Sunday, June 28: This day in history - News - telegram.com - Worcester, MA

Sunday, June 28: This day in history - News - telegram.com - Worcester, MA: Today is Sunday, June 28, the 180th day of 2020. There are 186 days left in the year. Today's highlight On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending the First World War. On this date In 1838, Britain's Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey. In 1863, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Maj. Gen. George G. Meade the new commander of the Army of the Potomac, following the resignation of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker. In 1914, Archduke Franz