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| May 28th, 2008 (May 28 2008) | Event | The first meet of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a Federal Democratic Republic ending the reign of 450 year old Shah Dynasty that ruled the Unified Nepal for 240 years. | |
| May 28th, 2008 (May 28 2008) | Death | David Mitton, Scottish-born director (born in 1938) | |
| May 28th, 2008 (May 28 2008) | Death | Robert Justman, American television producer (born in 1926) | |
| May 28th, 2007 (May 28 2007) | Death | Marquise Hill, American football player (born in 1982) | |
| May 28th, 2007 (May 28 2007) | Death | Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (born in 1945) | |
| May 28th, 2006 (May 28 2006) | Death | Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (born in 1920) | |
| May 28th, 2004 (May 28 2004) | Event | The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, to become prime minister of Iraq s interim government. | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
| May 28th, 2004 (May 28 2004) | Death | Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-born automobile executive (born in 1934) | |
| May 28th, 2003 (May 28 2003) | Event | Peter Hollingworth becomes the first Governor-General of Australia to resign his office as a result of criticism of his conduct. | |
| May 28th, 2003 (May 28 2003) | Death | Oleg Makarov, cosmonaut (born in 1933) | |
| May 28th, 2003 (May 28 2003) | Death | Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born in 1917) | |
| May 28th, 2003 (May 28 2003) | Death | Martha Scott, American actress (born in 1912) | |
| May 28th, 2002 (May 28 2002) | Event | NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance. | |
| May 28th, 2002 (May 28 2002) | Death | Jean Berger, German-born composer (born in 1909) | |
| May 28th, 2001 (May 28 2001) | Death | Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (born in 1946) | Philo Quotes |
| May 28th, 2001 (May 28 2001) | Death | Joe Moakley, American politician (born in 1927) | |
| May 28th, 1999 (May 28 1999) | Event | In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci s masterpiece "The Last Supper" is put back on display. | |
| May 28th, 1999 (May 28 1999) | Event | Two Swedish police officers are murdered with their own fire arms by the bank robbers Jackie Arklov and Tony Olsson after a dramatic car chase. | |
| May 28th, 1998 (May 28 1998) | Event | Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. | |
| May 28th, 1998 (May 28 1998) | Death | Phil Hartman, Canadian actor, comedian (born in 1948) | |
| May 28th, 1996 (May 28 1996) | Event | U.S. President Bill Clinton s former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, James McDougal and Susan McDougal, and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
| May 28th, 1995 (May 28 1995) | Event | The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, ? of total population. | |
| May 28th, 1994 (May 28 1994) | Death | Julius Boros, American golfer (born in 1920) | |
| May 28th, 1994 (May 28 1994) | Death | Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (born in 1916) | |
| May 28th, 1993 (May 28 1993) | Death | Billy Conn, American boxer and actor (born in 1917) | |
| May 28th, 1991 (May 28 1991) | Event | The capital city of Addis Ababa, falls to the Ethiopian People s Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War. | |
| May 28th, 1988 (May 28 1988) | Birth | David Perron, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 28th, 1988 (May 28 1988) | Death | Sy Oliver, Jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader (born in 1910) | |
| May 28th, 1987 (May 28 1987) | Event | 19-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained and is not released until August 3, 1988. | |
| May 28th, 1987 (May 28 1987) | Event | A robot probe finds the wreckage of the USS Monitor near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. | |
| May 28th, 1986 (May 28 1986) | Birth | Charles N Zogbia, French footballer | |
| May 28th, 1986 (May 28 1986) | Birth | Joseph Cross, American actor | |
| May 28th, 1986 (May 28 1986) | Birth | Jaslene Gonzalez, American model and reality show contestant | |
