Historical Events In May - 28

1990  Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV on May - 28.   

1990  Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5 hours 12 minutes 33 seconds (Channel Islands)   

1990  On May - 28 giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67   

1991  Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa on May - 28.   

1991  Brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history 65th National Spelling Bee Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum   

1992  65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum on this day in history.   

1993  On May - 28 200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror   

1993  On this day in history polish Government of Suchocka falls   

1993  On this day in history charles Barnett, cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies   

1994  "Cafe American" last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history julius Boros, pro golfer (US Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74   

1995  An earthquake hits the Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people on May - 28.   

1995  Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people on May - 28.   

1995  Southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941 on this day in history.   

1995  On May - 28 daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57   

1996  On this day in history john "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70   

1997  Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis on this day in history.   

1997  Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight on May - 28.   

1997  On this day in history tornado in Jarrell TX kills at least 28   

1997  On this day in history wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time   

1998  Phil Hartman actor/comedian (NewsRadio, Saturday Night Live), shot to death while asleep in his bed by his wife at 49 on May - 28.   

1998  On May - 28 phil Hartman, comedian and actor, dies at age 49   

2006  President Alvaro Uribe Velez is re-elected in Colombia for a second term. He becomes the first president in over a century to serve consecutive terms on May - 28.   

2007  Riyo Mori was crowned the new Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City on this day in history.   

2014  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is elected President of Egypt on this day in history.   

2017  Swedish film "The Square" directed by Ruben Ostlund wins the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on this day in history.   

2017  Floods and landslides in Sri Lanka kill at least 151 on this day in history.   

2017  Indianapolis 500: Takuma Sato wins in 3:13:03.3584 on this day in history.   

2017  Tom Dumoulin wins the 100th Giro d’Italia in Milan, 1st Dutchman to win on May - 28.   

2018  South Korean boy band BTS are the first K-pop group to top the US Billboard 200 with their album "Love Yourself: Tear" on this day in history.   

2018  Coco-Cola launches its first alcoholic drink - Lemon-Do on island of Kyushu, Japan on this day in history.   

2018  One million French smokers quit in one year after anti-smoking measures introduced according to Public Health France on this day in history.   

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1140  On May - 28 birth of xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)   

1371  On this day in history birth of john, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior   

1524  On May - 28 birth of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)   

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  On May - 28 birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)   

1641  On this day in history birth of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)   

1660  On this day in history birth of george I, King of England (1714-27)   

1089  Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 28.   

1259  Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies on this day in history.   

1317  Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 on May - 28.   

1357  On this day in history afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66   

1521  Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

1534  Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83 on May - 28.   

1556  On May - 28 death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)   

1650  Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59 on May - 28.