📜 This Day in History

July 28

• 1148Crusades: The siege of Damascus ended in a decisive victory for the Muslims, leading to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.
• 1866Aged 18, Vinnie Ream became the youngest artist and first woman to receive a United States government commission for a statue—that of Abraham Lincoln currently in the Capitol rotunda.
• 1915U.S. Marines landed at Port-au-Prince to begin a nineteen-year occupation of Haiti.
• 1945A B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, killing 14 people and causing an estimated $1 million in damage.
• 2001At the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Australian Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single FINA world championship.
• 2010In the deadliest air accident in Pakistan's history, Airblue Flight 202 crashed into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, killing all 152 aboard.

Born on this day

• 1804Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (died 1872)
• 1902Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (died 1994)
• 1952Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand
• 1954Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (died 2013)