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May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays May 1 - Labour Day ( Pakistan) May 1 - Labour Day ( Singapore) May 2007 is the fifth month of that year It began on a Tuesday and 31 days later ended on a Thursday. May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month May 2005 was the fifth month of that year It began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days on a Tuesday. May 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September May 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 217 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 585 BC - A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. Events and trends 589 BC — Apries succeeds Psammetichus II as king of Egypt. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is wholly or partially obscured Thales of Miletus According to Bertrand Russell, "Philosophy begins with Thales Alyattes, king of Lydia (619-560 BC the real founder of the Lydian empire, was the son of Sadyattes, of the house of the Mermnadae. Cyaxares, Hvakhshathra, or Kayxosrew (𐎢𐎺𐎧𐏁𐎫𐎼 Uvaxštra, Greek Κυαξαρης; r The Battle of Halys, also known as the Battle of the Eclipse, took place at the Halys River (present-day "Kızılırmak" river in Turkey on May This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
• 1503 - James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. James IV ( 17 March 1473 &ndash 9 September 1513) was King of Scots from 11 June 1488 to his death Margaret Tudor ( 28 November, 1489 &ndash 18 October 1541) was the elder of the two surviving daughters of Henry VII of England A Papal bull is a particular type of Letters patent or charter issued by a Pope. Pope Alexander VI ( 1 January 1431 &ndash 18 August 1503) born Roderic Llançol, later Roderic de Borja i Borja ( A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• 1533 - The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of Anne Boleyn (1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536 was the Queen of England as the second wife of Henry VIII of England.
• 1588 - The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. The Spanish Armada ( Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, "Great and Most Fortunate Navy" or Armada Invencible, "Invincible Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port). Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following
• 1644 - Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of the Earl of Derby. The Bolton Massacre, sometimes recorded as the Storming of Bolton, was an episode in the English Civil War, on May 28 1644 in which it was alleged that up to 1600 Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War ( 1642 &ndash 1651 James Stanley 7th Earl of Derby KG ( January 31, 1607 &ndash October 15, 1651) was a supporter of the Royalist cause in
• 1754 - French and Indian War: in the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or The French and Indian War (1754&ndash1763 was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary Citizens to provide defense emergency law enforcement or Paramilitary service Lieutenant Colonel ( Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade 's spelling is a rank of Commissioned officer in the armies George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Battle of Jumonville Glen, also known as the Jumonville affair, was the opening battle of the French and Indian War fought on May 28, 1754 Fayette County is a County located in the US state of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern
• 1774 - American Revolutionary War: the first Continental Congress convenes. Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the
• 1830 - President Andrew Jackson signs The Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Andrew Jackson (March 15 1767 June 8 1845 was the seventh President of the United States (1829&ndash1837 The Indian Removal Act, part of a United States government policy known as Indian removal, was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 26
• 1863 - American Civil War: the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first African American regiment, leaves Boston, Massachusetts, to fight for the Union. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, an Infantry Regiment that fought in the American Civil War, was one of the first official black African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1892 - In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city John Muir ( April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) was a Scottish -born American Naturalist, author and early Mission statement To explore enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources To educate and
• 1905 - Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Togo Heihachiro and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September The Battle of Tsushima ( Japanese: 対馬海戦 tsushima-kaisen, Цусимское сражение Tsusimskoye srazheniye) commonly known as the Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - (Дважды Краснознамённый Балтийский флот was the Imperial later Soviet and is now the Russian Navy's Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks of the highest Naval officers Fleet Admiral Marquis (, OM, GCVO, ( 27 January 1848 - 30 May 1934) was a Fleet Admiral in For Combined Fleet, please see that article For Carrier Striking Task Force, please see that article
• 1918 - The Democratic Republic of Armenia declares its independence. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Democratic Republic of Armenia ( DRA; Armenian: Դեմոկրատական Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Demokratakan Hayastani Hanrapetutyun
• 1918 - The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic declares its independence
• 1926 - 28th May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic ( ADR; Azərbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyəti was the first Democratic and Secular Republic in the Muslim world Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 28th May 1926 coup d'état, sometimes called 28th May Revolution or during the period of Estado Novo The Ditadura Nacional ( Portuguese for National Dictatorship was the name of the Portuguese regime initiated by the election of President Óscar Carmona Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is a European Nation whose origins go back to the Early Middle Ages.
• 1930 - The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco Skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan at the intersection of 42nd The City of New York
• 1934 - Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Olivia and Elzire Dionne, later becoming the first quintuplets to survive infancy. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Municipality of Callander (formerly the Township of North Himsworth) is a township in central Ontario, Canada located at the southeast end The Dionne quintuplets, born on May 28, 1934, are the first Quintuplets known to survive their Infancy. A multiple birth occurs when more than one Fetus is carried to term in a single Pregnancy.
• 1934 - The Glyndebourne festival in England is inaugurated. This article is about the Glyndebourne opera festival See Glyndebourne for details of the Country house and opera house Glyndebourne Festival England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• 1936 - Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS (ˈt(jʊ(ərɪŋ (23 June 1912 &ndash 7 June 1954 was an English Mathematician Computability Computability An introduction
• 1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, DC, who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension Bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
• 1937 - Neville Chamberlain becomes British Prime Minister. Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 &ndash 9 November 1940 was a British Conservative Politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom
• 1940 - World War II: Belgium surrenders to Germany. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 1940 - World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Narvik ( Northern Sami: Narviika) is a town and municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway This is the first allied infantry victory of World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
• 1942 - World War II: in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1800 people. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( 7 March 1904 &ndash 4 June 1942) was an SS - Obergruppenführer, chief Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
• 1952 - Memphis Kiddie Park opens in Brooklyn, Ohio. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Memphis Kiddie Park is an 11-ride Amusement park located in Brooklyn Ohio, designed specifically for children and families Brooklyn is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 11586 at the 2000 census. The park's Little Dipper roller coaster would become the oldest operating steel roller coaster in North America. The Little Dipper is a junior Steel roller coaster located at Memphis Kiddie Park in Brooklyn Ohio. A steel roller coaster is a Roller coaster that is defined by having a track made of Steel.
