| General Information for July 28th 2017 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 209 of 2017 |
| 156 days left in 2017 |
| Week 30 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 2005 - Tornadoes touch down in residential areas in south Birmingham and Coventry, England, causing £4,000,000 worth of damages and injuring 39 people. |
| 1935 - First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. |
| 1821 - José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain. |
| 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. |