| May 28th, 1986 (May 28 1986) | Birth | Michael Oher, American football player at Ole Miss | |
| May 28th, 1986 (May 28 1986) | Birth | Berrick Barnes, Australian Rugby player | |
| May 28th, 1985 (May 28 1985) | Birth | Colbie Caillat, American folk singer-songwriter | |
| May 28th, 1984 (May 28 1984) | Birth | Beth Allen, New Zealand actress | |
| May 28th, 1984 (May 28 1984) | Death | Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise) (born in 1926) | |
| May 28th, 1983 (May 28 1983) | Birth | Humberto Sanchez, Dominican baseball player | |
| May 28th, 1982 (May 28 1982) | Event | Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green. | |
| May 28th, 1982 (May 28 1982) | Birth | Alexa Davalos, American actress | |
| May 28th, 1982 (May 28 1982) | Birth | Jhonny Peralta, Dominican baseball player | |
| May 28th, 1982 (May 28 1982) | Death | Lt Col H . Jones VC, British soldier (Falklands War) (born in 1940) | |
| May 28th, 1981 (May 28 1981) | Birth | Adam Green, American singer and songwriter | |
| May 28th, 1981 (May 28 1981) | Birth | Daniel Cabrera, Dominican baseball player | |
| May 28th, 1981 (May 28 1981) | Death | Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, Archbishop of Warsaw (born in 1901) | |
| May 28th, 1980 (May 28 1980) | Birth | Mark Feehily, Irish musician (Westlife) | |
| May 28th, 1980 (May 28 1980) | Birth | Miguel Perez, Spanish footballer | |
| May 28th, 1980 (May 28 1980) | Death | Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (born in 1895) | |
| May 28th, 1979 (May 28 1979) | Event | Constantine Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community. | |
| May 28th, 1979 (May 28 1979) | Birth | Jesse Bradford, American actor | |
| May 28th, 1979 (May 28 1979) | Birth | Ronald Curry, American football player | |
| May 28th, 1979 (May 28 1979) | Birth | Joeri Jansen, Belgian athlete | |
| May 28th, 1979 (May 28 1979) | Birth | Monica Keena, American actress | |
| May 28th, 1978 (May 28 1978) | Event | Second round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta. The election is won by incumbent Sangoule Lamizana. | |
| May 28th, 1978 (May 28 1978) | Death | Arthur Brough, English actor (born in 1905) | |
| May 28th, 1977 (May 28 1977) | Event | In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside. | |
| May 28th, 1977 (May 28 1977) | Birth | Jeremy Borash, American professional wrestling announcer | |
| May 28th, 1977 (May 28 1977) | Birth | Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American television panelist (The View) | |
| May 28th, 1976 (May 28 1976) | Birth | Liam O Brien, American voice actor | |
| May 28th, 1976 (May 28 1976) | Birth | Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast | |
| May 28th, 1976 (May 28 1976) | Birth | Glenn Morrison, Rugby League Player | |
| May 28th, 1976 (May 28 1976) | Death | Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (born in 1922) | |
| May 28th, 1975 (May 28 1975) | Event | Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States. | |
| May 28th, 1975 (May 28 1975) | Birth | Charmaine Sheh, Hong Kong actress | |
| May 28th, 1975 (May 28 1975) | Death | Ezzard Charles, Heavyweight champion (born in 1921) | |
| May 28th, 1974 (May 28 1974) | Event | Northern Ireland s power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists. | |
| May 28th, 1974 (May 28 1974) | Birth | Alicia Minshew, American actress | |
| May 28th, 1972 (May 28 1972) | Birth | Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist | |
| May 28th, 1972 (May 28 1972) | Birth | Guidoni Junior Doriva, Brazilian footballer | |
| May 28th, 1972 (May 28 1972) | Death | King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (born in 1894 | |
| May 28th, 1971 (May 28 1971) | Birth | Isabelle Carre, French actress | |
| May 28th, 1971 (May 28 1971) | Birth | Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater | |
| May 28th, 1971 (May 28 1971) | Death | Audie Murphy, American actor and war hero (born in 1924) | |
| May 28th, 1971 (May 28 1971) | Death | Jean Vilar, French actor (born in 1912) | |