• 1952 - The women of Greece are given the right to vote. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Suffrage (from the Latin suffragium, meaning "voting tablet" and figuratively "right to vote" probably from suffrago "hough" and originally
• 1955 - Henry Bolte becomes Premier of the state of Victoria. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Sir Henry Edward Bolte GCMG ( 20 May, 1908 - 4 January, 1990) Australian politician was the 38th and longest serving The Premiers of the Australian states are the de facto heads of the executive governments in the six states of the Commonwealth of Australia.
• 1961 - Peter Benenson's article "The Forgotten Prisoners" is published in several internationally read newspapers. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Benenson ( July 31 1921 &ndash February 25 2005) was an English lawyer and the founder of Human rights group A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International. Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a Western based international Non-governmental organization which defines its mission as "to
• 1964 - The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary
• 1970 - The formerly united Free University of Brussels officially splits into two separate entities, the French-speaking Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The Université Libre de Bruxelles (or ULB) is a French -speaking University in Brussels Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is a Flemish University located in Brussels, Belgium.
• 1974 - Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of The Sunningdale Agreement was an attempt to end " The Troubles " in Northern Ireland by forcing unionists to share power with nationalists A general strike is a Strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city region or country Ulster loyalism is a militant unionist ideology held mostly by Protestants in Northern Ireland.
• 1975 - Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. West Africa or Western Africa is the Westernmost Region of the African Continent. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS was created by the Treaty of Lagos on May 28, 1975 in Lagos, Lagos State, The Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen West African countries founded on May 28
• 1977 - In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Southgate is a city in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate Kentucky is the third deadliest Nightclub fire in U
• 1978 - Second round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The first round of the 1978 Upper Volta presidential election took place on May 14, 1978. The Republic of Upper Volta (République de Haute-Volta was established on December 11, 1958, as a Self-governing colony within the French The election is won by incumbent Sangoulé Lamizana. Lieutenant-Colonel Aboubakar Sangoulé Lamizana ( January 31, 1916 &ndash 26 May 2005) was the second president of Upper Volta
• 1979 - Constantine Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The European Community (EC is one of the Three pillars of the European Union (EU created under the Maastricht Treaty (1992
• 1982 - Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The Battle of Goose Green ( 28 &ndash 29 May 1982) was an engagement of the Falklands War between British and Argentine forces
• 1987 - 19-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( Mathias Rust (born 1968 in Wedel) is a German man known for his illegal landing near Red Square in Moscow in 1987 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Red Square ( Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad) is the most famous City square in Moscow, and arguably one of the most Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of He is immediately detained and is not released until August 3, 1988. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)
• 1987 - A robot probe finds the wreckage of the USS Monitor near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Design Monitor was one of three ironclad warships ordered by the U Cape Hatteras is a cape on the coast of North Carolina. It is the point that protrudes the furthest to the southeast along the northeast-to-southwest line of the North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States
• 1991 - The capital city of Addis Ababa, falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Addis Ababa (sometimes spelled Addis Abeba, the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority Amharic Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር is the ruling political coalition in The Derg or Dergue was a communist military junta that came to power in Ethiopia following the ousting of Haile Selassie I. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page The Ethiopian Civil War (1974-1991 began on September 12, 1974 when the Marxist Derg staged a Coup d'état against Emperor Haile Selassie
• 1995 - The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Neftegorsk (Нефтего́рск called Vostok (ru Восто́к before 1970 was an oil -producing Urban-type settlement in Sakhalin 6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, ⅔ of total population. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer
• 1996 - U. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James McDougal and Susan McDougal, and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States The Whitewater controversy (also called the Whitewater scandal, or often simply Whitewater) was an American political controversy that began with the James B (Jim McDougal ( August 25, 1940 – March 8, 1998) a native of White County Arkansas, and his wife Susan McDougal Susan McDougal (born 1955 in Heidelberg Germany) is one of the few people who served prison time as a result of the Whitewater controversy in the United States Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. James " Jim " Guy Tucker Jr (born June 13 1943) is a former governor, Lieutenant governor, Attorney
• 1998 - Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness yield and explosive capability of Nuclear weapons Throughout the twentieth century most nations Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Economic sanctions are domestic penalties applied by one country (or group of countries on another for a variety of reasons
• 1999 - In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper" is put back on display. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( April 15 1452 – May 2 1519 was an Italian Polymath, having been a scientist Mathematician, Engineer The Last Supper (Il Cenacolo or L'Ultima Cena) is a 15th century Mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron
• 1999 - Two Swedish police officers are murdered with their own fire arms by the bank robbers Jackie Arklöv and Tony Olsson after a dramatic car chase. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Jackie Arklöv (born June 6, 1973) is a Swedish ex- Neo-Nazi, former Mercenary in the Yugoslav wars and in 1999 murdered
• 2002 - NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The North Atlantic Treaty Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
• 2003 - Peter Hollingworth becomes the first Governor-General of Australia to resign his office as a result of criticism of his conduct. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Peter John Hollingworth (born 10 April 1935 is an Australian Anglican bishop and was the 23rd Governor-General of Australia. The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia of the monarch of Australia (currently Elizabeth II Queen of Australia)
• 2004 - The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, to become prime minister of Iraq's interim government. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Iraqi Governing Council (IGC was the provisional government of Iraq from July 13, 2003 to June 1, Ayad Allawi ( إياد علاوي) (born 1945 is an Iraqi politician and was the interim Prime Minister of Iraq prior to Iraq's 2005 legislative Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics.
