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Events on Friday 28 June 1940 2
1896 – 1940Italo Balbo (1896-1940)Died 28 June 1940, aged 44Italian Fascist leader, aviator famous for mass transatlantic flights, and Governor of Libya. Italian anti-aircraft gunners shot down his plane by mistake over Tobruk.
1940Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern BukovinaRomania cedes territory to the Soviet Union under ultimatumAfter a Soviet ultimatum on 26 June, Romania withdrew from Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. The Red Army occupied the territories between 28 June and 4 July. Most of Bessarabia became the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.