A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on May 28 throughout history.
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BC Solar eclipse, as predicted by Greek philosopher Thales, occurs while Lydians are at war with the Medes and leads to a truce. It is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates are calculated.
Joan of Arc is accused of relapsing into heresy by donning male clothing again, providing justification for her execution
King Philip II dispatches the Spanish Armada under the Duke of Medina-Sidonia from Lisbon, Portugal to invade England
US President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, a key law leading to the forced removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes out of Georgia and surrounding states, setting the stage for the Cherokee Trail of Tears
Alan Turing submits "On Computable Numbers" for publication, in which he sets out the theoretical basis for modern computers
White House "plumbers" first break in at the Democratic National Headquarters and install listening devices at Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C.
Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor.
Rock guitarist Slash first hears Axl Rose singing with the band Rapidfire at Gazzarri’s On The Sunset Strip, in Los Angeles, California
First indoor swimming pool opens in Goodman's Fields, London
Lionel of Antwerp (29), son of Edward III of England marries second wife Violante Visconti (13) in Milan. Attending are three of Medieval Europe's most famous writers - Geoffrey Chaucer, Jean Froissart and Petrarch
Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern
American photographer and future film director Stanley Kubrick (19) weds high school sweetheart Toba Metz; divorce in 1951
Anne Boleyn (1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII.
Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress and producer. She rose to international prominence by playing Monica Geller in the NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004) and Gale Weathers in the horror film...
Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638)
Battle at Brindisi: Norman-Sicillian King William beats Byzantine fleet under John Doukas and Alexios Bryennios
Black Death Massacre: 60 Jews murdered in Breslau, Silesia; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising
Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (as Charles I) from 1516 to 1556, King of Sicily and Naples from 1516...
Claudio Monteverdi's now mostly lost opera "Arianna" premieres at a royal wedding in Mantua
Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V" premieres in Madrid
Bolton ( BOHL-tən, locally BOH-tən) is a town in Greater Manchester in England. In the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is between Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Bury and Salford.
All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated
The Treaty of Nymphenburg was a treaty between Bavaria and Spain that was concluded on May 28, 1741 at the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich.
Walk-in-the-Water was a sidewheel steamboat that played a pioneering role in steamboat navigation on the Great Lakes. She was the first such craft to run on Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.
Quebec (French: Québec) is Canada's largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, it is the only Francophone-majority province in the country, being home to Québécois French.
Princess Marianne of the Netherlands and Albrecht of Prussia separate
First Black regiment, the 54th Massachusetts, leaves Boston to fight in the US Civil War
The Van Zuylen van Nijevelt cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 1 June 1866 until 4 June 1868. The cabinet was formed by Independent Conservatives (Ind. Con.) after the election of 1866.
The Paris Commune (French: Commune de Paris, pronounced [kɔ.myn də pa.ʁi]) was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28...
Fire in Cincinnati, Ohio nearly destroys grandstand at League Park, home of the Reds baseball team
Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous)
Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held
Australian cricket spin bowler Jimmy Matthews takes 2 hat-tricks on same day in Triangular Tournament v South Africa at Old Trafford (3/16, 3/38); only player to achieve the feat
Racial strife in East St Louis, Illinois, White workers march through Black neighborhoods beating people and burning some buildings; state governor call in National Guard to restore order [1]
The Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan is the pronouncement adopted by the Azerbaijani National Council meeting in Tiflis on 28 May 1918, declaring the independence of the Azerbaijan...
US Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere
Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa (14 January 1863 – 17 December 1929) was a Portuguese army officer and politician who served as president of Portugal in 1926.
Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days
First all-color talking picture "On With the Show" is exhibited in NYC
George William Forbes (12 March 1869 – 17 May 1947) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of New Zealand from 28 May 1930 to 6 December 1935.
Netherlands closes off the Zuiderzee - a new system of dams and dykes to reclaim land and provide flood protection. The country's largest hydraulic engineering project of the 20th century.
The Dionne identical quintuplets are born to Oliva-Édouard and Elzire Dionne near Callander, Ontario, the first quintuplets to survive infancy
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean in California, United States.
Foundation for Tel Aviv harbor laid
Leopold III (3 November 1901 – 25 September 1983) was King of the Belgians from 23 February 1934 until his abdication on 16 July 1951.
1st night game at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. (NY Yankees pip the Senators 6-5)
First night game at Yankee Stadium (Senators 2, Yankees 1)
Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement
Memphis Kiddie Park opens in Brooklyn, Ohio; the park's Little Dipper roller coaster would become the oldest operating steel roller coaster in North America.
