Also on This Day in History June 28
Discover what happened on June 28 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries,
famous births and notable deaths.
Births on This Day, June 28
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1943
Klaus von Klitzing
German physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1985 for his discovery, made in 1980, of the quantized Hall effect.
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1928
John Stewart Bell II
Northern Irish physicist who has been described as breathing “new and exciting life into the foundations of quantum theory.
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2024
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
German physicist who shared one-half of the 1963 Nobel Prize for Physics with J. Hans D. Jensen of West Germany for their proposal of the shell nuclear model.
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1875
Henri-Léon Lebesgue
French mathematician who developed a theory of integration, now known by his name
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1857
Robert Jones
English orthopaedic surgeon who has been called the founder of modern orthopaedic surgery.
Deaths on This Day, June 28
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1974
Vannevar Bush
American electrical engineer who headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development during WW II to stimulate scientific research.
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1972
Prasanta Mahalanobis
He was an Indian statistician who set up large-scale surveys, applied statistical theory and created institutions to carry out such work.
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1923
Hermann M. Biggs
American physician who pioneered the use of bacteriological studies in the field of public health for the prevention and control of contagious diseases.
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1889
Maria Mitchell
American astronomer who was the first professional woman in the field in the United States.
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1768
George Hadley
English physicist and meteorologist who first formulated an accurate theory describing the trade winds and the associated meridional circulation pattern now known as the Hadley cell.