| May 28th, 1970 (May 28 1970) | Event | The formerly united Free University of Brussels officially splits into two separate entities, the French-speaking Universite Libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel. | |
| May 28th, 1970 (May 28 1970) | Birth | Morgan Fox, Canadian model and 1990 Playboy playmate | |
| May 28th, 1970 (May 28 1970) | Birth | Ian Cashmore, English actor and paranormal investigator | |
| May 28th, 1970 (May 28 1970) | Birth | Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (died in 2002) | |
| May 28th, 1969 (May 28 1969) | Birth | Mike DiFelice, American baseball player | |
| May 28th, 1969 (May 28 1969) | Birth | Justin Kirk, American actor | |
| May 28th, 1968 (May 28 1968) | Birth | Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer | |
| May 28th, 1968 (May 28 1968) | Death | Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (born in 1908) | |
| May 28th, 1967 (May 28 1967) | Birth | Glen Rice, American basketball player | |
| May 28th, 1965 (May 28 1965) | Birth | Chris Ballew, American musician | |
| May 28th, 1964 (May 28 1964) | Event | The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed. | |
| May 28th, 1964 (May 28 1964) | Birth | Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer | |
| May 28th, 1964 (May 28 1964) | Birth | Christa Miller, American actress | |
| May 28th, 1964 (May 28 1964) | Birth | David Baddiel, British comedian and television presenter | David Baddiel Quotes |
| May 28th, 1964 (May 28 1964) | Birth | Phil Vassar, American country music singer | |
| May 28th, 1963 (May 28 1963) | Birth | Houman Younessi, Iranian-born scientist | |
| May 28th, 1963 (May 28 1963) | Birth | Gavin Harrison, British drummer (Porcupine Tree) | |
| May 28th, 1962 (May 28 1962) | Birth | Brandon Cruz, American actor | |
| May 28th, 1962 (May 28 1962) | Birth | James Michael Tyler, American actor | |
| May 28th, 1961 (May 28 1961) | Event | Peter Benenson s article "The Forgotten Prisoners" is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International. | Peter Benenson Quotes |
| May 28th, 1961 (May 28 1961) | Birth | Roland Gift, English musician (Fine Young Cannibals) | |
| May 28th, 1959 (May 28 1959) | Birth | John Morgan, British etiquette expert (died in 2000) | |
| May 28th, 1957 (May 28 1957) | Birth | Kirk Gibson, American baseball player | |
| May 28th, 1957 (May 28 1957) | Birth | Ben Howland, American college basketball coach | |
| May 28th, 1956 (May 28 1956) | Birth | Julie Peasgood, British actress | |
| May 28th, 1956 (May 28 1956) | Birth | Jerry Douglas, American dobro player | |
| May 28th, 1956 (May 28 1956) | Birth | Markus Hottinger, Austrian racing driver (died in 1980) | |
| May 28th, 1955 (May 28 1955) | Event | Henry Bolte becomes Premier of the state of Victoria. | |
| May 28th, 1955 (May 28 1955) | Birth | John McGeoch, Scottish musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees) (died in 2004) | John Scott Quotes |
| May 28th, 1955 (May 28 1955) | Birth | Mark Howe, American ice hockey player | |
| May 28th, 1954 (May 28 1954) | Birth | John Tory, Canadian politician | |
| May 28th, 1954 (May 28 1954) | Birth | Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist (d.1988) | |
| May 28th, 1953 (May 28 1953) | Birth | Arto Lindsay, American guitarist and singer | |
| May 28th, 1953 (May 28 1953) | Death | Hori Tatsuo, Japanese writer (born in 1904) | |
| May 28th, 1952 (May 28 1952) | Event | Memphis Kiddie Park opens in Brooklyn, Ohio. The park s Little Dipper roller coaster would become the oldest operating steel roller coaster in North America. | |
| May 28th, 1952 (May 28 1952) | Event | The women of Greece are given the right to vote. | |
| May 28th, 1952 (May 28 1952) | Birth | Russell J. Wintner, American film executive | |
| May 28th, 1950 (May 28 1950) | Birth | Ian Bradley, British writer and academic | |
| May 28th, 1950 (May 28 1950) | Birth | Jim Harris, American professional wrestler | |
| May 28th, 1949 (May 28 1949) | Birth | Wendy O. Williams, American musician (The Plasmatics) (died in 1998) | |
| May 28th, 1948 (May 28 1948) | Death | Unity Mitford, English fascist sympathizer (born in 1914) | |
| May 28th, 1947 (May 28 1947) | Birth | Sondra Locke, American actress | |
| May 28th, 1947 (May 28 1947) | Birth | Zahi Hawass, Egyptian Egyptologist | |
| May 28th, 1947 (May 28 1947) | Death | August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (born in 1907) | |
| May 28th, 1946 (May 28 1946) | Birth | Satchidanandan, Indian poet | |
| May 28th, 1946 (May 28 1946) | Birth | Skip Jutze, American baseball player | |
| May 28th, 1945 (May 28 1945) | Birth | John Fogerty, American musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival) | |
| May 28th, 1945 (May 28 1945) | Birth | Gary Stewart, American singer (died in 2003) | |
| May 28th, 1945 (May 28 1945) | Birth | Hunter "Patch" Adams, American doctor | |
| May 28th, 1945 (May 28 1945) | Birth | John N. Bambacus, American politician | |
| May 28th, 1944 (May 28 1944) | Birth | Rudy Giuliani, American politician | Rudy Giuliani Quotes |
| May 28th, 1944 (May 28 1944) | Birth | Gladys Knight, American singer and actress | |
| May 28th, 1944 (May 28 1944) | Birth | Patricia Quinn, Northern Irish actress | |
| May 28th, 1944 (May 28 1944) | Birth | Billy Vera, American actor and musician | |
| May 28th, 1944 (May 28 1944) | Birth | Faith Brown, British actress | |
| May 28th, 1943 (May 28 1943) | Birth | Terry Crisp, Canadian hockey coach | |
| May 28th, 1943 (May 28 1943) | Birth | Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (died in 2004) | |
| May 28th, 1942 (May 28 1942) | Event | World War II: in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1800 people. | Reinhard Heydrich Quotes |
| May 28th, 1942 (May 28 1942) | Birth | Stanley B. Prusiner, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | |
| May 28th, 1941 (May 28 1941) | Birth | Beth Howland, American actress | |
| May 28th, 1940 (May 28 1940) | Event | World War II: Belgium surrenders to Germany. | |
| May 28th, 1940 (May 28 1940) | Event | World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik. This is the first allied infantry victory of World War II. | |
| May 28th, 1940 (May 28 1940) | Death | Friedrich Karl von Hessen (born in 1868) | Karl Hess Quotes |
| May 28th, 1938 (May 28 1938) | Birth | Jerry West, American basketball player | |
| May 28th, 1938 (May 28 1938) | Birth | Prince Buster, Jamaican musician | |
| May 28th, 1937 (May 28 1937) | Event | The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, DC, who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span. | |
| May 28th, 1937 (May 28 1937) | Event | Neville Chamberlain becomes British Prime Minister. | |
| May 28th, 1937 (May 28 1937) | Death | Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (born in 1870) | Alfred Adler Quotes |
| May 28th, 1936 (May 28 1936) | Event | Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication. | Alan Turing Quotes |
| May 28th, 1936 (May 28 1936) | Birth | Betty Shabazz, American civil rights activist (died in 1997) | |
| May 28th, 1936 (May 28 1936) | Birth | Claude Forget, French-Canadian politician | |
| May 28th, 1934 (May 28 1934) | Event | Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Olivia and Elzire Dionne, later becoming the first quintuplets to survive infancy. | |
| May 28th, 1934 (May 28 1934) | Event | The Glyndebourne festival in England is inaugurated. | |
| May 28th, 1934 (May 28 1934) | Birth | Dionne quintuplets (Emilie died in 1954, Marie died in 1970, Yvonne died in 2001) | |
| May 28th, 1931 (May 28 1931) | Birth | Carroll Baker, American actress | |
| May 28th, 1930 (May 28 1930) | Event | The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens. | |
| May 28th, 1927 (May 28 1927) | Death | Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (born in 1878) | |
| May 28th, 1926 (May 28 1926) | Event | 28th May 1926 coup d etat: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic. | |
| May 28th, 1925 (May 28 1925) | Birth | Bulent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey (died in 2006) | |
| May 28th, 1925 (May 28 1925) | Birth | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone | |
| May 28th, 1923 (May 28 1923) | Birth | Gyorgy Ligeti, Hungarian composer (died in 2006) | |
| May 28th, 1923 (May 28 1923) | Birth | Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor and politician (died in 1998) | |
| May 28th, 1922 (May 28 1922) | Birth | Lou Duva, American boxing trainer | |
| May 28th, 1921 (May 28 1921) | Birth | Heinz G. Konsalik, German author (died in 1999) | |
| May 28th, 1918 (May 28 1918) | Event | The Democratic Republic of Armenia declares its independence. | |
| May 28th, 1918 (May 28 1918) | Event | The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic declares its independence | |
| May 28th, 1918 (May 28 1918) | Birth | Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) (died in 1990) | |
| May 28th, 1917 (May 28 1917) | Birth | Papa John Creech, American musician (died in 1994) | |
| May 28th, 1916 (May 28 1916) | Birth | Walker Percy, American author (died in 1990) | Walker Percy Quotes |
| May 28th, 1916 (May 28 1916) | Death | Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (born in 1856) | |
| May 28th, 1915 (May 28 1915) | Birth | Joseph Greenberg, American linguist (died in 2001) | |
| May 28th, 1914 (May 28 1914) | Birth | W. G. G. Duncan Smith, British World War II pilot (died in 1996) | |
| May 28th, 1912 (May 28 1912) | Birth | Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1990) | |
| May 28th, 1912 (May 28 1912) | Birth | Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist and politician (died in 1992) | |
| May 28th, 1911 (May 28 1911) | Birth | Thora Hird, British actress (died in 2003) | |
| May 28th, 1911 (May 28 1911) | Birth | Fritz Hochwalder, Austrian author (died in 1986) | |
| May 28th, 1910 (May 28 1910) | Birth | T-Bone Walker, American singer (died in 1975) | |
| May 28th, 1910 (May 28 1910) | Birth | Lady Rachel Kempson, English actress (died in 2003) | |
| May 28th, 1909 (May 28 1909) | Birth | Red Horner, Canadian hockey player (died in 2005) | |
| May 28th, 1908 (May 28 1908) | Birth | Ian Fleming, English author (died in 1964) | |
| May 28th, 1905 (May 28 1905) | Event | Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Togo Heihachiro and the Imperial Japanese Navy. | |
| May 28th, 1900 (May 28 1900) | Birth | Tommy Ladnier, American musician (died in 1939) | |
| May 28th, 1892 (May 28 1892) | Event | In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club. | John Muir Quotes |
| May 28th, 1892 (May 28 1892) | Birth | Sepp Dietrich, German SS officer (died in 1966) | Sepp Dietrich Quotes |
| May 28th, 1889 (May 28 1889) | Birth | Richard Reti, Austrian-Czech chess grandmaster (died in 1929) | |
| May 28th, 1888 (May 28 1888) | Birth | Jim Thorpe, American athlete (died in 1953) | |
| May 28th, 1888 (May 28 1888) | Birth | Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (died in 1942) | |
| May 28th, 1886 (May 28 1886) | Birth | Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (died in 1954) | |
| May 28th, 1884 (May 28 1884) | Birth | Edvard Benes, Czech politician (died in 1948) | |
| May 28th, 1883 (May 28 1883) | Birth | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian activist (died in 1966) | |
| May 28th, 1883 (May 28 1883) | Birth | Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (died in 1978) | |
| May 28th, 1878 (May 28 1878) | Birth | Paul Pelliot, French sinologist (died in 1945) | |
| May 28th, 1878 (May 28 1878) | Death | John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1792) | John Russell Quotes |
| May 28th, 1872 (May 28 1872) | Birth | Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (died in 1917) | |
| May 28th, 1863 (May 28 1863) | Event | American Civil War: the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first African American regiment, leaves Boston, Massachusetts, to fight for the Union. | |
| May 28th, 1858 (May 28 1858) | Birth | Carl Rickard Nyberg, Swedish inventor (died in 1939) | |
| May 28th, 1853 (May 28 1853) | Birth | Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (died in 1919) | |
| May 28th, 1849 (May 28 1849) | Death | Anne Bronte, English author (born in 1820) | Anne Bronte Quotes |