• 2008 - The first meet of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a Federal Democratic Republic ending the reign of 450 year old Shah Dynasty that ruled the Unified Nepal for 240 years. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. The Shah dynasty was the ruling Dynasty of Nepal. Preamble The former royal family of Nepal claims descent from the Sisodia dynasty

Births

• 1140 - Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. See also List of Chinese authors Zh-classical辛棄疾 1207)
• 1371 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (d. John the Fearless (Jean sans Peur also John II Duke of Burgundy, known as John of Valois and John of Burgundy ( May 28 1371 1419)
• 1524 - Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. Selim II ( Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثانى Selīm-i sānī, Turkish: II The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1574)
• 1582 - William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. William Fiennes 1st Viscount Saye and Sele ( June 28, 1582 &ndash April 14, 1662) was born at the family home of Broughton Castle 1662)
• 1588 - Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. Pierre Séguier ( May 28, 1588 - January 28, 1672) was a French statesman chancellor of France from 1635 1672)
• 1641 - Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. Baron Janez Vajkard Valvasor (also Johann Weikhard Freiherr von Valvasor) (baptized on May 28, 1641 - September 19, 1693) was a 1693)
• 1660 - King George I of Great Britain (d. George I (George Louis German Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 &ndash 11 June 1727 For the first year of his life George was the only heir to his father's and three childless 1727)
• 1676 - Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (d. Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jacopo Francesco Riccati ( 28 May 1676 - 15 April 1754) was an Italian Mathematician, born in Venice. 1754)
• 1692 - Joseph Butler, English philosopher (d. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or You might also be looking for Joseph G Butler Jr, a philanthropist and historian or Joseph Campbell Butler, founding member of The Lovin' Spoonful 1752)
• 1738 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (d. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Year 1738 ( MDCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (ɡijɔtɛ̃ May 28, 1738 &ndash March 26, 1814) was a French Physician who proposed on October 1814)
• 1759 - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 &ndash 23 January 1806 was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1806)
• 1779 - Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 &ndash 25 February 1852 was an Irish poet singer songwriter and Entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel 1852)
• 1807 - Louis Agassiz, Swiss-born zoologist and geologist (d. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( May 28 1807 — December 14 1873) was a Swiss - American Zoologist, Glaciologist 1873)
• 1818 - Pierre Beauregard, American Confederate general (d. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (ˈboʊrɪgɑrd ( May 28, 1818 &ndash February 20, 1893) was a Louisiana -born author civil servant 1893)
• 1836 - Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist (d. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap This article is about the chemist Go to Alexander Mitscherlich (Psychology for the psychologist 1918)
• 1837 - George Ashlin, Irish architect (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common George Coppinger Ashlin (1837 &ndash 1921 was an Irish Architect, particularly noted for his work on churches and Cathedrals Early life 1921)
• 1837 - Tony Pastor, American vaudeville performer (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar For Tony Pastor the saxophonist and bandleader see Tony Pastor (bandleader. 1908)
• 1853 - Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (d. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Carl Larsson ( May 28, 1853 &ndash January 22, 1919) was a Swedish painter and interior designer. 1919)
• 1858 - Carl Rickard Nyberg, Swedish inventor (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Carl Rickard Nyberg ( May 28, 1858, &ndash 1939 was the founder of Max Sieverts Lödlampfabrik, then one of the largest industries in Sundbyberg 1939)
• 1872 - Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Marian Smoluchowski ( Marian Ritter von Smolan Smoluchowski, 28 may 1872 in Vorderbrühl near Vienna - 5 September 1917)
• 1878 - Paul Pelliot, French sinologist (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Paul Pelliot ( May 28, 1878 &ndash October 26, 1945) was a French Sinologist and Explorer of Central 1945)
• 1883 - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian activist (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Vināyak Dāmodar Sāvarkar (विनायक दामोदर सावरकर (born May 28, 1883 in Bhagur – February 26, 1966)
• 1883 - Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis ( May 28, 1883 - April 9 1978) was an English -born Welsh -based Architect of 1978)
• 1884 - Edvard Beneš, Czech politician (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Edvard Beneš ( pronounced) ( May 28 1884 Kožlany, Bohemia (then part of Austria-Hungary 1948)
• 1886 - Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Santo Trafficante Sr ( 28 May 1886 in Cianciana, Sicily - 11 August 1954 in Tampa, Florida) was 1954)
• 1888 - Jim Thorpe, American athlete (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk: Wa-Tho-Huk) (28 May 1888 – 28 March 1953 was an American athlete 1953)
• 1888 - Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kaarel Eenpalu (until 1935 named Karl August Einbund) ( May 28, 1888 in Tartu County, Estonia - January 27, 1942 1942)
• 1889 - Richard Réti, Austrian-Czech chess grandmaster (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Réti ( 28 May, 1889, Pezinok (now Slovakia) &ndash 6 June, 1929, Prague) was an Austrian 1929)
• 1892 - Sepp Dietrich, German SS officer (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Josef "Sepp" Dietrich ( May 28, 1892 –April 21/22 1966 was a German Waffen-SS general an SS-Oberstgruppenführer 1966)
• 1900 - Tommy Ladnier, American musician (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Tommy (Thomas J Ladnier ( May 28, 1900 &ndash June 4, 1939) was an American Jazz Trumpeter. 1939)
• 1908 - Ian Fleming, English author (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Ian Lancaster Fleming ( May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, Journalist and Second World War 1964)
