History for June 28

History for June 28 - On-This-Day.com 

Eric Ambler 1909

• 1914 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo along with his wife, Duchess Sophie.
• 1919 - The Treaty of Versailles was signed ending World War I exactly five years after it began. The treaty also established the League of Nations.
• 1930 - More than 1,000 communists were routed during an assault on the British consulate in London.
• 1949 - The last U.S. combat troops were called home from Korea, leaving only 500 advisers.
• 1950 - North Korean forces captured Seoul, South Korea.
• 2000 - Six-year-old Elián González returned to Cuba from the U.S. with his father. The child had been the center of an international custody dispute.
• 2007 - The American bald eagle was removed from the endangered species list.
• 2010 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live.