What Happened on May 28?

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EVENTS ON MAY 28

Alan Turing

Year: 1936

Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.

Callander, Ontario

Year: 1934

Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.

Afsluitdijk

Year: 1932

In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.

28 May 1926 coup d'état

Year: 1926

The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.

Volkswagen

Year: 1937

Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded.

Battles of Narvik

Year: 1940

World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first Allied infantry victory of the War.

Peter Benenson

Year: 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.

Cuban Revolution

Year: 1958

Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.

D. F. Malan

Year: 1948

Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid.

World War II

Year: 1940

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

BIRTHS ON MAY 28

Sondra Locke

Year of birth: 1944

Sondra Locke, American actress and director (died 2018)

Rita MacNeil

Year of birth: 1944

Rita MacNeil, Canadian singer and actress (died 2013)

Patricia Quinn

Year of birth: 1944

Patricia Quinn, British actress and singer

Gladys Knight

Year of birth: 1944

Gladys Knight, American singer-songwriter and actress

Rudy Giuliani

Year of birth: 1944

Rudy Giuliani, American lawyer and politician, 107th mayor of New York City

Marian Smoluchowski

Year of birth: 1872

Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist and mountaineer (died 1917)

Paul Pelliot

Year of birth: 1878

Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (died 1945)

Milutin Milanković

Year of birth: 1879

Milutin Milanković, Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (died 1958)

Clough Williams-Ellis

Year of birth: 1883

Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village (died 1978)

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Year of birth: 1883

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (died 1966)

DEATHS ON MAY 28

Fyodor Okhlopkov

Year of death: 1968

Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (born 1908)

Audie Murphy

Year of death: 1971

Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1925)

Edward VIII

Year of death: 1972

Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (born 1894)

Tatsuo Hori

Year of death: 1953

Tatsuo Hori, Japanese author and poet (born 1904)

August Eigruber

Year of death: 1947

August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (born 1907)

Frank Cowper

Year of death: 1930

Frank Cowper, English yachtsman, author and illustrator (born 1849)

Alfred Adler

Year of death: 1937

Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (born 1870)

Carter Glass

Year of death: 1946

Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1858)

Ezzard Charles

Year of death: 1975

Ezzard Charles, American boxer (born 1921)

Zainul Abedin

Year of death: 1976

Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and sculptor (born 1914)

HOLIDAYS ON MAY 28

Public holidays in the Philippines

Flag Day (Philippines)

May 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: May 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Republic Day (Nepal)

Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic

TDFR Republic Day, celebrates the declaration of independence of the First Republic of Armenia and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918. (Azerbaijan and Armenia)