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28 July 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 July 2014 was a Monday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Rude” by Magic!.
- Top Film of 2014
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2014–15 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 28 July is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 July 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 July 2014 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 28 July
- 2001 Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
- 2002 Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
- 2005 The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
- 2017 Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption charges.
- 2018 Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
Famous people born on July 28
- Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor (1941–2026)
- Harry Kane, English footballer (born 1993)
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States (1929–1994)
- Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist (1958–1981)
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Events of 2014 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 7 – The Lego Movie is released in theaters.
- July 26 – Henry Danger debuts on Nickelodeon.
- August 1 – Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the tenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Life in the US in 2014
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.37
Loaf of Bread
$1.98
Average House
$285,900
Weekly Wage
$796
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