Sir Henry Edward Bolte GCMG (20 May 1908 – 4 January 1990) was an Australian politician who served as the 38th premier of Victoria from 1955 to 1972.
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts
Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, NY
Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed
Fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400
Dmitri Shostakovich's 11th String quartet premieres in Leningrad
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in...
Arms Trial Begins: several men are charged in a Dublin court with conspiracy to illegally import arms for use by the Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Four Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and four civilians killed when a bomb they were preparing exploded prematurely at a house in Belfast
Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 innings (game started 5/26)
Italian fascists bomb demonstrators in Brescia, 6 killed
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was created by the Treaty of Lagos on May 28, 1975, in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria.
Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky kills 168
Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Upper Volta on 14 May 1978, with a second round on 28 May after no candidate won more than 50% in the first round.
2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning
Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
The Lebanon hostage crisis was the kidnapping in Lebanon of 104 foreign hostages between 1982 and 1992, when the Lebanese Civil War was at its height.
Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados
The 60th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on May 27–28, 1987, sponsored by the E.W.
The Dave Thomas Comedy Show (later simply Dave Thomas) was a sketch-based, half-hour, five-week summer replacement series, which aired on CBS in the summer of 1990.
Forever My Lady is the debut studio album by American R&B quartet Jodeci, released May 28, 1991, by Uptown Records and MCA Records.
The 65th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on May 27–28, 1992, sponsored by the E.W.
,000 demonstrate against mafia terror
"Cafe American" last airs on NBC-TV
48th Cannes Film Festival: "Underground" directed by Emir Kusturica wins the Palme d'Or
American aviator Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart's ill-fated attempted around-the-world flight
Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting the US, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions
Walk for Reconciliation takes place across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, part of Corroboree 2000, organized by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation [1]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmental military alliance between 32 member states—30 in Europe and 2 in North America.
The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, to become Prime Minister of Iraq's interim government
The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multiracial, multicultural, multi-religious, and multilingual country.
Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has been serving as the 6th president of Egypt since 2014. After the 2011 Egyptian revolution and...
Harambe, a gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo, is shot after dragging a 3-year-old boy who had slipped into its enclosure (Cincinnati, Ohio)
The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar was the president of the jury for the main competition.
Coco-Cola launches its first alcoholic drink - Lemon-Do on island of Kyushu, Japan
Johnson & Johnson go on trial in Oklahoma accused of deceptively marketing painkillers and downplaying risks of addiction helping create "opioid epidemic", first of 2,000 cases against US pharmaceutical firms
Discovery of a mass grave with the remains of 215 children from Kamloops Indian Residential School announced by First Nation in British Columbia, Canada [1]
Triangle of Sadness is a 2022 satirical black comedy film written and directed by Ruben Östlund in his English-language feature debut.
The Pope apologises for using a homophobic term in a private assembly of Italian bishops, where he reconfirmed the churches ban on gay priests [1]
Former Albanian President Ilir Meta is charged with corruption, money-laundering, tax evasion, and hiding property from authorities [1]
John the Fearless is born
Selim II is born
George I is born
Rudy Giuliani, American attorney and politician, known for american attorney and politician, was born on 1945-05-28.
Marco Rubio, American politician and diplomat, known for american politician and diplomat, was born on 1972-05-28.
Kylie Minogue, Australian singer and actress, known for australian singer and actress, was born on 1969-05-28. Kylie Ann Minogue is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress.
Gladys Knight, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1945-05-28. Gladys Maria Knight is an American singer and actress.
John Fogerty, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1946-05-28. John Cameron Fogerty is an American musician.
Jerry West, American athlete, known for american basketball player and executive, was born on 1938-05-28.
Alexandre de Beauharnais, French revolutionary politician and general, known for french revolutionary politician and general, was born on 1760-05-28.
Bülent Ecevit is born
François-Henri Pinault, French businessman, known for french businessman, was born on 1963-05-28. François-Henri Pinault is a French businessman and the son of billionaire François Pinault.
Noah Webster, American lexicographer and author, known for american lexicographer and author, died on 1843-05-28.
John Russell dies
Alfred Adler, Austrian psychotherapist, known for austrian psychotherapist, died on 1937-05-28.
Edward VIII dies
Phil Hartman, American canadian-american actor, known for canadian-american actor, died on 1998-05-28.
