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May 28, 1980 Cheri Wheeler, Miss Georgia Teen USA 1997 May 28, 1979 Monica Keena, American Actress May 28, 1977 Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord, born in Miami, Florida, singer, Menudo-Cannonball May 28, 1975 Caresa Winters, Miss South Dakota USA 1996 May 28, 1975 Mike Fisher, Naperville, Illinois, soccer midfielder, 1996 Olympics gold May 28, 1973 Pat Peake, Rochester, NHL center for the Washington Capitals May 28, 1973 Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids, Michigan, table tennis player 1996 Olympics May 28, 1972 Cheryl Demkowski, Syracuse, New York, dance skater, & Gregory Maddalone May 28, 1972 Denise Booker, Liverpool, golfer, S Australian, Jr. champ 1990 May 28, 1971 Jeff Gove, born in Seattle, Washington, Nike golfer, 1991 Ralphs Senior Classic May 28, 1971 Nick Bravin, New York City, fencer-foil 1996 Olympics May 28, 1971 Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian Athlete May 28, 1970 Ben Williams, WLAF defensive end for the London Monarchs May 28, 1970 David Roberts, Alameda, California, U.S. hockey forward 1994 Olympics May 28, 1970 Jason Belser, NFL cornerback for the Indianapolis Colts May 28, 1970 Morgan Fox, Prince George BC, playmate, Dec, 1990 May 28, 1969 Bob Meeks, WLAF corner, Barcelona Dragons May 28, 1969 Damian Rhodes, St. Paul, NHL goalie, Ottawa Senators May 28, 1969 Frank McCormack, Leicester Massachusetts, cyclist 1996 Olympics May 28, 1968 Char Thompson, WLAF running back, Barcelona Dragons May 28, 1968 Kylie Minogue, Melbourne, Australia, rock vocalist, Locomotion May 28, 1968 Sandra Bacher, Long Island, New York, half-heavyweight judoka, Oly-92, 96 May 28, 1968 Tomas P Pukstys, born in Chicago, Illinois, javelin thrower, Olympics-8th-96 May 28, 1967 Glen Rice, NBA guard and forward, Charlotte Hornets May 28, 1967 Kari Wuhrer, Brookfield, Connecticut, MTV/actress, Beverly Hills 90210 May 28, 1967 Tory Epps, NFL defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints May 28, 1966 Gavin Robertson, NSW cricket off-spin all-rounder, Aust ODI-Pak 1994 May 28, 1965 Catherine Tanvier, France, tennis star May 28, 1965 Chantal Bailey, Champaign, Illinois, speed skater 1994 Olympics May 28, 1965 Christa Miller, New York City, actress, Kate-Drew Carey Show May 28, 1965 Michael Charles Brisky, Brownsville, Texas, PGA golfer, 1995 Buick-2nd May 28, 1964 Armon Gilliam, NBA forward, Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets May 28, 1964 Beth Herr, Middletown Ohio, tennis star May 28, 1964 Leisa Sheridan, born in Omaha, Nebraska, playmate, Jul, 1993 May 28, 1964 Mark MacKay, Brandon GER, hockey forward, Team Germany 1998 May 28, 1964 Jeff Fenech, Australian Athlete May 28, 1963 Eugene Robinson, NFL safety, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31 May 28, 1962 Brandon Cruz, actor, Eddie-Courtship of Eddie's Father May 28, 1961 Roland Gift, UK, rocker, Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy May 28, 1960 Allan Green, cricketeer May 28, 1960 Mark Sanford, American Politician May 28, 1959 Leon "The Bop" Klaasse, rock drummer/singer, The Pilgrims-Red May 28, 1958 Yvet Anna, painter May 28, 1957 Kirk Gibson, Michigan, outfield, Tigers, Dodgers, 1988 NL MVP May 28, 1957 Walter R Tucker, Rep-D-California May 28, 1956 Jeff Dujon, cricket wicket-keeper, WI 1981-91, their most successful May 28, 1956 Mark Alexander Lees, rowing Coach May 28, 1956 Susie Diane Owens, Arkansas City Kansas, playmate, March, 1988 May 28, 1954 George E. Mahlberg, Astrophysicist, Mt Palomar/Mt Wilson California, 1974-78 May 28, 1954 Joao Carlos De Oliveira, Brazil, triple jumper, Oly-bronze-1976, 80 May 28, 1953 Arto Lindsay, rocker/actor, Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan May 28, 1949 Shelley Hamlin, San Mateo California, LPGA golfer, 1978 Patty Berg Classic May 28, 1949 Sue Holderness, actress, Marlene-Only Fools and Horses, Sandbaggers May 28, 1949 Steve King, American Politician May 28, 1948 Bob Shearer, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer May 28, 1948 Ray Laidlaw, British rock drummer, Jack the Lad May 28, 1947 Faith Brown, impressionist May 28, 1947 Patti Reynolds, born in Chicago, Illinois, playmate, Sept, 1965 May 28, 1947 Sondra Locke, Shelbyville Tennessee, actress, Heart Is a Lonely Hunter May 28, 1946 Madeleine Le Roux, Wyoming, Broadway actress, Cry Uncle May 28, 1945 Gary Stewart, Latcher County, Kentucky, country