May 28 in History

Historical Events on May 28

1892 In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.

1937 Volkswagen (VW), the German automobile manufacturer is founded.

1940 World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.

1974 Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.

1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud.

1999 In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.

2008 The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.

2010 In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.

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.

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Famous Birthdays on May 28

1944 Rudy Giuliani

1968 Kylie Minogue

1971 Marco Rubio

1986 Seth Rollins

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Famous Deaths on May 28

1878 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

1971 Audie Murphy

1972 Edward VIII

2014 Maya Angelou

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