Historical Events In May - 28

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  On May - 28 bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies  

1960  On this day in history "Greenwillow" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 95 performances  

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

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

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

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

1962  On May - 28 suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY  

1962  On this day in history 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 May - 28.  

1963  On this day in history jomo Kenyatta becomes first PM of Kenya  

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1968  On May - 28 award of United States Presidential Unit Citation to D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, for the Battle of Long Tan  

1968  On this day in history second assault on Fire Support Base Balmoral, Vietnam  

1968  On May - 28 senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democratic primary in Oregon  

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

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  USSR Mars 3 launched, first spacecraft to soft land on Mars on May - 28.  

1971  Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

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 May - 28.  

1972  Edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireld/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 on May - 28.  

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1140  Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207) was born on this day in history.  

1371  On this day in history birth of john, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior  

1524  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) was born on May - 28.  

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on May - 28.  

1582  William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 28.  

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

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

1317  On May - 28 guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63  

1357  Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66 on May - 28.  

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

1534  Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83 on May - 28.  

1556  On this day in history death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)  

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