On June 28, 2007, the American Bald Eagle is removed from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. Despite its significance as a national symbol, a variety of factors caused the bird's population to drop below 1,000 in the lower 48 states by the mid 1950's. Significant protections afforded by the Endangered Species Act of 1973 have increased the population to more than 100,000 in Alaska alone, while 23 of the lower 48 have at least 100 pairs of breeding adults. (During the winter months I see them on an almost daily basis overhead, but I can never get a good picture)
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August.
On June 28, 1953, the first Corvette rolls off the assembly line at the Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan. Though it looked the part of an early American muscle car, performance in the early models didn't match the looks, and Chevy was considering dropping the line, but Ford had introduced the Thunderbird around the same time. Instead, Chevy rose to the competition by putting a V-8 in the 'Vette in 1955.
On June 28, 1997, Evander Holyfield defends his WBA heavyweight boxing title in a rematch with former champ Mike Tyson. Seven months earlier, Holyfield shocked Tyson with an 11th round TKO; Tyson afterward complaining that he had been continuously headbutted by Holyfield throughout the fight. In the rematch, Holyfield controlled round one and was doing the same in round two when he appeared to accidentally headbutt Tyson. That's when things turned.....strange. With about 40 seconds remaining in round 3, Tyson got Holyfield in a clinch and bit off a 1-inch chunk of Holyfield's right ear. A time out was called as Holyfield, shrieking in pain, was attended to. Referee Mills Lane considered stopping the fight, but instead went with a point deduction for Tyson. After several minutes of medical treatment, the round was resumed, but within seconds the two fighters clinched again and Tyson bit Holyfield again, this time on the left ear. This time the damage was superficial, but when Holyfield's corner pointed out the second bite to Lane, he stopped the fight, DQ'ing Tyson. The Nevada State Athletic Commission would fine Tyson $3 million and suspend his boxing license for a year.
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