Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 28

Births

 * 1491 – King Henry VIII of England (d. 1547) (pictured)
 * 1577 – Peter Paul Rubens, Belgian painter (d. 1640)
 * 1703 – John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (d. 1791)
 * 1712 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (d. 1778)
 * 1902 – Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979)
 * 1926 – Mel Brooks, American filmmaker
 * 1960 – John Elway, American football player
 * 1966 – John Cusack, American actor
 * 1971 – Fabien Barthez, French footballer
 * 1986 – Kellie Pickler, American Idol contestant

Deaths

 * 1836 – James Madison, President of the United States (b. 1751)
 * 1975 – Rod Serling, American television scriptwriter (b. 1924)
 * 1981 – Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (b. 1958)
 * 1992 – Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (b. 1936)