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What happend on 28. May in History
In our data base we found 330 events happened on 28. May:
• 576: Germain of Paris, French bishop (b. 496) [category: Deaths]
• 1023: Wulfstan, English archbishop and writer [category: Deaths]
• 1140: Xin Qiji, Chinese poet, military leader, and statesman (d. 1207) [category: Births]
• 1357: Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1291) [category: Deaths]
• 1371: John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1419) [category: Births]
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• 1503: James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years. [category: Events]
• 1509: Caterina Sforza, Italian noblewoman (b. 1463) [category: Deaths]
• 1524: Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) [category: Births]
• 1533: The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid. [category: Events]
• 1556: Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494) [category: Deaths]
• 1582: William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662) [category: Births]
• 1588: Pierre Séguier, French statesman, Chancellor of France (d. 1672) [category: Births]
• 1588: The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port). [category: Events]
• 1641: Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693) [category: Births]
• 1644: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of the Earl of Derby. [category: Events]
• 1660: George I of Great Britain (d. 1727) [category: Births]
• 1672: John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626) [category: Deaths]
• 1676: Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (d. 1754) [category: Births]
• 1692: Geminiano Giacomelli, Italian composer (d. 1740) [category: Births]
• 1692: Joseph Butler, English philosopher (d. 1752) [category: Births]
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• 1738: Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (d. 1814) [category: Births]
• 1747: Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1750: Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1759: William Pitt the Younger, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1806) [category: Births]
• 1763: Manuel Alberti, Argentine priest (d. 1811) [category: Births]
• 1779: Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1787: Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1805: Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (b. 1743) [category: Deaths]
• 1807: Louis Agassiz, Swiss zoologist and geologist (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1808: Richard Hurd, English Bishop of Worcester and writer (b. 1720) [category: Deaths]
• 1811: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1742) [category: Deaths]
• 1816: Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord (b. 1745) [category: Deaths]
• 1818: P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (d. 1893) [category: Births]
• 1828: Daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. 1751) [category: Deaths]
• 1830: President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans. [category: Events]
• 1831: William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, English admiral (b. 1756) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1836: Friedrich Baumfelder, German composer, conductor, and pianist (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1837: George Ashlin, Irish architect (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1837: Tony Pastor, American impresario and theater owner (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1841: Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1843: Noah Webster, American writer and lexicographer (b. 1758) [category: Deaths]
• 1849: Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1853: Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1858: Carl Richard Nyberg, Swedish inventor and industrialist, developed the blow torch (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1864: Simion Bărnuţiu, Romanian philosopher and politician (b. 1808) [category: Deaths]
• 1871: The Paris Commune falls. [category: Events]
• 1872: Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1878: Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1878: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Milutin Milanković, Serbian geophysicist (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1883: Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1883: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian politician (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1884: Edvard Beneš, Czech politician (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1886: Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-American mobster (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1888: Jim Thorpe, American athlete (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1888: Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1888: Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, English governess and writer (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1889: Richard Réti, Austrian-Czech chess player (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1892: Josef Dietrich, German SS general (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1892: In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club. [category: Events]
• 1896: Konstantin Märska, Estonian cinematographer and film director (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1900: Tommy Ladnier, American trumpeter and writer (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1908: Ian Fleming, English author (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1908: Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1909: Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1910: Georg Gaßmann, German politician (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1910: Rachel Kempson, English actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1910: T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1911: Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian playwright (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1911: Thora Hird, English actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1912: Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist and politician (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1912: Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1912: Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1914: W. G. G. Duncan Smith, English pilot (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1915: Joseph Greenberg, American linguist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1916: Walker Percy, American author (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1916: Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Barry Commoner, American biologist and politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1917: Papa John Creach, American violinist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and The Dinosaurs) (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1918: Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian and writer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1918: The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Democratic Republic of Armenia declare their independence. [category: Events]
• 1921: Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1922: Lou Duva, American boxing trainer [category: Births]
• 1922: Roger Fisher, American educator and author [category: Births]
• 1922: Tuomas Gerdt, Finnish soldier, last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross [category: Births]
• 1923: György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1923: Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor and politician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1924: Paul Hébert, French-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1925: Bülent Ecevit, Turkish politician, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1925: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone and conductor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: 28th May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic. [category: Events]
• 1927: Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens. [category: Events]
• 1931: Carroll Baker, American actress [category: Births]
• 1932: In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer. [category: Events]
• 1933: John Karlen, American actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Annette Dionne, Canadian quintuplet [category: Births]
