Historical Events In May - 28

1959  On May - 28 monkeys Able & Baker zoom 300 miles (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became first animals retrieved from a space mission  

1959  Bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies on May - 28.  

1960  "Greenwillow" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 95 performances on May - 28.  

1961  Amnesty International is founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977) on this day in history.  

1961  On May - 28 last ever Orient Express from Paris to Bucharest  

1961  On May - 28 last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years)  

1961  On May - 28 amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)  

1962  Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY on this day in history.  

1962  On May - 28 uS stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day  

1962  Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio on May - 28.  

1963  On this day in history cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; estimated 22,000 die & 1 million houses destroyed  

1963  Jomo Kenyatta becomes first PM of Kenya on May - 28.  

1963  Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60 on May - 28.  

1964  Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet on this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli  

1964  Palestine National Congress forms the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) in Jerusalem on this day in history.  

1964  Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit on May - 28.  

1964  On May - 28 john Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76  

1965  Fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400 on May - 28.  

1966  "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34 on this day in history.  

1967  Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip on this day in history.  

1967  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on May - 28.  

1968  Award of United States Presidential Unit Citation to D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, for the Battle of Long Tan on this day in history.  

1968  Second assault on Fire Support Base Balmoral, Vietnam on this day in history.  

1968  Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democratic primary in Oregon on May - 28.  

1969  AC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid on May - 28.  

1969  Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71 on May - 28.  

1970  Australian Army Training Team Vietnam awarded US unit Meritorious Citation on this day in history.  

1971  On this day in history paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram"  

1971  USSR Mars 3 launched, first spacecraft to soft land on Mars on May - 28.  

1971  On this day in history audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46  

1972  Edward VIII, former King of the United Kingdon, dies on this day in history.  

1972  On May - 28 white House "plumbers" break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate  

1972  On May - 28 edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireld/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77  

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1140  On this day in history birth of xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)  

1371  John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior was born on this day in history.  

1524  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) was born on May - 28.  

1577  On May - 28 birth of floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician  

1582  On May - 28 birth of william Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)  

1588  Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672) was born on May - 28.  

1641  On May - 28 birth of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)  

1660  George I, King of England (1714-27) was born on this day in history.  

1089  On this day in history lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies  

1259  On this day in history christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies  

1317  On May - 28 guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63  

1357  On May - 28 afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66  

1521  Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62 on May - 28.  

1534  On this day in history dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83  

1556  On this day in history death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)  

1650  On this day in history gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59