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28 June

🇮🇳 In India

1921 P V Narasimha Rao, lawyer and politician, and ninth Prime Minister of India, was born.

🌎 Elsewhere

1910 First airship with passengers, the Zeppelin LZ7-Deutscheland, makes its maiden voyage. The airship gets stuck in some trees in Mount Limberg, Lower Saxony, injuring one crew member.

1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his consort, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, leading to the outbreak of World War I.

1919 The Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I and establishing the League of Nations.

1997 In one of the most unusual moments in the history of boxing, Mike Tyson bit off a piece of one of Evander Holyfield's ears in a match that took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The former was banned from boxing for 15 months.

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