Historical Events In May - 28
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1959 Monkeys Able & Baker zoom 300 miles (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became first animals retrieved from a space mission on May - 28.
1959 Bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies on May - 28.
1960 On this day in history "Greenwillow" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 95 performances
1961 Amnesty International is founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977) on May - 28.
1961 Last ever Orient Express from Paris to Bucharest on May - 28.
1961 Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years) on May - 28.
1961 On this day in history amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)
1962 On May - 28 suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY
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 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 May - 28.
1963 Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60 on May - 28.
1964 On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet
1964 Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli on this day in history.
1964 On May - 28 palestine National Congress forms the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) in Jerusalem
1964 On May - 28 unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit
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 On May - 28 francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip
1967 On May - 28 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 Award of United States Presidential Unit Citation to D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, for the Battle of Long Tan on May - 28.
1968 On May - 28 second assault on Fire Support Base Balmoral, Vietnam
1968 Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democratic primary in Oregon on May - 28.
1969 On this day in history aC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid
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 this day in history.
1971 On May - 28 paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram"
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 On May - 28 edward VIII, former King of the United Kingdon, dies
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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