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July 28, 2009 7:47 am at 7:47 am #924548
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This Date in History (July 28)

1976 – The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan, the People’s Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.

1998 – Bell Atlantic and GTE announced a $52 billion merger that created Verizon.

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.

2008 – Four suicide bombers believed to be women struck a Shiite pilgrimage in Baghdad and a Kurdish protest rally in northern Iraq, killing at least 57 people and wounding nearly 300.