being trapped 240 feet underground for three days in the Quee Creek Mine in southwestern Pennsylvania.
In 2003, the two largest US banks, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, agreed to pay about $300 million in fines and penalties for helping Enron mislead investors.
In 2010, a plane flying to Islamabad in heavy fog and rain crashed in the Himalayan foothills near its destination, killing all 152 people on board.
File Photo: Sajjad Ali Qureshi/UPI
In 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major US political party. She narrowly defeated Democrat Bernie Sanders but lost the general election to Republican candidate Donald Trump.
In 2019, 16-year-old Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf became the first Fortnite World Cup champion, winning $3 million, the most ever won by a single player in an esports tournament.
In 2023, super typhoon Doksuri made landfall in southeastern China with winds of 112 mph and heavy rains, forcing 416,000 people to evacuate. The storm killed more than 135 people in China, the Philippines and Taiwan.
File photo: Francis R. Malasig/EPA-EFE