Page 7: Historical Events In May - 28
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
1959 Monkeys Able & Baker zoom 300 miles (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became first animals retrieved from a space mission on this day in history.
1959 On May - 28 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 Last ever Orient Express from Paris to Bucharest on this day in history.
1961 On May - 28 last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years)
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 On May - 28 uS stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day
1962 On May - 28 wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio
1963 On May - 28 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 On this day in history vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60
1964 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet on May - 28.
1964 On May - 28 jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli
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 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 May - 28.
1967 Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip on May - 28.
1967 On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 On this day in history award of United States Presidential Unit Citation to D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, for the Battle of Long Tan
1968 Second assault on Fire Support Base Balmoral, Vietnam on this day in history.
1968 Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democratic primary in Oregon on this day in history.
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 May - 28.
1971 Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram" on May - 28.
1971 On May - 28 uSSR Mars 3 launched, first spacecraft to soft land on Mars
1971 Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46 on May - 28.
1972 On this day in history 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 Edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireld/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 on this day in history.
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