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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020
May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
217 days remain until the end of the year. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] ·
585 BC A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by
the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is
battling Cyaxares in
the Battle of Halys,
leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates
can be calculated. ·
621 Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin,
the son of the Chinese emperor Gaozu,
defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou Jiande near the Hulao Pass (Henan). This victory decides the outcome of
the civil war that
followed the Sui dynasty's
collapse in favour of the Tang dynasty. ·
1533
The Archbishop of
Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of
King Henry VIII of
England to Anne Boleyn valid. ·
1588
The Spanish Armada,
with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30
for all ships to leave port.) ·
1644 English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command
of James
Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. ·
1754 French and Indian
War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel George Washington defeat
a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of
Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette
County in southwestern Pennsylvania. ·
1802
In Guadeloupe, 400 rebellious slaves, led
by Louis Delgrθs,
blow themselves up rather than submit to Napoleon's troops. ·
1830 U.S.
President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which
denies Native
Americans their land rights and forcibly relocates them. ·
1871
The Paris Commune falls
after two months.[1] ·
1892
In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club. ·
1905 Russo-Japanese War:
The Battle of Tsushima ends
with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō
Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese
Navy.[2] ·
1907
The first Isle of Man TT race
was held. ·
1918
The Azerbaijan
Democratic Republic and the First Republic
of Armenia declare their independence. ·
1926
The 28 May 1926 coup
d'ιtat: Ditadura Nacional is
established in Portugal to
suppress the unrest of the First Republic. ·
1932
In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer. ·
1934
Near Callander, Ontario,
Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are
born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy. ·
1936 Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for
publication. ·
1937 Volkswagen, the German automobile
manufacturer is founded. ·
1940 World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium. ·
1940
World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first
allied infantry victory of the War. ·
1948 Daniel Franηois
Malan is elected as Prime
Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid. ·
1958 Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July
Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an
army post in El Uvero. ·
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. ·
1974 Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale
Agreement collapses following a general
strike by loyalists. ·
1975
Fifteen West African countries
sign the Treaty of Lagos,
creating the Economic
Community of West African States. ·
1977
In Southgate, Kentucky,
the Beverly
Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people
inside. ·
1979 Konstantinos
Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece
with the European
Economic Community. ·
1987
A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who
was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a
private plane in the Red Square in
Moscow, Russia. ·
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. ·
1995
The 7.0 Mw Neftegorsk
earthquake shook the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli
intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1300 million,
with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt. ·
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. ·
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. ·
1999
In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration
work, Leonardo da Vinci's
masterpiece The
Last Supper is put back on display. ·
2002
The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade
Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies
at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City. ·
2003 Peter Hollingworth resigns
as Governor-General
of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual
abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of
Brisbane. ·
2004
The Iraqi Governing
Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister
of Iraq's interim government. ·
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. Births[edit] ·
1140 Xin Qiji, Chinese poet, general, and
politician (d. 1207) ·
1371 John the Fearless,
Duke of Burgundy (d. 1419) ·
1524 Selim II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1574) ·
1588 Pierre Sιguier,
French politician, Lord Chancellor
of France (d. 1672) ·
1589 Robert Arnauld
d'Andilly, French writer (d. 1674) ·
1663 Antσnio Manoel
de Vilhena, Grand Master of the Order of Saint John (d. 1736) ·
1676 Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and
academic (d. 1754) ·
1692 Geminiano Giacomelli,
Italian composer (d. 1740) ·
1738 Joseph-Ignace
Guillotin, French physician (d. 1814) ·
1759 William Pitt the
Younger, English lawyer and politician, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1806)[3] ·
1763 Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest and
journalist (d. 1811) ·
1764 Edward Livingston,
American jurist and politician, 11th United
States Secretary of State (d. 1836) ·
1779 Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer (d.
