Page 9: Historical Events In May - 28

1990  Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica   

1990  On this day in history longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5 hours 12 minutes 33 seconds (Channel Islands)   

1990  Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1991  Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa on May - 28.   

1991  Brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies on May - 28.   

1992  65th National Spelling Bee Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum on May - 28.   

1992  65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum on this day in history.   

1993  On May - 28 200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror   

1993  On this day in history polish Government of Suchocka falls   

1993  Charles Barnett, cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies on May - 28.   

1994  "Cafe American" last airs on NBC-TV on May - 28.   

1994  Julius Boros, pro golfer (US Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74 on May - 28.   

1995  On May - 28 an earthquake hits the Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people   

1995  On this day in history earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people   

1995  On this day in history southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941   

1995  On May - 28 daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57   

1996  On this day in history john "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70   

1997  Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis on this day in history.   

1997  Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight on May - 28.   

1997  Tornado in Jarrell TX kills at least 28 on May - 28.   

1997  On May - 28 wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time   

1998  Phil Hartman actor/comedian (NewsRadio, Saturday Night Live), shot to death while asleep in his bed by his wife at 49 on May - 28.   

1998  Phil Hartman, comedian and actor, dies at age 49 on this day in history.   

2006  President Alvaro Uribe Velez is re-elected in Colombia for a second term. He becomes the first president in over a century to serve consecutive terms on May - 28.   

2007  Riyo Mori was crowned the new Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City on May - 28.   

2014  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is elected President of Egypt on May - 28.   

2017  On this day in history swedish film "The Square" directed by Ruben Ostlund wins the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival   

2017  On this day in history floods and landslides in Sri Lanka kill at least 151   

2017  Indianapolis 500: Takuma Sato wins in 3:13:03.3584 on this day in history.   

2017  On May - 28 tom Dumoulin wins the 100th Giro d’Italia in Milan, 1st Dutchman to win   

2018  On May - 28 south Korean boy band BTS are the first K-pop group to top the US Billboard 200 with their album "Love Yourself: Tear"   

2018  Coco-Cola launches its first alcoholic drink - Lemon-Do on island of Kyushu, Japan on this day in history.   

2018  One million French smokers quit in one year after anti-smoking measures introduced according to Public Health France on this day in history.   

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1140  Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207) was born on May - 28.   

1371  On May - 28 birth of john, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior   

1524  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)   

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

1089  Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 28.   

1259  On May - 28 christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies   

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  Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62 on May - 28.   

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

1556  Death of Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on May - 28.   

1650  On May - 28 gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59