Wikipedia:Main Page history/2017 June 28

The

À la Carte Restaurant, RMS Titanic

• ... that
  Titanic
  for passengers for whom first class was not exclusive enough?
• ... that John Hyrum Koyle built the Dream Mine after the Angel Moroni reportedly showed him a Nephite mine in Salem, Utah, which would help fund the gathering of Israel?
• ... that in 1984, Typhoon June killed 121 people in the Philippines?
• ... that French footballer Alban Lafont is the youngest goalkeeper ever to play in Ligue 1, having made his debut at the age of 16 years and 310 days?
• ... that the Baroque pipe organ of the Church of Reinhardtsgrimma was built by Gottfried Silbermann?
• ... that the Ore Dock Brewing Company's flagship beer is named for the recycled material used in constructing the brewery?
• ... that ticket purchases for Witness: The Tour will include copies of Katy Perry's album Witness?
• ... that
  RCA's only astronaut, civilian Bob Cenker
  , narrowly avoided catastrophe during his mission on Space Shuttle Columbia, which experienced several launch-pad aborts and almost exploded?

• An oil truck explosion in Ahmedpur East
  , Pakistan, kills at least 150 people and injures more than 100 others.
• The
  infected with cholera
  .
• At least 10 people are killed and more than 90 others are missing following a landslide in Sichuan, China.
• In Pakistan, at least 80 people are killed and more than 200 others are injured in
  multiple bombings in Quetta and Parachinar
  .
• The cricket teams of Ireland and Afghanistan are awarded Test status by the ICC.

June 28: Vidovdan in Serbia

Anna Pavlova as Giselle

• 572 – Alboin, king of the Lombards, was assassinated in a coup d'état instigated by the Byzantines.
• 1841 – Giselle (Anna Pavlova pictured in the title role), a ballet by French composer Adolphe Adam, was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris.
• 1904 – In Denmark's worst maritime disaster, SS Norge ran aground on Hasselwood Rock, Helen's Reef, in foggy weather, and sank, resulting in more than 635 deaths.
• 1942 – World War II: The German Wehrmacht launched Case Blue, a strategic summer offensive intended to knock the Soviet Union out of the war.
• 2009 – Honduran president Manuel Zelaya was ousted by a local military coup following his attempt to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran constitution.

Muhammad Azam Shah (b. 1653) · Meralda Warren (b. 1959) · Martha Wise (d. 1971)