May 28

Sunday 28, 2000:

The volcano Mount Cameroon erupts.

Friday 28, 1999:

In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo de Vinci's newly-restored masterpiece "The Last Supper" is put back on display.

Thursday 28, 1998:

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.

Sunday 28, 1995:

The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, 2/3 of total population.

Tuesday 28, 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.

Thursday 28, 1987:

A robot probe finds the wreckage of the USS Monitor near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

Friday 28, 1982:

Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.

Sunday 28, 1978:

Second round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta. Elections wonm by incumbent Sangoulé Lamizana.

Saturday 28, 1977:

In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside.

Wednesday 28, 1975:

Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, thus creating the Economic Community of West African States.

Tuesday 28, 1974:

Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.

Wednesday 28, 1969:

Sound engineer Glyn Johns mixes the second of the Beatles Bootlegs.

Thursday 28, 1964:

The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed.

Sunday 28, 1961:

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.

Thursday 28, 1942:

World War II: In retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1800 people.

Tuesday 28, 1940:

World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik. First allied infantry victory in WW2.

Friday 28, 1937:

Neville Chamberlain becomes British Prime Minister.

Thursday 28, 1936:

Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.

Monday 28, 1934:

The Glyndebourne festival in England is inaugurated.

Wednesday 28, 1930:

The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens.

Friday 28, 1926:

Military dictatorship established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.

Tuesday 28, 1918:

Independence day in the Azerbaijan Republic.

Sunday 28, 1905:

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.

Saturday 28, 1892:

In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.

Thursday 28, 1863:

American Civil War: The 54th Massachusetts, the first African American regiment, leaves Boston, Massachusetts, to fight for the Union.

Saturday 28, 1774:

American Revolutionary War: The first Continental Congress convenes.

Tuesday 28, 1754:

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 at Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette Couty in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Saturday 28, 1588:

The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, begins to set sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port).

Thursday 28, 1503:

The Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England is signed, which would actually last 10 years.

Sunday 28, -585:

A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.

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