• 1909 - Red Horner, Canadian hockey player (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting George Reginald "Red" Horner ( May 29, 1909 in Lynden Ontario - April 27, 2005) was an Ice hockey defenceman 2005)
• 1910 - T-Bone Walker, American singer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Aaron Thibeaux Walker or T-Bone Walker or Oak Cliff T-Bone ( May 26 1910 — March 15 1975 Walker's recording 1975)
• 1910 - Lady Rachel Kempson, English actress (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rachel Kempson Lady Redgrave ( 28 May, 1910 &ndash 24 May, 2003) was an English actress. 2003)
• 1911 - Thora Hird, British actress (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Dame Thora Hird DBE ( 28 May 1911 — 15 March 2003) was an English actress and is best remembered for her 2003)
• 1911 - Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian author (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Fritz Hochwälder ( May 28, 1911 - October 21, 1986) also known as Fritz Hochwaelder, was an Austrian playwright 1986)
• 1912 - Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 1912 — 30 September 1990 was an Australian author who was widely regarded as a major English-language novelist of the 20th century The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1990)
• 1912 - Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist and politician (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Herman Johannes, (born Rote Island, East Nusa Tenggara, May 28 1912, died Yogyakarta, October 17 1992) was 1992)
• 1914 - W. G. G. Duncan Smith, British World War II pilot (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Group Captain Wilfrid George Gerald Duncan Smith, DSO and Bar, DFC and 2 Bars ( 28 May 1916 &ndash 11 December 1996)
• 1915 - Joseph Greenberg, American linguist (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Joseph Harold Greenberg (May 28 1915 – May 7 2001 was a prominent and controversial linguist and Africanist anthropologist known for his work in both typology 2001)
• 1916 - Walker Percy, American author (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Walker Percy ( May 28, 1916 &ndash May 10, 1990) was an American Southern author whose interests included Philosophy 1990)
• 1917 - Papa John Creech, American musician (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Papa John Creach (b John Henry Creach May 28, 1917, Beaver Falls Pennsylvania; d 1994)
• 1918 - Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johnny Wayne (born Louis Weingarten, May 28, 1918; died July 18, 1990) was a Canadian comedian and comedy writer best known Wayne and Shuster were a Canadian comedy duo formed by Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster which was active professionally from the early 1940s until 1990)
• 1921 - Heinz G. Konsalik, German author (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Heinz G Konsalik, pseudonym of Heinz Gunther ( May 28, 1921 - October 2, 1999) was a commercially successful German Novelist 1999)
• 1922 - Lou Duva, American boxing trainer
• 1923 - György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Louis "Lou" Duva (born May 28 1922) is a Hall of Fame Boxing trainer and manager who has through a long and successful career handled Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2006)
• 1923 - Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor and politician (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao ( Telugu:నందమూరి తారక రామా రావు( 28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996 1998)
• 1925 - Bülent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mustafa Bülent Ecevit ( May 28, 1925 in Istanbul – November 5, 2006 in Ankara) was a Turkish Politician This is a chronological list of Prime Ministers of Turkey, since the establishment of that position in 1920, during the Turkish War of Independence. 2006)
• 1925 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone
• 1931 - Carroll Baker, American actress
• 1934 - Dionne quintuplets (Emilie d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The German Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born 28 May 1925 is a German singer and conductor of Classical music, one of the most famous Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Dionne quintuplets, born on May 28, 1934, are the first Quintuplets known to survive their Infancy. 1954, Marie d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) 1970, Yvonne d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2001)
• 1936 - Betty Shabazz, American civil rights activist (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Betty Shabazz (born Betty Jean Saunders) ( May 28, 1936 &ndash June 23 1997) also known as Betty X, was the wife 1997)
• 1936 - Claude Forget, French-Canadian politician
• 1938 - Jerry West, American basketball player
• 1938 - Prince Buster, Jamaican musician
• 1941 - Beth Howland, American actress
• 1942 - Stanley B. Prusiner, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1943 - Terry Crisp, Canadian hockey coach
• 1943 - Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Claude E Forget, OC (born 28 May 1936 in Montreal Quebec) is a former Canadian politician Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jerry Alan West (born May 28 1938 is a retired American Basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Cecil Bustamente Campbell OD (born May 28, 1938) better known as Prince Buster and less known by his muslim name Muhammed Yusef Ali is a musician from Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elizabeth "Beth" Howland (born May 28, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actress who has worked extensively Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stanley Ben Prusiner (born May 28, 1942 In this work he coined the term prion, which comes from "proteinaceous infectious particle that lacks The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Terry Crisp (born May 28, 1943 in Parry Sound, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional Ice hockey centre who played Elena Souliotis (sometimes spelled Suliotis) ( 28 May, 1943, Athens, Greece - 4 December, 2004, Florence 2004)
• 1944 - Rudy Giuliani, American politician
• 1944 - Gladys Knight, American singer and actress
• 1944 - Patricia Quinn, Northern Irish actress
• 1944 - Billy Vera, American actor and musician
• 1944 - Faith Brown, British actress
