Page 9: Historical Events In May - 28

1990  Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV on this day in history.   

1990  Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica on this day in history.   

1990  Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5 hours 12 minutes 33 seconds (Channel Islands) on this day in history.   

1990  Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1991  On May - 28 ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa   

1991  On this day in history brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies   

1992  On this day in history 65th National Spelling Bee Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum   

1992  65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum on this day in history.   

1993  200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror on May - 28.   

1993  On May - 28 polish Government of Suchocka falls   

1993  On this day in history charles Barnett, cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies   

1994  On this day in history "Cafe American" last airs on NBC-TV   

1994  On this day in history julius Boros, pro golfer (US Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74   

1995  On this day in history an earthquake hits the Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people   

1995  On May - 28 earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people   

1995  On May - 28 southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941   

1995  On this day in history daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57   

1996  John "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70 on May - 28.   

1997  Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis on May - 28.   

1997  On this day in history linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight   

1997  Tornado in Jarrell TX kills at least 28 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time   

1998  On May - 28 phil Hartman actor/comedian (NewsRadio, Saturday Night Live), shot to death while asleep in his bed by his wife at 49   

1998  On May - 28 phil Hartman, comedian and actor, dies at age 49   

2006  On this day in history president Alvaro Uribe Velez is re-elected in Colombia for a second term. He becomes the first president in over a century to serve consecutive terms.   

2007  On this day in history riyo Mori was crowned the new Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City.   

2014  On this day in history abdel Fattah el-Sisi is elected President of Egypt   

2017  Swedish film "The Square" directed by Ruben Ostlund wins the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on May - 28.   

2017  Floods and landslides in Sri Lanka kill at least 151 on this day in history.   

2017  Indianapolis 500: Takuma Sato wins in 3:13:03.3584 on this day in history.   

2017  On May - 28 tom Dumoulin wins the 100th Giro d’Italia in Milan, 1st Dutchman to win   

2018  South Korean boy band BTS are the first K-pop group to top the US Billboard 200 with their album "Love Yourself: Tear" on May - 28.   

2018  Coco-Cola launches its first alcoholic drink - Lemon-Do on island of Kyushu, Japan on this day in history.   

2018  One million French smokers quit in one year after anti-smoking measures introduced according to Public Health France on May - 28.   

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1140  Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207) was born on this day in history.   

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

1524  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on this day in history.   

1582  On May - 28 birth of william Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)   

1588  On this day in history birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)   

1641  On this day in history birth of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)   

1660  George I, King of England (1714-27) was born on May - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1357  On May - 28 afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66   

1521  On this day in history willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62   

1534  On May - 28 dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83   

1556  On this day in history death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)   

1650  On May - 28 gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59