BC Solar eclipse, as predicted by Greek philosopher Thales, occurs while Lydians are at war with the Medes and leads to a truce. It is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates are calculated.
Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638)
Battle at Brindisi: Norman-Sicillian King William beats Byzantine fleet under John Doukas and Alexios Bryennios
Black Death Massacre: 60 Jews murdered in Breslau, Silesia; part of a wave of pogroms across Western Europe
Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising
Lionel of Antwerp (29), son of Edward III of England marries second wife Violante Visconti (13) in Milan. Attending are three of Medieval Europe's most famous writers - Geoffrey Chaucer, Jean Froissart and Petrarch
John the Fearless is born
Joan of Arc is accused of relapsing into heresy by donning male clothing again, providing justification for her execution
Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (as Charles I) from 1516 to 1556, King of Sicily and Naples from 1516...
Selim II is born
Anne Boleyn (1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII.
King Philip II dispatches the Spanish Armada under the Duke of Medina-Sidonia from Lisbon, Portugal to invade England
Claudio Monteverdi's now mostly lost opera "Arianna" premieres at a royal wedding in Mantua
Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V" premieres in Madrid
Bolton ( BOHL-tən, locally BOH-tən) is a town in Greater Manchester in England. In the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is between Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Bury and Salford.
George I is born
All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated
The Treaty of Nymphenburg was a treaty between Bavaria and Spain that was concluded on May 28, 1741 at the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich.
First indoor swimming pool opens in Goodman's Fields, London
Alexandre de Beauharnais, French revolutionary politician and general, known for french revolutionary politician and general, was born on 1760-05-28.
Walk-in-the-Water was a sidewheel steamboat that played a pioneering role in steamboat navigation on the Great Lakes. She was the first such craft to run on Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.
US President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, a key law leading to the forced removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes out of Georgia and surrounding states, setting the stage for the Cherokee Trail of Tears
Noah Webster, American lexicographer and author, known for american lexicographer and author, died on 1843-05-28.
Quebec (French: Québec) is Canada's largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, it is the only Francophone-majority province in the country, being home to Québécois French.
Princess Marianne of the Netherlands and Albrecht of Prussia separate
First Black regiment, the 54th Massachusetts, leaves Boston to fight in the US Civil War
The Van Zuylen van Nijevelt cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 1 June 1866 until 4 June 1868. The cabinet was formed by Independent Conservatives (Ind. Con.) after the election of 1866.
The Paris Commune (French: Commune de Paris, pronounced [kɔ.myn də pa.ʁi]) was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28...
John Russell dies
Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern
Fire in Cincinnati, Ohio nearly destroys grandstand at League Park, home of the Reds baseball team
Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous)
Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held
Australian cricket spin bowler Jimmy Matthews takes 2 hat-tricks on same day in Triangular Tournament v South Africa at Old Trafford (3/16, 3/38); only player to achieve the feat
Racial strife in East St Louis, Illinois, White workers march through Black neighborhoods beating people and burning some buildings; state governor call in National Guard to restore order [1]
The Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan is the pronouncement adopted by the Azerbaijani National Council meeting in Tiflis on 28 May 1918, declaring the independence of the Azerbaijan...
US Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere
Bülent Ecevit is born
Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa (14 January 1863 – 17 December 1929) was a Portuguese army officer and politician who served as president of Portugal in 1926.
Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days
First all-color talking picture "On With the Show" is exhibited in NYC
George William Forbes (12 March 1869 – 17 May 1947) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of New Zealand from 28 May 1930 to 6 December 1935.
Netherlands closes off the Zuiderzee - a new system of dams and dykes to reclaim land and provide flood protection. The country's largest hydraulic engineering project of the 20th century.
The Dionne identical quintuplets are born to Oliva-Édouard and Elzire Dionne near Callander, Ontario, the first quintuplets to survive infancy
Alan Turing submits "On Computable Numbers" for publication, in which he sets out the theoretical basis for modern computers
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean in California, United States.
Alfred Adler, Austrian psychotherapist, known for austrian psychotherapist, died on 1937-05-28.
Foundation for Tel Aviv harbor laid
Jerry West, American athlete, known for american basketball player and executive, was born on 1938-05-28.
Leopold III (3 November 1901 – 25 September 1983) was King of the Belgians from 23 February 1934 until his abdication on 16 July 1951.
1st night game at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. (NY Yankees pip the Senators 6-5)
Rudy Giuliani, American attorney and politician, known for american attorney and politician, was born on 1945-05-28.
