Historical Events In May - 28

1959  On this day in history monkeys Able & Baker zoom 300 miles (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became first animals retrieved from a space mission  

1959  On this day in history bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies  

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

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

1961  On this day in history last ever Orient Express from Paris to Bucharest  

1961  Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years) on this day in history.  

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

1962  Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY on May - 28.  

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.  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1964  Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet on May - 28.  

1964  Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli on this day in history.  

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

1964  On this day in history unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit  

1964  John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76 on May - 28.  

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

1966  "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34 on May - 28.  

1967  Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip on May - 28.  

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  On this day in history second assault on Fire Support Base Balmoral, Vietnam  

1968  Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democratic primary in Oregon on this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history aC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid  

1969  On May - 28 rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71  

1970  On this day in history australian Army Training Team Vietnam awarded US unit Meritorious Citation  

1971  Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram" on May - 28.  

1971  On this day in history uSSR Mars 3 launched, first spacecraft to soft land on Mars  

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

1972  On May - 28 edward VIII, former King of the United Kingdon, dies  

1972  On this day in history 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  Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207) was born on May - 28.  

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

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  William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.  

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

1641  Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693) was born on this day in history.  

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

1089  On May - 28 lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies  

1259  Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies on May - 28.  

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

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

1521  On May - 28 willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62  

1534  On May - 28 dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83  

1556  Death of Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on this day in history.  

1650  Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.