• 1945 - John Fogerty, American musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• 1945 - Gary Stewart, American singer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. KBE Per, "Postnominal letters should be included when they are issued by a country or organization the subject has been closely associated with Gladys Maria Knight, "The Empress of Soul" (born May 28, 1944) is a seven-time Grammy Award -winning American Patricia Quinn Lady Stephens (born May 28, 1944) is an actress best known for her role as Magenta in the perennial cult-hit Film The Rocky Horror Billy Vera (born William McCord, 28 May 1944, Riverside, California, U Faith Brown (born Irene Carroll on 28 May 1944 in Liverpool England) is an English Actress, Singer, Comedienne and Impressionist Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American rock singer Songwriter, and Guitarist, best known for his Creedence Clearwater Revival (often abbreviated CCR) was an American Rock and roll band who gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with Gary Stewart ( May 28, 1944 – December 16, 2003) was a Country musician and Songwriter known for his distinctive Vibrato 2003)
• 1945 - Hunter "Patch" Adams, American doctor
• 1945 - John N. Bambacus, American politician
• 1946 - Satchidanandan, Indian poet
• 1946 - Skip Jutze, American baseball player
• 1947 - Sondra Locke, American actress
• 1947 - Zahi Hawass, Egyptian Egyptologist
• 1949 - Wendy O. Williams, American musician (The Plasmatics) (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Hunter Campbell "Patch" Adams MD (born May 28, 1945 in Washington D Background John N Bambacus represented District 1 in the Maryland Senate, which covers Garrett, Allegany, and Washington Counties Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. KSatchidanandan (b28 May 1946 is a major Indian poet writing in Malayalam a critic writing in Malayalam as well as English academic editor translator and playwright Alfred Henry "Skip" Jutze (born May 28, 1946, in Bayside New York) was a Major League Baseball Catcher. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sondra Locke (born May 28 1947 in Shelbyville Tennessee, USA is a American Actress and Film director, best known Zahi Hawass ( Arabic: زاهي حواس (born 28 May 1947 in Damietta, Egypt) is an Egyptian archaeologist and Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wendy Orlean Williams ( May 28, 1949 &ndash April 6, 1998) better known as Wendy O The Plasmatics were an American punk band formed by Yale University graduate and radical Anti-artist Rod Swenson with Wendy O 1998)
• 1950 - Ian Bradley, British writer and academic
• 1950 - Jim Harris, American professional wrestler
• 1952 - Russell J. Wintner, American film executive
• 1953 - Arto Lindsay, American guitarist and singer
• 1954 - John Tory, Canadian politician
• 1954 - Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ian Campbell Bradley (born 28 May 1950) is a British Academic, Author, Theologian, Church of Scotland James Harris (born May 28 1950 is an American professional wrestler. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Russell J Wintner (born May 28 1952 in Cleveland Ohio) is an American Hollywood executive largely credited with leading the worldwide motion Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arto Lindsay (born May 28, 1953, Richmond, Virginia) is an American Guitarist, Singer, record producer and experimental Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) John Howard Tory (born May 28, 1954) is a Canadian businessman political activist leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party and former Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov (Юрий Александрович Егоров May 28, 1954 – April 15, 1988) was a Soviet classical pianist 1988)
• 1955 - John McGeoch, Scottish musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees) (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) John Alexander McGeoch, (28 May 1955 &ndash 4 March 2004 was a Scottish guitarist who played with some of the biggest bands of the Post-punk era including Magazine Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band which formed in 1976 2004)
• 1955 - Mark Howe, American ice hockey player
• 1956 - Julie Peasgood, British actress
• 1956 - Jerry Douglas, American dobro player
• 1956 - Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Mark Steven Howe (born May 28 1955, in Detroit, Michigan) is a retired American professional Ice hockey defenseman Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Julie May Peasgood (born 28 May, 1956 in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire) is an English actress Jerry Douglas (born as Gerald Calvin Douglas on May 28, 1956 in Warren Ohio) is an American Dobro player Dobro is a Trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of Resonator guitar. Markus Höttinger ( May 28, 1956 – April 13, 1980) was an Austrian Formula Two driver who died at Germany ’s 1980)
• 1957 - Kirk Gibson, American baseball player
• 1957 - Ben Howland, American college basketball coach
• 1959 - John Morgan, British etiquette expert (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28 1957) is a former Major League Baseball player best known for his clutch home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series Ben Howland (born May 28, 1957 in Lebanon, Oregon) is an American college Head coach of men's Basketball. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (Anthony John Morgan ( 28 May 1959 &ndash 9 July 2000) was a British expert on Etiquette. 2000)
• 1961 - Roland Gift, English musician (Fine Young Cannibals)
• 1962 - Brandon Cruz, American actor
• 1962 - James Michael Tyler, American actor
• 1963 - Houman Younessi, Iranian-born scientist
• 1963 - Gavin Harrison, British drummer (Porcupine Tree)
• 1964 - Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer
• 1964 - Christa Miller, American actress
• 1964 - David Baddiel, British comedian and television presenter
• 1964 - Phil Vassar, American country music singer
• 1965 - Chris Ballew, American musician
• 1967 - Glen Rice, American basketball player
• 1968 - Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer
• 1969 - Mike DiFelice, American baseball player
• 1969 - Justin Kirk, American actor
• 1970 - Morgan Fox, Canadian model and 1990 Playboy playmate
• 1970 - Ian Cashmore, English actor and paranormal investigator