• 1934: Cecile Dionne, Canadian quintuplet [category: Births]
• 1934: Emilie Dionne, Canadian quintuplet (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1934: Marie Dionne, Canadian quintuplet (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1934: Yvonne Dionne, Canadian quintuplet (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1934: Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy. [category: Events]
• 1935: Anne Reid, English actress [category: Births]
• 1936: Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist, wife of Malcolm X (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1936: Claude Forget, French-Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication. [category: Events]
• 1936: Klaipėda Radio Station begins regular broadcasting. [category: Events]
• 1937: Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span. [category: Events]
• 1938: Jerry West, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1938: Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter, musician, and producer [category: Births]
• 1940: Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1940: Shlomo Riskin, American rabbi, founder of the Lincoln Square Synagogue [category: Births]
• 1940: Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: World War II: Belgium surrenders to Germany to end the Battle of Belgium. [category: Events]
• 1940: World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War. [category: Events]
• 1941: Beth Howland, American actress [category: Births]
• 1942: Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1,800 people. [category: Events]
• 1943: Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1943: Terry Crisp, Canadian ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1944: Billy Vera, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Faith Brown, English actress [category: Births]
• 1944: Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1944: Gladys Knight, American singer-songwriter and actress (Gladys Knight & the Pips) [category: Births]
• 1944: Jean-Pierre Léaud, French actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Patricia Quinn, Irish actress [category: Births]
• 1944: Rudy Giuliani, American politician, 107th Mayor of New York City [category: Births]
• 1945: John Fogerty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Golliwogs) [category: Births]
• 1945: John N. Bambacus, American politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Patch Adams, American physician, activist, diplomat, and author, founded the Gesundheit! Institute [category: Births]
• 1946: Satchidanandan, Indian poet [category: Births]
• 1946: Skip Jutze, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1946: Carter Glass, American politician (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Leland Sklar, American singer-songwriter, bassist, and composer (The Section and Era) [category: Births]
• 1947: Lynn Johnston, Canadian cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1947: Sondra Locke, American actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Zahi Hawass, Egyptian archaeologist [category: Births]
• 1947: August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Pierre Rapsat, Belgian singer-songwriter (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1948: Unity Mitford, English fascist sympathizer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1950: Ian Bradley, English writer and academic [category: Births]
• 1950: Kamala, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1951: British radio comedy programme The Goon Show was broadcast on BBC for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1952: Roger Briggs, American composer, conductor, pianist, and educator [category: Births]
• 1952: Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: The women of Greece are given the right to vote. [category: Events]
• 1953: Arto Lindsay, American singer, guitarist, producer, and composer (DNA, The Golden Palominos, The Lounge Lizards, and Ambitious Lovers) [category: Births]
• 1953: Pierre Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey manager [category: Births]
• 1953: Hori Tatsuo, Japanese writer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Andy Hamilton, English comedian, director, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1954: John Tory, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Townsend Coleman, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Youri Egorov, Russian pianist (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1955: John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist (Magazine, Visage, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd., and The Armoury Show) (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1955: Mark Howe, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1956: Jerry Douglas, American musician and producer (The Country Gentlemen and Strength in Numbers) [category: Births]
• 1956: Julie Peasgood, English actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Markus Höttinger, Austrian race car driver (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1957: Ben Howland, American basketball coach [category: Births]
• 1957: Colin Barnes, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1957: Kirk Gibson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1958: Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26 July movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero. [category: Events]
• 1959: John Morgan, English etiquette expert and author (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1960: Mark Sanford, American politician, 115th Governor of South Carolina [category: Births]
• 1961: Michelle Collins, English actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International. [category: Events]
• 1962: Brandon Cruz, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: James Michael Tyler, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Roland Gift, English singer and actor (Fine Young Cannibals and Akrylykz) [category: Births]
• 1963: Gavin Harrison, English musician (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, and OSI) [category: Births]
• 1963: Houman Younessi, Iranian scientist [category: Births]
• 1964: Armen Gilliam, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Christa Miller, American actress [category: Births]
• 1964: David Baddiel, American-English comedian, actor, and author [category: Births]
• 1964: Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer [category: Births]
• 1964: Phil Vassar, American singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1964: Zsa Zsa Padilla, Filipino singer and actress (Hotdog) [category: Births]
• 1964: The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed. [category: Events]
• 1965: Chris Ballew, American singer and bassist (The Presidents of the United States of America and Caspar Babypants) [category: Births]
• 1966: Ashley Laurence, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Emma Kennedy, English actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Glen Rice, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Fyodor Okhlopkov, Soviet sniper (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Justin Kirk, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Mike DiFelice, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Rob Ford, Canadian politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto [category: Births]
• 1970: Bobby Bognar, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Piper Downs) [category: Births]
• 1970: Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1970: Ian Cashmore, English paranormal investigator and actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Jimi Goodwin, English singer-songwriter and musician (Doves and Sub Sub) [category: Births]
• 1970: Morgan Fox, Canadian model and actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Paul Sinha, English comedian and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1971: Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1971: Isabelle Carré, French actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Marco Rubio, American politician [category: Births]
• 1971: Audie Murphy, American actor and soldier (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Jean Vilar, French actor (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Doriva, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Kate Ashfield, English actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1972: Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Marco Paulo, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Alicia Minshew, American actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Romain Duris, French actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists. [category: Events]
