MONDAY, JULY 28, 2008

Today is Monday, July 28, the 210th day of 2008. There are 156 days left in the year.

1586 _ Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe

1588 _ Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England's Queen Elizabeth I

1821 _ Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day)

1830 _ Revolution in France replaces Charles X with Louis Philippe

1866 _ Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in U.S.

1882 _ The opera ``Parsifal" is produced (Bayreuth)

1900 _ Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut

1913 _ U.S. wins its first Davis Cup since 1902, beating England, 3-2

1914 _ Austria-Hungary attacks Serbia ― WW I begins

1945 _ U.S. Army bomber crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Bldg., 14 die