Gladys Knight, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1945-05-28. Gladys Maria Knight is an American singer and actress.
First night game at Yankee Stadium (Senators 2, Yankees 1)
John Fogerty, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1946-05-28. John Cameron Fogerty is an American musician.
American photographer and future film director Stanley Kubrick (19) weds high school sweetheart Toba Metz; divorce in 1951
Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement
Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Anglo-Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor.
Memphis Kiddie Park opens in Brooklyn, Ohio; the park's Little Dipper roller coaster would become the oldest operating steel roller coaster in North America.
Sir Henry Edward Bolte GCMG (20 May 1908 – 4 January 1990) was an Australian politician who served as the 38th premier of Victoria from 1955 to 1972.
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts
Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, NY
Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed
François-Henri Pinault, French businessman, known for french businessman, was born on 1963-05-28. François-Henri Pinault is a French businessman and the son of billionaire François Pinault.
Fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400
Dmitri Shostakovich's 11th String quartet premieres in Leningrad
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in...
Kylie Minogue, Australian singer and actress, known for australian singer and actress, was born on 1969-05-28. Kylie Ann Minogue is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress.
Arms Trial Begins: several men are charged in a Dublin court with conspiracy to illegally import arms for use by the Irish Republican Army (IRA)
White House "plumbers" first break in at the Democratic National Headquarters and install listening devices at Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C.
Four Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and four civilians killed when a bomb they were preparing exploded prematurely at a house in Belfast
Marco Rubio, American politician and diplomat, known for american politician and diplomat, was born on 1972-05-28.
Edward VIII dies
Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 innings (game started 5/26)
Italian fascists bomb demonstrators in Brescia, 6 killed
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was created by the Treaty of Lagos on May 28, 1975, in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria.
Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky kills 168
Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Upper Volta on 14 May 1978, with a second round on 28 May after no candidate won more than 50% in the first round.
2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning
Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
Rock guitarist Slash first hears Axl Rose singing with the band Rapidfire at Gazzarri’s On The Sunset Strip, in Los Angeles, California
The Lebanon hostage crisis was the kidnapping in Lebanon of 104 foreign hostages between 1982 and 1992, when the Lebanese Civil War was at its height.
Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados
The 60th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on May 27–28, 1987, sponsored by the E.W.
The Dave Thomas Comedy Show (later simply Dave Thomas) was a sketch-based, half-hour, five-week summer replacement series, which aired on CBS in the summer of 1990.
Forever My Lady is the debut studio album by American R&B quartet Jodeci, released May 28, 1991, by Uptown Records and MCA Records.
The 65th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on May 27–28, 1992, sponsored by the E.W.
,000 demonstrate against mafia terror
"Cafe American" last airs on NBC-TV
48th Cannes Film Festival: "Underground" directed by Emir Kusturica wins the Palme d'Or
American aviator Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart's ill-fated attempted around-the-world flight
Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting the US, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions
Phil Hartman, American canadian-american actor, known for canadian-american actor, died on 1998-05-28.
Walk for Reconciliation takes place across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, part of Corroboree 2000, organized by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation [1]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmental military alliance between 32 member states—30 in Europe and 2 in North America.
The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, to become Prime Minister of Iraq's interim government
The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multiracial, multicultural, multi-religious, and multilingual country.
Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress and producer. She rose to international prominence by playing Monica Geller in the NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004) and Gale Weathers in the horror film...
Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has been serving as the 6th president of Egypt since 2014. After the 2011 Egyptian revolution and...
Harambe, a gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo, is shot after dragging a 3-year-old boy who had slipped into its enclosure (Cincinnati, Ohio)
The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar was the president of the jury for the main competition.
Coco-Cola launches its first alcoholic drink - Lemon-Do on island of Kyushu, Japan
Johnson & Johnson go on trial in Oklahoma accused of deceptively marketing painkillers and downplaying risks of addiction helping create "opioid epidemic", first of 2,000 cases against US pharmaceutical firms
Discovery of a mass grave with the remains of 215 children from Kamloops Indian Residential School announced by First Nation in British Columbia, Canada [1]
Triangle of Sadness is a 2022 satirical black comedy film written and directed by Ruben Östlund in his English-language feature debut.
The Pope apologises for using a homophobic term in a private assembly of Italian bishops, where he reconfirmed the churches ban on gay priests [1]
Former Albanian President Ilir Meta is charged with corruption, money-laundering, tax evasion, and hiding property from authorities [1]