Template:Selected anniversaries/June 28
1712: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau born. His political philosophy will influence the Enlightenment in France and across Europe.
1760: Mathematician, philosopher, and minister Thomas Bayes uses statistical methods to predict and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1824: Physician, anatomist, and anthropologist Paul Broca born. He will discover that the brains of patients suffering from aphasia contain lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region -- the first anatomical proof of the localization of brain function.
1889: Astronomer and academic Maria Mitchell dies. She was the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.
1973: During a command performance at the White House, musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits gives the first public demonstration of the computer virus which will later be known as Watergate Scandal.