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Historical Events In May - 28

Friday, 22 September 2023

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1959  On May - 28 bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1960  On this day in history "Greenwillow" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 95 performances  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On May - 28 amnesty International is founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On May - 28 last ever Orient Express from Paris to Bucharest  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On this day in history last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On May - 28 amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  On May - 28 suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  On this day in history uS stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1962  On May - 28 wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; estimated 22,000 die & 1 million houses destroyed on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  On this day in history jomo Kenyatta becomes first PM of Kenya  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1963  Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60 on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  On May - 28 dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  Palestine National Congress forms the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) in Jerusalem on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  On May - 28 unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1964  On May - 28 john Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1965  On this day in history fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1966  On May - 28 "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1967  Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1967  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On this day in history second assault on Fire Support Base Balmoral, Vietnam  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1968  On May - 28 senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democratic primary in Oregon  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  AC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1969  Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71 on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1970  Australian Army Training Team Vietnam awarded US unit Meritorious Citation on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram" on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  USSR Mars 3 launched, first spacecraft to soft land on Mars on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1971  Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  Edward VIII, former King of the United Kingdon, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1972  Edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireld/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 28

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1140  Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1371  On this day in history birth of john, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1524  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) was born on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1582  William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1588  On this day in history birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1641  Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1660  George I, King of England (1714-27) was born on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 28

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1089  On May - 28 lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1259  Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1317  On May - 28 guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1357  Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66 on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1521  On May - 28 willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1534  Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83 on May - 28.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1556  On this day in history death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1650  Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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