Historical Events In May - 28

1990  On May - 28 dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV   

1990  On this day in history eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica   

1990  On May - 28 longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5 hours 12 minutes 33 seconds (Channel Islands)   

1990  Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67 on May - 28.   

1991  On May - 28 ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa   

1991  On May - 28 brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies   

1992  65th National Spelling Bee Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum on May - 28.   

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

1993  200,000 demonstrate against mafia terror on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history polish Government of Suchocka falls   

1993  Charles Barnett, cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies on May - 28.   

1994  On May - 28 "Cafe American" last airs on NBC-TV   

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

1995  An earthquake hits the Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people on May - 28.   

1995  Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people on May - 28.   

1995  Southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941 on May - 28.   

1995  On May - 28 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  On this day in history tornado in Jarrell TX kills at least 28   

1997  On May - 28 wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time   

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

1998  On this day in history 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  Riyo Mori was crowned the new Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City on this day in history.   

2014  On May - 28 abdel Fattah el-Sisi is elected President of Egypt   

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

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

2017  On May - 28 indianapolis 500: Takuma Sato wins in 3:13:03.3584   

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 this day in history.   

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

2018  On this day in history one million French smokers quit in one year after anti-smoking measures introduced according to Public Health France   

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1140  On May - 28 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 May - 28 birth of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)   

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

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 May - 28 birth of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)   

1660  On this day in history birth of george I, King of England (1714-27)   

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

1259  Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies on this day in history.   

1317  On May - 28 guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63   

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

1556  Death of Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on this day in history.   

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