• 1970 - Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roland Gift (born Roland Lee Gift, 28 May 1961 Birmingham, England) is a British Actor and Musician. Fine Young Cannibals were a British band best known for their 1989 hits " She Drives Me Crazy " and " Good Thing " Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brandon Edwin Cruz (born May 28, 1962, in Bakersfield California) was an American Child actor and is currently a Punk rock James Michael Tyler (born May 28, 1962 in Winona Mississippi) is an actor best known for playing Gunther on the NBC sitcom Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Houman Younessi (b May 28, 1963) is an Australian American (of Iranian ethnicity educator practitioner consultant and investigator in Gavin Harrison is a member of the British Progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, in which he plays drums and percussion, having Porcupine Tree are a Progressive rock band formed by Steven Wilson in 1987 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Jeff Fenech aka 'The Marrickville Mauler' (born May 28, 1964 in Marrickville, Sydney Australia) is an Australian of Maltese Christa Miller Lawrence (born May 28, 1964) is an American Actress. David Baddiel (born 28 May 1964 Troy New York, United States is an English Comedian, novelist and Television presenter. Phil Vassar (born May 28 1962 in Lynchburg Virginia) is an American Country music artist Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Christopher Ballew (born May 28, 1965) is a member of The Presidents of the United States of America. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Glen Anthony Rice (born May 28 1967 in Flint, Michigan) is a retired American Basketball player from the NBA. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE, born 28 May 1968 is an Australian pop Singer - Songwriter and occasional Actress. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael William DiFelice (ˌdifɨˈlis (born May 28, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball journeyman Justin Kirk (born May 28, 1969) is an American stage and film Actor. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Morgan Fox (born 28 May 1970 in Prince George British Columbia) is a Canadian model and actress. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Playboy is an American Men's magazine, founded in Chicago Illinois, by Hugh Hefner and his associates which has grown into Playboy Ian Cashmore (born 28 May 1970 in Luton, Bedfordshire) is a British television personality specializing in Paranormal phenomena Glenn Martin Christopher Francis Quinn ( May 28, 1970 &ndash December 3, 2002) was an Irish actor in television and film 2002)
• 1971 - Isabelle Carré, French actress
• 1971 - Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater
• 1972 - Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist
• 1972 - Guidoni Junior Doriva, Brazilian footballer
• 1974 - Alicia Minshew, American actress
• 1975 - Charmaine Sheh, Hong Kong actress
• 1976 - Liam O'Brien, American voice actor
• 1976 - Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast
• 1976 - Glenn Morrison, Rugby League Player
• 1977 - Jeremy Borash, American professional wrestling announcer
• 1977 - Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American television panelist (The View)
• 1979 - Jesse Bradford, American actor
• 1979 - Monica Keena, American actress
• 1979 - Ronald Curry, American football player
• 1980 - Mark Feehily, Irish musician (Westlife)
• 1980 - Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
• 1981 - Adam Green, American singer and songwriter
• 1981 - Daniel Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
• 1982 - Alexa Davalos, American actress
• 1982 - Jhonny Peralta, Dominican baseball player
• 1983 - Humberto Sanchez, Dominican baseball player
• 1984 - Beth Allen, New Zealand actress
• 1985 - Colbie Caillat, American folk singer-songwriter
• 1986 - Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer
• 1986 - Joseph Cross, American actor
• 1986 - Jaslene Gonzalez, American model and reality show contestant
• 1986 - Michael Oher, American football player at Ole Miss
• 1986 - Berrick Barnes, Australian Rugby player
• 1987 - Martin Hunter, Scottish filmmaker from Rosneath
• 1988 - David Perron, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths

• 1357 - King Afonso IV of Portugal (b. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Isabelle Carré is a French actress born on May 28, 1971 in Paris. Ekaterina Alexandrovna Gordeeva (Екатерина Александровна Гордеева (born May 28, 1971) is a Russian (former Soviet Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Boogerd (born May 28, 1972 in The Hague) is a Dutch former professional Road bicycle racer. Doriva, full name Dorival Guidoni Jr (born May 28, 1972 in Nhandeara, São Paulo) is a recently retired Brazilian Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Alicia Minshew (born May 28, 1974) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Kendall Hart on the daytime drama Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charmaine Sheh Sze Man is a Hong Kong actress under contract to Hong Kong's Television Broadcast Limited or TVB. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Liam O'Brien (Born May 28, 1976) is an American voice actor best known for his role as Gaara of the Desert on Naruto. Alexei Yurievich Nemov (Алексей Юрьевич Немов born May 28, 1976, Barashevo) is a gymnast from Russia and Glenn Adam Morrison (born 28 May, 1976 in Canterbury New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league player for Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Jeremy Borash (born May 28, 1977 in Minneapolis Minnesota) also known as TV'S JB is an American Professional wrestling Elisabeth Hasselbeck (née Filarski; born May 28 1977 is an American former Reality show contestant of Survivor The Australian Outback The View is an Emmy Award -winning American Talk show created by Barbara Walters and Bill Geddie and broadcast on Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Jesse Bradford Watrouse (born May 28, 1979) better known as Jesse Bradford, is an American Actor. Monica C Keena (born May 28 1979) is an American actress known for her role as Abby Morgan on Dawson's Creek. Ronald Antonio Curry (born May 28, 1979 in Hampton Virginia) is an American football Wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Marcus Michael Patrick Feehily (born 28 May, 1980 in Sligo, Ireland) better known as Mark Feehily, is a member of the popular Westlife is an Irish pop band that was formed on 3 July 1998 They were signed on by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh. Miguel Pérez fullname Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil (born 28 May 1980 in Madrid) is a Spanish Football (soccer Midfielder Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Adam Green (born May 28, 1981 in Mount Kisco, New York) is an American Singer-songwriter. Daniel Alberto Cabrera Cruz (born May 28, 1981 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a Right-handed Starting Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Alexa Davalos (born May 28, 1982) is an French-American