singer, She's Actin' Single May 28, 1945 John Fogerty, Berkeley Cal, rock vocals (Creedence Clearwater Revival May 28, 1944 Adriaan T "Ad" Zuiderent, poet and critic, On the Droge May 28, 1944 Billy Vera, musician, & Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night May 28, 1944 Gladys Knight, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, leader of Pips, Last Train May 28, 1944 Rudy Giuliani, Mayor-R/L-NYC, 1994- May 28, 1943 Dennis Riley, composer May 28, 1943 Liz Edgar, horse show jumper May 28, 1943 Ray Mitchell, governor, Albany Prison, England May 28, 1943 Tony Mansfield, [Anthony Bookbinder], rock drummer, Billy J Kramer May 28, 1941 Beth Howland, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Vera-Alice, Company May 28, 1941 Guntram Vesper, writer May 28, 1940 Betty Shabazz, educator/talk show hostess/widow, Malcolm X May 28, 1940 Hans Dulfer, tenor saxophonist/director, Paradiso May 28, 1940 Thomas E Petri, Rep-R-WI, 1979- May 28, 1940 Maeve Binchy, Irish Novelist May 28, 1938 Jerry West, West Virginia, NBA superstar, Los Angeles Lakers, Olympics gold 1960 May 28, 1938 Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer, Madness May 28, 1936 Maki Ishii, composer May 28, 1935 Kenneth Kleinwort, English banker/multi-millionaire May 28, 1934 Dionne Quintuplets, secluded quintuplets, born Annette, Alive Cecile, Alive Emelie, Dead 1954 Marie, Dead 1970 Yvonne, Alive, First known set of surviving quintuplets, these girls were treated as a side show and lived in a virtual muse May 28, 1934 Dionne quintuplets, Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne, Canada May 28, 1934 Julian Slade, composer May 28, 1934 Rob du Bois, composer May 28, 1933 John Karlen, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Harvey Lacey-Cagney and Lacey May 28, 1933 Philip Otton, high court judge May 28, 1932 Henning Christiansen, composer May 28, 1932 Lord Renton, MP, Conservative May 28, 1932 Timothy Renton, MP May 28, 1931 Carroll Baker, Penn, actress, Andy Warhol's Bad, Babydoll, Harlow May 28, 1931 Ervin Junger, composer May 28, 1931 Peter Talbot Westergaard, composer May 28, 1931 Raymond Miquel, chairman, Scottish Sports Council May 28, 1931 Stephen Birmingham, Hartford, author, Real Lace: America's Irish Rich May 28, 1930 Edward Seaga, PM, Jamaica May 28, 1930 Julian Penkivil Slade, composer May 28, 1929 Leslie Wight, cricketer, one Test WI vs. India 1953, scored 21 May 28, 1929 Patrick McNair-Wilson, MP May 28, 1928 Albert Booth, British government minister May 28, 1928 Jacob R Druckman, composer May 28, 1928 Jack Kevorkian, American Activist May 28, 1927 Bernhard Lewkovitch, composer May 28, 1927 Francois Nourissier, French writer, Un petit bourgeois May 28, 1927 Gyorgy Ligeti, composer May 28, 1927 Norman Ireland, CEO, Bowater May 28, 1927 Robert Evans, CEO, British Gas May 28, 1925 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Zehlendorf Germany, baritone, Doktor Faust May 28, 1925 Martha Vickers, Ann Arbor, Michigan, actress, Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless May 28, 1924 Edward du Cann, CEO, Lonrho May 28, 1924 Lord Rippon, British MP May 28, 1924 Reginald Eyre, solicitor/MP May 28, 1923 Gyorgy Ligeti, Dicsoszentmartin Transylvania Hungary composer May 28, 1923 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star, Patala Bhairavi May 28, 1922 John Alderson, chief constable, Devon and Cornwall UK May 28, 1922 Lou Duva, American Coach May 28, 1919 Duke of Rutland, British land owner/multimillionaire May 28, 1919 Frank Middlemass, actor, Island, Oliver Twist May 28, 1919 John Eldridge, CEO, Matthews Wrightmson May 28, 1917 "Papa" John Creach, violinist May 28, 1917 Barry Commoner, born in Brooklyn, New York, biologist, Science and Survival May 28, 1917 Gerald Cash, Governor-General, Bahamas May 28, 1917 Marshall Reed, Englewood California, actor, Fred Asher-Lineup May 28, 1917 Pape John Creech, rocker, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane May 28, 1916 Gerald McArthur, detective May 28, 1916 Thora Hird, actress, Nightcomers, Kind of Loving May 28, 1916 Walker Percy, Birmingham, Alabama, writer, Adventures of a Bad Catholic May 28, 1916 C. Wright Mills, American Sociologist May 28, 1915 Scott McKay, Pleasantville Iowa, actor, Stage Door May 28, 1915 Wolfgang Schneiderhan, violinist May 28, 1915 Joseph Greenberg, American Writer May 28, 1914 W G G Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot May 28, 