May 28
May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). There are 217 days remaining.
Events:
- 585 BC - An solar eclipse occurred while Alyattes was battling Cyaxares, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
- 1529 - Hernando de Soto arrives in Florida
- 1936 - Alain Turing submits "On Computable Numbers" for publishing
- 1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge opens to vehicular traffic.
- 1987 - Mathias Rust lands on the Red Square in Moscow.
Births:
- 1371 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (+ 1419)
- 1660 - George I, King of Great Britain
- 1759 - William Pitt the Elder, British Prime Minister
- 1779 - Thomas Moore, poet (+ 1852)
- 1807 - Louis Agassiz, zoologist and geologist
- 1836 - Alexander Mitscherlich, chemist (+ 1918)
- 1853 - Carl Larsson, painter (+ 1919)
- 1884 - Eduard Benes, politician
- 1888 - Jim Thorpe, sportsman
- 1908 - Ian Fleming, author of James Bond books (+ 1964)
- 1910 - T-Bone Walker, blues singer
- 1911 - Fritz Hochwälder, author
- 1912 - Patrick White, author
- 1915 - Joseph H. Greenberg, linguist
- 1917 - Papa John Creech
- 1921 - Heinz G. Konsalik, author (+ 1999)
- 1923 - György Ligeti, composer
- 1925 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bariton
- 1936 - Betty Shabazz, civil rights leader and wife of Malcolm X
- 1938 - Osvaldo Romberg, painter, architect
- 1944 - Rudy Giuliani, mayor of New York City, 1993-2001
- 1944 - Gladys Knight singer
- 1945 - John Fogerty, singer
- 1968 - Kylie Minogue, actress
Deaths:
- 1805 - Luigi Boccherini, italian classical music preformer
- 1849 - Anne Bronte, author
- 2001 - Francisco Varela, 54, biologist and philosopher
Holidays and Observances:
See Also:
May 27 - May 29 - April 27 - June 27 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December