1852) ·
1807 Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American paleontologist
and geologist (d. 1873) ·
1818 P. G. T. Beauregard,
American general (d. 1893) ·
1836 Friedrich Baumfelder,
German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1916) ·
1836
Alexander
Mitscherlich, German chemist and academic (d. 1918) ·
1837 George Ashlin, Irish architect,
co-designed St Colman's
Cathedral (d. 1921) ·
1837
Tony Pastor, American impresario, variety
performer and theatre owner (d. 1908) ·
1841 Sakaigawa Namiemon,
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (d. 1887) ·
1853 Carl Larsson, Swedish painter and author (d.
1919) ·
1858 Carl Richard Nyberg,
Swedish inventor and businessman, developed the blow torch (d. 1939) ·
1872 Marian Smoluchowski,
Polish physicist and mountaineer (d. 1917) ·
1878 Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer
(d. 1945) ·
1879 Milutin
Milanković, Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and
geophysicist (d. 1958) ·
1883 Vinayak Damodar
Savarkar, Indian poet and politician (d. 1966) ·
1883
Clough
Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed the Portmeirion Village (d. 1978) ·
1884 Edvard Bene, Czech academic and politician,
2nd President
of Czechoslovakia (d. 1948) ·
1886 Santo Trafficante,
Sr., Italian-American mobster (d. 1954) ·
1888 Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and
politician, 6th Prime Minister
of Estonia (d. 1942) ·
1888
Vivienne
Haigh-Wood Eliot, English author and educator (d. 1947) ·
1888
Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football
player, and coach (d. 1953) ·
1889 Richard Rιti, Slovak-Czech chess player and
author (d. 1929) ·
1892 Minna Gombell, American actress (d. 1973) ·
1900 Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (d.
1939) ·
1903 S. L. Kirloskar, Indian businessman,
founded Kirloskar Group (d.
1994) ·
1906 Henry Thambiah, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge,
and diplomat, Sri
Lankan High Commissioner to Canada (d. 1997) ·
1908 Lιo Cadieux, Canadian journalist and
politician, 17th Canadian
Minister of National Defence (d. 2005) ·
1908
Ian Fleming, English journalist and author,
created James Bond (d.
1964) ·
1909 Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (d.
2005) ·
1910 Georg Gaίmann, German politician, Mayor of
Marburg (d. 1987) ·
1910
Rachel Kempson,
English actress (d. 2003) ·
1910
T-Bone Walker,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975) ·
1911 Bob Crisp, South African cricketer (d. 1994) ·
1911
Thora Hird, English actress (d. 2003) ·
1911
Fritz Hochwδlder,
Austrian playwright (d. 1986) ·
1912 Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist,
academic, and politician (d. 1992) ·
1912
Ruby Payne-Scott,
Australian physicist and astronomer (d. 1981) ·
1912
Patrick White,
Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1990) ·
1914 W. G. G. Duncan
Smith, English captain and pilot (d. 1996) ·
1915 Joseph Greenberg, American linguist and
academic (d. 2001) ·
1916 Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist
(d. 1990) ·
1917 Barry Commoner, American biologist,
academic, and politician (d. 2012) ·
1918 Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (d. 1990) ·
1921 D. V. Paluskar, Indian Hindustani classical
musician (d. 1955) ·
1921
Heinz G. Konsalik,
German journalist and author (d. 1999) ·
1921
Tom Uren, Australian soldier, boxer, and
politician (d. 2015) ·
1922 Lou Duva, American boxer, trainer, and
manager (d. 2017) ·
1922
Roger Fisher,
American author and academic (d. 2012) ·
1922
Tuomas Gerdt,
Finnish soldier ·
1923 Gyφrgy Ligeti, Hungarian-Austrian composer
and educator (d. 2006) ·
1923
N. T. Rama Rao,
Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th Chief
Minister of Andhra Pradesh (d. 1996) ·
1924 Edward du Cann, English naval officer and
politician (d. 2017) ·
1924
Paul Hιbert,
Canadian actor (d. 2017) ·
1925 Bόlent Ecevit, Turkish journalist, scholar,
and politician, 16th Prime Minister
of Turkey (d. 2006) ·
1925
Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (d. 2012) ·
1928 Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer
(d. 2015) ·
1929 Patrick
McNair-Wilson, English politician ·
1930 Edward Seaga, American-Jamaican academic and
politician, 5th Prime Minister
of Jamaica (d. 2019) ·
1931 Carroll Baker, American actress ·
1931
Gordon Willis,
American cinematographer (d. 2014) ·
1932 Tim
Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry, English politician, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative
Industries ·
1933 John Karlen, American actor (d. 2020) ·
1933
Zelda Rubinstein,
American actress and activist (d. 2010) ·
1936 Claude Forget, Canadian academic and
politician ·
1936
Ole K. Sara, Norwegian politician (d. 2013) ·
1936
Betty Shabazz,
American educator and activist (d. 1997) ·
1938 Jerry West, American basketball player,
coach, and executive ·
1939 Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist (d. 2012) ·
1940 David William Brewer,
English politician, Lord-Lieutenant
of Greater London ·
1940
Shlomo Riskin,
American rabbi and academic, founded the Lincoln Square
Synagogue ·
1941 Beth Howland, American actress and singer
(d. 2015) ·
1942 Stanley B. Prusiner,
American neurologist and biochemist, Nobel
Prize laureate ·
1943 Terry Crisp, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach ·
1944 Faith Brown, English actress and singer ·
1944
Rudy Giuliani,
American lawyer and politician, 107th mayor of New York
City ·
1944
Gladys Knight,
American singer-songwriter and actress ·
1944
Rita MacNeil,
Canadian singer and actress (d. 2013) ·
1944
Gary Stewart,
American singer-songwriter (d. 2003) ·
1944
Billy Vera, American singer-songwriter and
actor ·
1945 Patch Adams, American physician and author,
founded the Gesundheit!
Institute ·
1945
John N. Bambacus,
American military veteran (USMC) and politician ·
1945
John Fogerty,
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ·
1945
Jean Perrault,
Canadian politician, Mayor of
Sherbrooke, Quebec ·
1945
Helena Shovelton,
English physician ·
1946 Bruce Alexander,
English actor ·
1946
Skip Jutze, American baseball player ·
1946
Janet Paraskeva,
Welsh politician ·
1946
K. Satchidanandan,
Indian poet and critic ·
1946
William Shawcross,
English journalist and author ·
1947 Zahi Hawass, Egyptian archaeologist and
academic ·
1947
Lynn Johnston,
Canadian author and illustrator ·
1947
Leland Sklar,
American singer-songwriter and bass player ·
1948 Michael Field,
Australian politician, 38th Premier of Tasmania ·
1948
Pierre Rapsat,
Belgian singer and songwriter (d. 2002) ·
1949 Martin Kelner, English journalist, author,
comedian, singer, actor and radio presenter ·
1949
Wendy O. Williams,
American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (d. 1998) ·
1952 Roger Briggs, American pianist, composer,
conductor, and educator ·
1953 Pierre Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player
and manager ·
1954 Joγo Carlos de
Oliveira, Brazilian jumper (d. 1999) ·
1954
Youri Egorov, Russian
pianist and composer (d. 1988) ·
1954
Charles Saumarez
Smith, English historian and academic ·
1954
Pιter
Szilαgyi, Hungarian conductor and politician (d. 2013) ·
1954
John Tory, Canadian lawyer and politician,
65th Mayor of Toronto ·
1955 Laura Amy Schlitz,
American author and librarian ·
1955 Mark Howe, American ice hockey player and
coach ·
1956 Jerry Douglas, American guitarist and
producer ·
1956
Jeff Dujon, Jamaican cricketer ·
1956
Markus Hφttinger,
Austrian racing driver (d. 1980) ·
1956
Peter
Wilkinson, English admiral ·
1957 Colin Barnes, English footballer ·
1957
Kirk Gibson, American baseball player and
manager ·
1957
Ben Howland, American basketball player and
coach ·
1959 Risto Mannisenmδki,
Finnish racing driver ·
1960 Mark Sanford, American military veteran
(USAF) and politician, 115th Governor of
South Carolina ·
1960
Mary Portas, English journalist and author ·
1963 Houman Younessi, Australian-American
biologist and academic ·
1964 Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer and trainer ·
1964
Armen Gilliam,