• 1975: Charmaine Sheh, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1975: Ezzard Charles, American boxer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States. [category: Events]
• 1976: Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1976: Glenn Morrison, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: Liam O'Brien, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Roberto Goretti, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American talk show host and author [category: Births]
• 1977: Jeremy Borash, American wrestling announcer [category: Births]
• 1977: In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside. [category: Events]
• 1978: Rufa Mae Quinto, Filipino actress and comedian [category: Births]
• 1978: Arthur Brough, English actor (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1979: Jesse Bradford, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Joeri Jansen, Belgian athlete [category: Births]
• 1979: Monica Keena, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Ronald Curry, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Constantine Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community. [category: Events]
• 1980: Jørgen Strickert, Norwegian comedian, writer, and radio host [category: Births]
• 1980: Mark Feehily, Irish singer-songwriter and pianist (Westlife) [category: Births]
• 1980: Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Aaron Schock, American politician [category: Births]
• 1981: Adam Green, American singer-songwriter, musician, and filmmaker (The Moldy Peaches) [category: Births]
• 1981: Daniel Cabrera, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Eric Ghiaciuc, American football player [category: Births]
• 1981: Victoria Legrand, American singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Beach House) [category: Births]
• 1981: Mary Lou Williams, American pianist, composer, and arranger (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Stefan Wyszyński, Polish prelate, Primate of Poland (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Alexa Davalos, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Desiree del Valle, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Jhonny Peralta, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: H. Jones, English army officer, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green. [category: Events]
• 1983: Humberto Sanchez, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Steve Cronin, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1983: Toby Hemingway, English actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany, New York (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Beth Allen, New Zealand actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Carey Mulligan, English actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1985: Kostas Mendrinos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Pablo Andrés González, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Berrick Barnes, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1986: Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican model [category: Births]
• 1986: Joseph Cross, American actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Michael Oher, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Tyler Black, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1987: 19-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained and will not be released until August 3, 1988. [category: Events]
• 1988: David Perron, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Meisa Kuroki, Japanese actress, model, and singer [category: Births]
• 1988: NaVorro Bowman, American football player [category: Births]
• 1988: Percy Harvin, American football player [category: Births]
• 1988: Sy Oliver, American trumpeter, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Kyle Walker, English footballer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1993: Bárbara Luz, Portuguese tennis player [category: Births]
• 1993: Jonnie Peacock, English sprinter [category: Births]
• 1993: Mason Shefa, American director, writer, and producer [category: Births]
• 1993: Eritrea and Monaco join the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1994: Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Julius Boros, American golfer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Jacob Kogan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1995: The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, half of the total population. [category: Events]
• 1996: U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud. [category: Events]
• 1998: Riho Sayashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) [category: Births]
• 1998: Phil Hartman, Canadian actor and comedian (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually. [category: Events]
• 1999: Cameron Boyce, American actor and dancer [category: Births]
• 1999: In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display. [category: Events]
• 2000: George Irving Bell, American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Francis Bebey, Cameroonian-French guitarist and novelist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Joe Moakley, American politician (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Jean Berger, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance. [category: Events]
• 2002: The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars. [category: Events]
• 2003: Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Soviet astronaut (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Peter Hollingworth becomes the first Governor-General of Australia to resign his office as a result of criticism of his conduct. [category: Events]
• 2004: Francis Brunn, German juggler (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Michael Buonauro, American artist and writer [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Umberto Agnelli, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government. [category: Events]
• 2006: Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: David Lane, American white nationalist, founding member of The Order (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Beryl Cook, English painter (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Robert H. Justman, American director and producer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty. [category: Events]
• 2010: Gary Coleman, American actor (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: In West Bengal, India, a train derailment and subsequent collision kills 141 passengers. [category: Events]
• 2011: Alys Robi, French-Canadian singer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bob Edwards, English journalist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hugh Dawnay, English soldier and polo player (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ludovic Quistin, Guadeloupean footballer (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Matthew Yuricich, American special effects artist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Yuri Susloparov, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and coach (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The discovery of Flame, a complex malware program targeting computers in Middle Eastern countries, is announced. [category: 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. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. [category: Events]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Croatia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Bernard of Menthon [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Downfall of the Derg Day, a National Day. (Ethiopia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Flag Day (Philippines) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Germain of Paris [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lanfranc [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Margaret Pole [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: May 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day (Nepal) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day, celebrates the declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of Armenia and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918. (Azerbaijan and Armenia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: William of Gellone [category: Holidays and observances]