| May 28th, 1843 (May 28 1843) | Death | Noah Webster, American author, politician, and lexicographer (born in 1758) | |
| May 28th, 1837 (May 28 1837) | Birth | George Ashlin, Irish architect (died in 1921) | |
| May 28th, 1837 (May 28 1837) | Birth | Tony Pastor, American vaudeville performer (died in 1908) | |
| May 28th, 1836 (May 28 1836) | Birth | Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist (died in 1918) | |
| May 28th, 1830 (May 28 1830) | Event | President Andrew Jackson signs The Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans. | Andrew Jackson Quotes |
| May 28th, 1828 (May 28 1828) | Death | Daikokuya Kodayu, Japanese castaway (born in 1751) | |
| May 28th, 1818 (May 28 1818) | Birth | Pierre Beauregard, American Confederate general (died in 1893) | |
| May 28th, 1816 (May 28 1816) | Death | Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord | |
| May 28th, 1811 (May 28 1811) | Death | Henry Dundas, British minister (born in 1742) | |
| May 28th, 1808 (May 28 1808) | Death | Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (born in 1720) | |
| May 28th, 1807 (May 28 1807) | Birth | Louis Agassiz, Swiss-born zoologist and geologist (died in 1873) | |
| May 28th, 1805 (May 28 1805) | Death | Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (born in 1743) | |
| May 28th, 1787 (May 28 1787) | Death | Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer (born in 1719) | |
| May 28th, 1779 (May 28 1779) | Birth | Thomas Moore, Irish poet (died in 1852) | Thomas Moore Quotes |
| May 28th, 1774 (May 28 1774) | Event | American Revolutionary War: the first Continental Congress convenes. | |
| May 28th, 1759 (May 28 1759) | Birth | William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1806) | William King Quotes |
| May 28th, 1754 (May 28 1754) | Event | French and Indian War: in the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania. | George Washington Quotes |
| May 28th, 1750 (May 28 1750) | Death | Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (born in 1720) | |
| May 28th, 1747 (May 28 1747) | Death | Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (born in 1715) | Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues Quotes |
| May 28th, 1738 (May 28 1738) | Birth | Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (d.1814) | |
| May 28th, 1692 (May 28 1692) | Birth | Joseph Butler, English philosopher (died in 1752) | Philo Quotes |
| May 28th, 1676 (May 28 1676) | Birth | Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (died in 1754) | |
| May 28th, 1672 (May 28 1672) | Death | John Trevor, English politician (born in 1626) | |
| May 28th, 1660 (May 28 1660) | Birth | King George I of Great Britain (died in 1727) | |
| May 28th, 1644 (May 28 1644) | Event | Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of the Earl of Derby. | |
| May 28th, 1641 (May 28 1641) | Birth | Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (died in 1693) | |
| May 28th, 1588 (May 28 1588) | Event | The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port). | |
| May 28th, 1588 (May 28 1588) | Birth | Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (died in 1672) | |
| May 28th, 1582 (May 28 1582) | Birth | William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (died in 1662) | |
| May 28th, 1556 (May 28 1556) | Death | Saito Dosan, Japanese daimyo (born in 1494?) | |
| May 28th, 1533 (May 28 1533) | Event | The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid. | Anne Boleyn Quotes |
| May 28th, 1524 (May 28 1524) | Birth | Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (died in 1574) | |
| May 28th, 1503 (May 28 1503) | Event | James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years. | Alexander Pope Quotes |
| May 28th, 1371 (May 28 1371) | Birth | John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (died in 1419) | |
| May 28th, 1357 (May 28 1357) | Death | King Afonso IV of Portugal (born in 1291) | |
| May 28th, 1140 (May 28 1140) | Birth | Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (died in 1207) | |
| May 28th, 0585 (May 28 0585) | Event | A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. | Philo Quotes |
