1. In 1898, the SS Clara Nevada shipwrecked near Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska resulting in the loss of nearly all aboard.

2. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, one of the largest pipeline systems in the world, was completed on June 28, 1977, after three years of construction.

3. On June 28, 1955, the biggest earthquake to ever hit the United States, with a magnitude of 8.7, struck the Rat Islands in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska.

4. In 2002, the Pogo Mine, Alaska's newest gold mine, officially began production on June 28.

5. June 28, 1914, marked the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, one of the events that eventually led to the outbreak of World War I. While not directly tied to Alaskan history, the war had major impacts on the state's development and resources.