actress best known for her role in The Chronicles of Riddick. Jhonny Antonio Peralta (born May 28, 1982 in Santiago, Dominican Republic) is a Baseball player who is currently the starting Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Humberto A Sánchez (born May 28, 1983 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Right-handed Major League Baseball Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Elizabeth Allen (born May 28 1984, Auckland, New Zealand) has been acting since an early age and has appeared in several small productions Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Colbie Marie Caillat ( pronounced) (born May 28 1985 in Newbury Park, California) is an American pop Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Charles N'Zogbia (born May 28, 1986 in Harfleur) is a French footballer of Congolese parentage currently playing for the Joseph Michael Cross (born May 28, 1986) is an American Actor. Jaslene Gonzalez (born May 29, 1986) is a Puerto Rican fashion model and the winner of Cycle 8 of America's Next Top Model Michael Jerome Oher (born Michael Jerome Williams Jr on May 28, 1986) is an American college football player at the University of Mississippi Berrick Barnes (born 28 May 1986 in Brisbane Queensland) is an Australian Rugby union footballer Martin Hunter may refer to Martin Hunter (football coach Martin Hunter (British Army officer (1757–1846 British Army general Rosneath ( Ros Neimhidh in Gaelic is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) David Perron (born May 28, 1988 in Fleurimont, Quebec) is a Canadian Ice hockey player Afonso IV (ɐˈfõsu 8 February 1291 &ndash 28 May 1357 called the Brave (o Bravo was the seventh king of Portugal and the Algarve from 1325 until his death 1291)
• 1556 - Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. was the Epitome of the Daimyo that dramatically rose and also fell from power in Sengoku period Japan. 1494?)
• 1672 - John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
• 1747 - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues ( 6 August 1715 &ndash 28 May 1747) was a French Moralist, Essayist 1715)
• 1750 - Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Emperor Sakuramachi (桜町天皇 Sakuramachi-tennō) ( February 8, 1720 &ndash May 28, 1750) was the 115th emperor 1720)
• 1787 - Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer (b. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johann Georg Leopold Mozart ( November 14, 1719 &ndash May 28, 1787) was a composer conductor teacher and violinist 1719)
• 1805 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (b. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini ( February 19, 1743 &ndash May 28, 1805) was a classical era Composer and cellist 1743)
• 1808 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Richard Hurd ( January 13, 1720 &ndash May 28, 1808) was an English divine and writer and Bishop of Worcester. 1720)
• 1811 - Henry Dundas, British minister (b. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Henry Dundas 1st Viscount Melville ( April 28, 1742 &ndash May 28 1811) was a Scottish lawyer and politician 1742)
• 1816 - Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord
• 1828 - Daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. Year 1742 ( MDCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year This is a list of Ethiopian Aristocratic and Court Titles used in Ethiopia until the end of the Monarchy in 1974. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap ( 1751 - May 28, 1828) was a Japanese castaway who spent eleven years in Russia 1751)
• 1843 - Noah Webster, American author, politician, and lexicographer (b. Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Noah Webster (October 16 1758 &ndash May 28 1843 was an American Lexicographer, textbook author Spelling reformer word enthusiast and editor 1758)
• 1849 - Anne Brontë, English author (b. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Anne Brontë (ˈbrɒnti (17 January 1820 &ndash 28 May 1849 was a British Novelist and Poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family 1820)
• 1878 - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Russell 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC (18 August 1792 &ndash 28 May 1878 known as Lord John Russell before 1861 was an English The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1792)
• 1916 - Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (b. Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Ivan Yakovych Franko (Івáн Якович Франкó ( &ndash) was a Ukrainian poet writer social and literary critic journalist economist and political activist 1856)
• 1927 - Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (b. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Boris Mikhaylovich Kustodiev (Бори́с Миха́йлович Кусто́диев ( March 7, 1878 &ndash May 28, 1927) was a Russian 1878)
• 1937 - Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alfred Adler ( February 7 1870 &ndash May 28 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor, psychologist and founder of 1870)
• 1940 - Friedrich Karl von Hessen (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frederick Charles Louis Constantine, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel ( May 1, 1868, Gut Panker &ndash May 28 1868)
• 1947 - August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. August Eigruber ( 16 April, 1907 &ndash 28 May, 1947) was the Nazi Gauleiter of Oberdonau (Upper Danube) and 1907)
• 1948 - Unity Mitford, English fascist sympathizer (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Unity Valkyrie Mitford ( 8 August, 1914 – 28 May, 1948) was one of the noted Mitford sisters. 1914)
• 1953 - Hori Tatsuo, Japanese writer (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. was a Writer, Poet, and translator in Showa period Japan. Early life Hori was born in Tokyo, and was a graduate of 1904)
• 1968 - Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov (Фё́дор Матве́евич Охло́пков (born on March 2, 1908 died on May 28, 1968) was a 1908)
• 1971 - Audie Murphy, American actor and war hero (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Also see Audie Murphy legacy. Audie Leon Murphy (June 20 1926 – May 28 1924)
• 1971 - Jean Vilar, French actor (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean Vilar ( March 25, 1912 - May 28, 1971) was a French man of the theatre who created in 1947 the Avignon theatre festival. 1912)
• 1972 - King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1894
• 1975 - Ezzard Charles, Heavyweight champion (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ezzard Mack Charles ( July 7 1921 – May 28 1975) was an African-American professional boxer and former Heavyweight Champion 1921)
