May 28 in history
Events on May 28
Notable events that happened on May 28 in past years.
- 2017
Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from the race with an engine issue in his first entry of the event.
Wikipedia article: Formula One - 2011
Malta votes on the introduction of divorce; the proposal was approved by 53% of voters, resulting in a law allowing divorce under certain conditions being enacted later in the year.
Wikipedia article: Malta - 2004
The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
Wikipedia article: Iraqi Governing Council - 1998
Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
Wikipedia article: Nuclear weapons testing - 1991
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.
Wikipedia article: Addis Ababa - 1975
Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
Wikipedia article: West Africa - 1968
Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892 crashes near Nala Sopara in India, killing 30.
Wikipedia article: Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892 - 1958
Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
Wikipedia article: Cuban Revolution - 1940
World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first Allied infantry victory of the War.
Wikipedia article: Battles of Narvik - 1932
In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
Wikipedia article: Afsluitdijk - 1907
The first Isle of Man TT race is held.
Wikipedia article: Isle of Man TT - 1830
U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which denies Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocates them.
Wikipedia article: President of the United States - 1644
English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
Wikipedia article: English Civil War - 1242
Avignonet massacre: A group of Cathars, with the probable connivance of Count Raymond VII of Toulouse, murder the inquisitor William Arnaud and eleven of his companions.
- 585 BC
A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the 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. It is also the earliest event of which the precise date is known.
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