Page 7: 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 this day in history amnesty International is founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)   

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

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

1961  Amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977) on May - 28.   

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

1962  US stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio   

1963  Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; estimated 22,000 die & 1 million houses destroyed on this day in history.   

1963  Jomo Kenyatta becomes first PM of Kenya on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60   

1964  On May - 28 dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet   

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

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

1964  Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history john Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76   

1965  On this day in history fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400   

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

1968  On this day in history senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democratic primary in Oregon   

1969  AC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71   

1970  On May - 28 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 May - 28 audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46   

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

1972  White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history 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 May - 28.   

1524  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of william Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)   

1588  On this day in history birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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