1913 Gordon Wolstenholme, physician May 28, 1912 Leslie Monson, diplomat May 28, 1912 Patrick White, Australia, novelist, Happy Valley, Nobel 1973 May 28, 1911 Bob Crisp, cricketer, South African pace bowler of 30's May 28, 1911 Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader May 28, 1911 Randolph Churchill, British Journalist May 28, 1910 Rachel Kempson, actress, Captive Heart May 28, 1910 Stuart Piggott, archaeologist May 28, 1910 T-Bone Walker, Linden, Texas, blues guitarist, Funky Town, Well Done May 28, 1909 John Schepens, [Jean Baudoux], Flemish journalist and writer, Polyfoto May 28, 1908 Ian Lancaster Fleming, born in London, England, author, James Bond May 28, 1907 Frederick George Emmison, archivist/historian May 28, 1907 Henry Ritz, comedian/dancer, Ritz Brothers May 28, 1907 Patrick Browne, British Lord justice of appeal May 28, 1906 Mary Ralton, director, British WRAC May 28, 1906 Phil Regan, singer, My Wild Irish Rose May 28, 1904 Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer May 28, 1903 Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer, Golden Sail May 28, 1900 Owen Aisher, president, Marley May 28, 1898 Andy Kirk, jazz musician May 28, 1897 Henry Kendall, London, actor, Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich and Strange May 28, 1896 Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer May 28, 1896 Warren Giles, baseball's National League president May 28, 1894 Sammy White, Rhode Island, actor, 711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off May 28, 1892 Minna Gombell, Baltimore, actress, Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister May 28, 1889 Jose Padilla, composer May 28, 1888 James Francis Thorpe, Shawnee, Oklahoma, decathelete, Olympics gold 1912 May 28, 1888 Jim Thorpe, Shawnee, Oklahoma, decathelete, Olympics gold 1912 May 28, 1887 Hank Mann, New York City, actor, City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road May 28, 1886 Nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor, Seattle Symph May 28, 1884 Edvard Benes, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, 1921-22, 35-48 May 28, 1884 Theo, door, van Reijn, Dutch sculptor/lithographer May 28, 1883 George Dyson, composer May 28, 1883 Luigi Perrachio, composer May 28, 1879 Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist May 28, 1874 G K Chesterton, writer May 28, 1868 Claude Anet, [Jean Schopfer], French writer, Fille Perdue May 28, 1865 Gerrit Grijns, Dutch physiologist, Vitamin E May 28, 1863 Georg Adler, German state economist May 28, 1862 Henry W. Slocum, Jr., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1888 May 28, 1851 Dick Barlow, cricketer, immortal England all-rounder of 1880's May 28, 1844 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer May 28, 1841 Giovanni Sgambati, composer May 28, 1838 Basil Wilson Duke, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1916 May 28, 1831 Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor May 28, 1830 George Lucas Hartsuff, Major General Union volunteers, died in 1874 May 28, 1830 Karoly Filtsch, composer May 28, 1828 Alpheus Baker, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1891 May 28, 1828 Bartel Wilton, machinefabrikant/ship builder May 28, 1820 Willem Doorenbos, [Keerom], literary/critic May 28, 1819 William Birney, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1907 May 28, 1818 Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, U.S. Confederate gen, Hero of Sumter May 28, 1810 Alexandre Calamo, Switz, painter/etcher/lithographer May 28, 1807 Jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra May 28, 1807 Louis Agassiz, Switzerland, naturalist/geologist/teacher May 28, 1798 Josef Dessauer, composer May 28, 1789 Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author, Tomorrow- og Aftensange May 28, 1782 Wouter J van Troostwijk, Dutch painter May 28, 1780 Joseph Frohlich, composer May 28, 1779 Thomas Moore, Irish Poet May 28, 1778 Friedrich Westenholz, composer May 28, 1777 Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer May 28, 1765 Jean Baptiste Cartier, composer May 28, 1759 William Pitt, the Younger, C, English PM, 1783-1801, 1804-06 May 28, 1738 Joseph Ignace Guillotin, France, physician/inventor, guillotine May 28, 1660 George I, King of England, 1714-27 May 28, 1577 Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician May 28, 1371 John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior |