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Thursday, 28 May 2026
1982 Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis, soccer star/writer, dies at 76. 
1983 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR after being invited for a visit.
1983 George Cukor, director (My Fair Lady), dies on 84th birthday.
1984 5 die in a train crash in Williston Vt.
1984 Flora Robson actress, dies in her sleep at 82
1984 Flora Robson, actress (Great Day, Frieda), dies in her sleep at 82
1985 Boris Becker at 17 beats Kevin Curren for Wimbeldon title.
1985 Patti McCarty actress, dies at 64
1985 Robert Mugabe is recorded as becoming the inaugural President of the newly named Zimbabwe.
1985 Patti McCarty, actress (Gangster of the Frontier), dies at 64.
1986 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 (updated) released.
1986 Supreme Court struck down Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law.
1986 Two Australians are hanged in Malaysia for drug trafficking, the inaugural Westerners executed under Malaysia's strict drug laws.
1987 Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
1987 Lt Col Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing
1988 Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful).
1988 Jimmy Edwards, actor (Plank, Bottoms Up, Late Mr H), dies at 68
1990 Bill Cullen game show host (Price is Right), dies at 70 of cancer
1990 In this year, Greg Lemond claims his 3rd Tour de France (90 43 20 avg 23.3 mph)
1990 Martina Navratilova beats Zina Garrison for rec 9th Wimbeldon title
1991 Michael Stich beats Boris Becker for Wimbeldon championship
1992 Ruurd Faber, mayor of Aalten (1971-75), dies at 79.
1995 Queensland school bans performance by PNG dance group because of bare breasts.
1996 Indonesia cancels appointment of General Mantiri as ambassador to Australia and leaves post temporarily vacant.
2005 In this year, Al-Qaeda admits to the killing of Egypt's Ambassador, Ihab al-Sherif.2007 Venus Williams claims the Women's Singles, at Wimbledon for a fourth time
2005 Four explosions rock the transport network in London, three on the London Underground and one on a bus. 56 people died and over 70 were injured. See 7 July 205 London bombings
2007 Live Earth Concerts are held throughout 9 major cities around the world
2007 The Asian Cup 2007 Football (Soccer) tournament begins, taking place in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam
2007 In this year, Venus Williams claims the Women's Singles, at Wimbledon for a fourth time
2011 The world's inaugural artificial organ transplant is achieved, using an artificial windpipe coated with stem cells.
2011 Roof of a stand in De Grolsch Veste Stadium in Enschede which was under construction collapsed, one killed and 14 injured
2012 Floods in the Krasnodar region, Russia, kill 140 people.
2013 10 people are killed after an air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska.
2014 Israel launches a "counter-terrorist operation" dubbed Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in the West Bank.
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