At A Glance

28 June 2015 at a glance

Day of the week
28 June 2015 was a Sunday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth.
Top Film of 2015
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Top-Rated TV Show
“NCIS” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2015–16 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 28 June is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 28 June 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 28 June 2015 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 28 June

  • 1997 Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
  • 2001 Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
  • 2004 Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
  • 2009 Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
  • 2012 The United States Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.

Famous people born on June 28

  • Elon Musk, South African-born American entrepreneur (born 1971)
  • Henry VIII, King of England (1491–1547)
  • Mel Brooks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)
  • John Cusack, American actor and screenwriter (born 1966)

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Events of 2015 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 12 – A federal judge rules that South Dakota's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, and immediately stays the ruling.
  • January 18 – K.C. Undercover and Star vs. the Forces of Evil debuts on Disney Channel and Disney XD.
  • February 22 – The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences hold the 87th Academy Awards in the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris. The telecast garners nearly 37.3 million viewers.

Life in the US in 2015

President

Barack Obama

Gas (per gallon)

$2.43

Loaf of Bread

$1.98

Average House

$294,000

Weekly Wage

$818

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