On this day: July 28Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand (1914)
Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Spain are established (1933)
President Barack Obama reads a big speech in Edison, NJ about his so-called 'Small Business Jobs Initiative' (2010)
b: Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach (1804), Harry Bridges (1901), Hugo Chávez (1954); d: Maximilien Robespierre (1794)
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