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May 28 Events in History - May 28 Birthdays - May 28 Deaths
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May 28, 1998 Pakistan tests underground nuclear weapons, sparking fears of a nuclear conflict with India May 28, 1997 Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis May 28, 1997 Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight May 28, 1997 Tornado in Jarrell Texas kills at least 28 May 28, 1997 Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mt Everest for 3rd time May 28, 1995 "Inspector Calls" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 454 performances May 28, 1995 Alison Nichols wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic May 28, 1995 Dottie Mochrie wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game May 28, 1995 Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people May 28, 1995 Southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941 May 28, 1995 White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium May 28, 1994 "Cafe American," last airs on NBC-TV May 28, 1994 Twin's Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054) May 28, 1993 200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror May 28, 1993 Polish government of Suchocka falls May 28, 1992 65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum May 28, 1991 Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa May 28, 1990 Cesar Gaviria Trujillo installed as president of Colombia May 28, 1990 Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV May 28, 1990 Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica May 28, 1990 Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5h12m33s (Channel Islands) May 28, 1989 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic May 28, 1989 Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) May 28, 1989 Emerson Fittipaldi wins Indianapolis 500 May 28, 1988 Genie Francis (General Hospital) weds Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek TNG) May 28, 1987 60th National Spelling Bee: Stephanie Petit wins spelling staphylococci May 28, 1987 Mathias Rust, 19, W. German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in U.S.S.R. May 28, 1987 Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot May 28, 1987 Paul Pearman jumps 21 barrels on a skateboard in Augusta May 28, 1987 Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn May 28, 1987 Stacking of Discovery's SRBs completed May 28, 1986 Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados May 28, 1986 White Sox Joe Cowley sets record striking out 1st 7 Rangers he faces May 28, 1985 David Jacobsen taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon May 28, 1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-G May 28, 1983 "Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63 May 28, 1983 Hamburger ZV wins 28th Europe Cup 1 in Athens May 28, 1982 Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight May 28, 1982 Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain May 28, 1980 2 Oakland A's steal home in 1st inning May 28, 1980 Joe Darby does a standing long jump of 12'5" May 28, 1980 Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid May 28, 1979 European Market accepts Greece as member May 28, 1978 Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times May 28, 1977 165 killed in a fire at Beverly Hills Supper Club in Kentucky May 28, 1975 Bayern Munchen wins 20th Europe Cup 1 in Paris May 28, 1975 Soyuz 18 launches May 28, 1974 "Magic Show" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 1859 performances May 28, 1974 26th Emmy Awards: MASH, Alan Alda and Mary Tyler Moore win May 28, 1974 Emmy 1st Daytime Award presentation May 28, 1974 Italians fascist bomb demonstrators in Brescia, 6 killed May 28, 1974 Stephen Schwartz' musical "Magic Show," premieres in New York City May 28, 1973 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26) May 28, 1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate May 28, 1971 Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram" May 28, 1971 U.S.S.R. Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars May 28, 1969 A. C. Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid May 28, 1968 AL announces it is splitting into 2 divisions May 28, 1968 NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise May 28, 1968 Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democrate primary in Oregon May 28, 1967 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 2nd Violin concert May 28, 1967 Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip May 28, 1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. May 28, 1966 "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34 May 28, 1966 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 11th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad May 28, 1965 Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400 May 28, 1964 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet May 28, 1964 Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli May 28, 1964 Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem May 28, 1964 Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit May 28, 1963 Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed May 28, 1963 Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India) May 28, 1963 Jomo Kenyatta becomes 1st PM of Kenya May 28, 1962 Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, New York May 28, 1962 U.S. stock market drops $20.8 billion in 1 day May 28, 1962 Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio May 28, 1961 Amnesty International founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977) May 28, 1961 Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years) May 28, 1961 Record 27 home runs hit in 7 AL games May 28, 1960 "Greenwillow" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 95 performances