Historical Events In May - 28

1959  On this day in history monkeys Able & Baker zoom 300 miles (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became first animals retrieved from a space mission   

1959  On this day in history bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies   

1960  On this day in history "Greenwillow" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 95 performances   

1961  On this day in history amnesty International is founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)   

1961  On May - 28 last ever Orient Express from Paris to Bucharest   

1961  Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years) on May - 28.   

1961  On this day in history amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)   

1962  Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester NY on May - 28.   

1962  On May - 28 uS stock market drops $20.8 B in 1 day   

1962  On this day in history wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio   

1963  On May - 28 cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; estimated 22,000 die & 1 million houses destroyed   

1963  Jomo Kenyatta becomes first PM of Kenya on this day in history.   

1963  Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60 on May - 28.   

1964  Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th String quartet on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli   

1964  On this day in history palestine National Congress forms the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) in Jerusalem   

1964  On May - 28 unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit   

1964  On this day in history john Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76   

1965  On May - 28 fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400   

1966  "Ballad Of Irving" by Frank Gallop hits #34 on May - 28.   

1967  On this day in history francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip   

1967  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1968  On May - 28 award of United States Presidential Unit Citation to D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, for the Battle of Long Tan   

1968  On May - 28 second assault on Fire Support Base Balmoral, Vietnam   

1968  Senator Eugene McCarthy wins Democratic primary in Oregon on this day in history.   

1969  On May - 28 aC Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid   

1969  On May - 28 rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at 71   

1970  On May - 28 australian Army Training Team Vietnam awarded US unit Meritorious Citation   

1971  Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram" on May - 28.   

1971  On May - 28 uSSR Mars 3 launched, first spacecraft to soft land on Mars   

1971  Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46 on May - 28.   

1972  On May - 28 edward VIII, former King of the United Kingdon, dies   

1972  White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate on May - 28.   

1972  Edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireld/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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1140  On this day in history birth of xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)   

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

1524  On this day in history birth of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)   

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on May - 28.   

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  Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693) was born on this day in history.   

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

1089  On this day in history lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

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

1317  Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 on May - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1534  Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83 on this day in history.   

1556  On May - 28 death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)   

1650  Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59 on May - 28.