Today in History: Friday, July 28, 2017

AP Highlight in History:  On July 28, 1914, World War I began as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.   AP Photo
On this date in: 1750 Composer Johann Sebastian Bach died in Leipzig, Germany, at age 65. 1794 Maximilien Robespierre, a leading figure of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine. 1821 Peru declared its independence from Spain. 1868 The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing due process and the equal protection of the laws to former slaves, was declared in effect. 1896 The city of Miami, Fla., was incorporated. 1929 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, first lady from 1961 to 1963, was born in Southampton, N.Y. 1945 A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City's Empire State Building, killing 14 people. AP Photo/John Lindsay 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. 1998 Bell Atlantic and GTE announced a $52 billion merger that created Verizon. 2002 Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pa., were rescued after 77 hours underground. 2004 The Democratic National Convention in Boston nominated Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry for president. 2005 The Irish Republican Army renounced the use of violence against British rule in Northern Ireland and said it would disarm. 2009 The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.		Video Highlights of This Day in History Today's Birthdays: Rapper Soulja Boy turns 27 years old today. AP Photo/John Amis Name Profession Age Bill Bradley Basketball Hall of Famer, former U.S. senator, D-N.J. 74 Jim Davis Cartoonist ("Garfield") 72 Linda Kelsey Actress ("Lou Grant") 71 Dick Ebersol TV producer 70 Georgia Engel Actress ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show") 69 Sally Struthers Actress ("All in the Family") 69 Scott Pelley Broadcast journalist ("60 Minutes") 60 Lori Loughlin Actress ("Full House") 53 Elizabeth Berkley Actress 45