• 1976 - Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johan Steffan Danielsen ( 3 September 1922 in Nólsoy, Faroe Islands - 28 May 1976 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 1922)
• 1978 - Arthur Brough, English actor (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Arthur Brough (born Frederick Arthur Baker February 26, 1905, Petersfield Hampshire died May 28, 1978 Folkestone Kent England 1905)
• 1980 - Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Rolf Herman Nevanlinna ( October 22, 1895, Joensuu, Eastern Finland - May 28, 1980, Helsinki) is perhaps the 1895)
• 1981 - Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński, Archbishop of Warsaw (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Stefan Wyszyński (3 August 1901 - 28 May 1981 was a Polish Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. 1901)
• 1982 - Lt Col 'H'. Jones VC, British soldier (Falklands War) (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Lieutenant Colonel ( Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade 's spelling is a rank of Commissioned officer in the armies Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Jones VC OBE, (14 May 1940 &ndash 28 May 1982 better known as 'H' The Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the 1940)
• 1984 - Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise) (b. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) John Eric Bartholomew OBE ( 14 May 1926 &ndash 28 May 1984) better known by his stage name Eric Morecambe, was an Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, usually referred to as Morecambe and Wise, were a British comic Double act, working in variety, radio Film 1926)
• 1988 - Sy Oliver, Jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Melvin "Sy" Oliver (born December 17, 1910 in Battle Creek Michigan &mdash died May 28, 1988 in New York City 1910)
• 1993 - Billy Conn, American boxer and actor (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) William David Conn ( October 8, 1917 – May 29, 1993) better known in the Boxing world as Billy Conn, was a Light-Heavyweight 1917)
• 1994 - Julius Boros, American golfer (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Professional wins (24 PGA Tour wins (18 1952 (2 US Open, World Championship of Golf 1954 (2 Ardmore 1920)
• 1994 - Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Ely Jacques Kahn Jr ( December 4, 1916 – May 28, 1994) was an American writer under the byline E 1916)
• 1998 - Phil Hartman, Canadian actor, comedian (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Phil Hartman (September 24 1948 &ndash May 28 1998 was a Canadian -born American Emmy Award -winning Writer as well as an Actor, 1948)
• 2001 - Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Francisco Javier Varela García ( Sept 7, 1946 &ndash May 28, 2001) was a Chilean biologist, philosopher and neuroscientist 1946)
• 2001 - Joe Moakley, American politician (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Joseph "Joe" Moakley ( April 27, 1927 – May 28, 2001) was a Democratic congressman from the Ninth District of 1927)
• 2002 - Jean Berger, German-born composer (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean Berger ( September 27, 1909 &ndash May 28, 2002) was a German-born pianist composer and music educator 1909)
• 2003 - Oleg Makarov, cosmonaut (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov (Оле́г Григо́рьевич Мака́ров ( January 6, 1933  &ndash May 28, 2003 1933)
• 2003 - Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. Ilya Viscount Prigogine (Илья́ Рома́нович Приго́жин ( January 25, 1917 &ndash May 28, 2003) was a Russian The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1917)
• 2003 - Martha Scott, American actress (b. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Martha Ellen Scott ( September 22, 1912 – May 28, 2003) was an American actress 1912)
• 2004 - Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Umberto Agnelli ( November 1 1934 – 27 May 2004) was an Italian Entrepreneur and Politician. 1934)
• 2006 - Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Thorleif Schjelderup (born January 20, 1920 in Aker; died May 28, 2006) was a Norwegian author and in the 1940s 1920)
• 2007 - Marquise Hill, American football player (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Marquise Hill ( August 7, 1982 &ndash May 28, 2007) was an American football Defensive end for the New 1982)
• 2007 - Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) ( February 25, 1945 – May 28, 2007) was a Japanese politician 1945)
• 2008 - David Mitton, Scottish-born director (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common David Nelson Godfrey Mitton ( July 13, 1938 - May 23, 2008) was a producer and a director as well as an experienced 1938)
• 2008 - Robert Justman, American television producer (b. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Harris "Bob" Justman ( July 13, 1926 – May 28, 2008) worked in Hollywood as a producer director production manager 1926)

Holidays and observances

• Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
  • Germain of Paris
  • Augustine of Canterbury
  • William of Gellone
  • Bernard of Menthon
  • Lanfranc
• Republic Day in Azerbaijan and Armenia (both 1918). Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity Saint Germain (also called Germanus) was a Bishop of Paris, who was canonized in 754 Augustine of Canterbury OSB (born c first third of the 6th century - died 26 May 604 was a Benedictine Monk who became the first Archbishop Saint William of Gellone (755-traditionally May 28, c 812 or 814 in his own day Guilhem, also known as Guillaume d'Orange, Guillaume Fierabrace Saint Bernard of Menthon ( Bernard of Montjoux) Born in 923 probably in the Château de Menthon near Annecy, in Savoy; died at Novara Lanfranc (c 1005 – 1089 was Archbishop of Canterbury, and a Lombard by extraction Republic Day is the name of a Public holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they first became Republics January 9th in Republika Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
• National Flag Day in the Republic of the Philippines

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On this day in Canada

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A flag day is a Flag -related holiday—either a day designated for flying a certain flag (such as a National flag) or a day set aside to celebrate a historical event The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP

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