| General Information for July 28th 2016 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 210 of 2016 |
| 156 days left in 2016 |
| Week 30 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1958 - A fire starts in a London Underground train between Shepherd's Bush and Holland Park, with most of the passengers suffering from smoke inhalation and one person later dying. |
| 1935 - First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. |
| 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church - Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day. |