May 28, 1959 Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts May 28, 1959 Johnson and Bart's musical "Lock up your daughters," premieres in London May 28, 1959 Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission May 28, 1958 French government of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle May 28, 1958 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Land of Sky Golf Open May 28, 1957 NL approves Brooklyn Dodgers' and New York Giants' move to west coast May 28, 1957 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 28, 1957 WPSD TV channel 6 in Paducah, Kentucky (NBC) begins broadcasting May 28, 1956 Dale Long becomes 1st to hit home runs in 8 straight games May 28, 1956 Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus May 28, 1955 81st Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 1:54.6 May 28, 1955 Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500 May 28, 1955 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open May 28, 1953 Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-"Melody" May 28, 1951 After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st HR May 28, 1951 Bernardus J Alfrink appointed bishop's asst of Utrecht May 28, 1951 Jerry Colonna Show, debuts on ABC-TV May 28, 1951 Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run May 28, 1948 Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement May 28, 1946 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1) May 28, 1943 British militia reaches Tito May 28, 1942 1,800 Czechs murdered by Nazis during attack on Heydrich May 28, 1941 1st night game at Washington D.C., Griffith stadium (Yanks 6, Senators 5) May 28, 1941 British army begins evacuation of Kreta May 28, 1941 New York Yankees nip Washington Senators 6-5 in 1st night game at Griffith Stadium May 28, 1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up May 28, 1940 British-French troops capture Narvik Norway May 28, 1940 Irving Berlin's musical "Louisiana Purchase," premieres in New York City May 28, 1938 Foundation for Tel Aviv harbor laid May 28, 1938 Hindemiths opera "Mathis der Maler," premieres in Zurich May 28, 1937 Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to vehicular traffic May 28, 1937 Neville Chamberlain becomes PM of England May 28, 1934 Bradman gets 160 Aust vs. Middlesex, 124 mins, 27 fours, 1x6, 1x5 May 28, 1934 Hobbs scores his 197th and last FC cricket ton at 51 years 163 days May 28, 1932 Dam closed, at current monument (South Seas) May 28, 1930 Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of NZ May 28, 1929 1st all color talking picture "On With the Show" exhibited (New York City) May 28, 1928 Dodge Brothers Inc. and Chrysler Corp. merged May 28, 1927 Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days May 28, 1926 Military coup by Gen Manuel Gomes da Costa in Portugal May 28, 1926 U.S. Customs Court created by congress May 28, 1923 Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere May 28, 1923 U.S. unemployment has nearly ended May 28, 1919 Armenia declares it's Independence May 28, 1918 Tatars declares Azerbaijan, in Russian Caucasus, independent May 28, 1915 John B. Gruelle patents Raggedy Ann doll May 28, 1912 Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Aust vs. South Africa May 28, 1907 Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held May 28, 1906 Shields/Cobbs musical "His honor, the Mayor," premieres in New York City May 28, 1904 29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2 May 28, 1901 26th Preakness: Fred Landry aboard The Parader wins in 1:47.2 May 28, 1901 Laws against phosphor matches enacted (inhibition white phosphorous) May 28, 1900 Britain annexes Orange Free State (as Orange River Colony) May 28, 1900 Fire in Cincinnati nearly destroys Reds' grandstand May 28, 1900 Solar eclipse occurs May 28, 1894 Belgium Princess Josephine marries Prince Karl von Hohenzollern May 28, 1892 Sierra Club forms by John Muir for conservation of nature May 28, 1880 8th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Grenada wins in 2:40 May 28, 1875 3rd Preakness: L Hughes aboard Tom Ochiltree wins in 2:43 May 28, 1871 Paris communards revolt put down May 28, 1866 Dutch government of Zuylen van Nijevelt/Heemskerk forms May 28, 1863 1st black regiment (54 Mass) leaves Boston to fight in Civil War May 28, 1858 Dion Boucicault's "Foul Play," premieres in London May 28, 1851 Sojourner Truth attends Women's Rights Convention May 28, 1849 Princess WFLC Marianne and Albrecht of Prussia separate May 28, 1845 Fire in Quebec Canada, 1,500 houses destroyed May 28, 1830 Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie May 28, 1818 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched May 28, 1774 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) May 28, 1754 George Washington defeats French and indians at Ft. Duquesne (Pitts) May 28, 1742 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London) May 28, 1741 Spain and Bavaria sign treaty May 28, 1731 All Hebrew books in Papal State are confiscated May 28, 1674 German Parliament declares war on France May 28, 1664 1st Baptist Church organizes (Boston) May 28, 1635 Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V," premieres in Madrid May 28, 1608 Claudio Monteverdi's "Arianna," premieres in Mantua May 28, 1539 Hernando de Soto lands in Florida May 28, 1533 England's archbishop voids King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage May 28, 1521 Pope Leo X signs treaty with German emperor Charles V May 28, 1358 Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising May 28, 1349 60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia May 28, 1156 Battle at Brindisi: King Willem of Sicily beats Byzantine fleet May 28, 1037 German emperor Koenraad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis" May 28, 640 Severinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope (elected in 638) |