American basketball player and coach (d. 2011) ·
1964
Zsa Zsa Padilla,
Filipino singer and actress ·
1964
Phil Vassar, American singer-songwriter ·
1965 Chris Ballew, American singer-songwriter and
bass player ·
1965
Mary Coughlan,
Irish politician ·
1966 Roger Kumble, American director,
screenwriter, and playwright ·
1966
Miljenko
Jergović, Bosnian novelist and journalist ·
1966
Gavin Robertson,
Australian cricketer ·
1967 Glen Rice, American basketball player ·
1968 Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter,
producer, and actress ·
1969 Mike DiFelice, American baseball player and
manager ·
1969
Rob Ford, Canadian politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (d. 2016) ·
1970 Glenn Quinn, American actor (d. 2002) ·
1971 Isabelle Carrι,
French actress and singer ·
1971
Ekaterina Gordeeva,
Russian figure skater and sportscaster ·
1971
Marco Rubio, American lawyer and politician ·
1972 Doriva, Brazilian footballer and manager ·
1972
Michael Boogerd,
Dutch cyclist and manager ·
1973 Marco Paulo Faria
Lemos, Portuguese footballer and manager ·
1974 Hans-Jφrg Butt,
German footballer ·
1974
Misbah-ul-Haq,
Pakistani cricketer ·
1975
Maura Johnston,
American journalist, critic, and academic ·
1976 Steven Bell, Australian rugby league player ·
1976
Zaza Enden, Georgian-Turkish wrestler,
basketball player, and coach ·
1976
Roberto Goretti,
Italian footballer ·
1976
Glenn Morrison,
Australian rugby league player and coach ·
1977 Elisabeth Hasselbeck,
American talk show host and author ·
1978 Jake Johnson, American actor ·
1979 Abdulaziz al-Omari,
Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American
Airlines Flight 11 (d. 2001) ·
1979
Ronald Curry,
American football player and coach ·
1980 Miguel
Pιrez, Spanish footballer ·
1980
Lucy Shuker, English tennis player ·
1981 Daniel Cabrera, Dominican-American baseball
player ·
1981
Eric Ghiaciuc,
American football player ·
1981
Adam Green,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1982 Alexa Davalos, French-American actress ·
1982
Jhonny Peralta,
Dominican-American baseball player ·
1983 Steve Cronin, American soccer player ·
1983
Humberto Sαnchez,
Dominican-American baseball player ·
1983
Roman Atwood,
American YouTube star ·
1985 Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist ·
1985
Pablo Andrιs
Gonzαlez, Argentinian footballer ·
1985
Kostas Mendrinos,
Greek footballer ·
1985
Carey Mulligan,
English actress and singer ·
1986 Berrick Barnes, Australian rugby player ·
1986
Seth Rollins,
American wrestler ·
1986
Ingmar Vos, Dutch decathlete ·
1987 T.J. Yates, American football player ·
1988 NaVorro Bowman, American football player ·
1988
Percy Harvin,
American football player ·
1988
Craig Kimbrel,
American baseball player ·
1990 Kyle Walker, English international
footballer, right-back[4] ·
1991 Sharrif Floyd, American football player ·
1991
Alexandre Lacazette,
French footballer ·
1991
Kail Piho, Estonian skier ·
1992 Tom
Carroll, English footballer ·
1993 Daniel Alvaro, Australian rugby league player ·
1993
Bαrbara Luz,
Portuguese tennis player ·
1994 John Stones, English footballer ·
1994
Son Yeon-jae,
South Korean gymnast ·
1998 Dahyun, South Korean singer[5] ·
1999 Cameron Boyce, American actor (d. 2019)[6] ·
2000 Phil Foden, English footballer[7] Deaths[edit] ·
576 Germain of Paris, French bishop and saint
(b. 496) ·
741 Ucha'an K'in B'alam,
Mayan king ·
926 Kong Qian, official of Later Tang ·
926
Li Jiji, prince of Later Tang ·
1023 Wulfstan,
English archbishop ·
1279 William Wishart, English bishop ·
1327 Robert Baldock, Lord Privy Seal and Lord Chancellor of England ·
1357 Afonso IV of
Portugal (b. 1291) ·
1427 Henry
IV, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (b. 1397) ·
1556 Saitō Dōsan, Japanese samurai (b.
1494) ·
1626 Thomas
Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (b. 1561) ·
1651 Henry Grey,
10th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1594) ·
1672 John Trevor,
Welsh politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b.
1626) ·
1747 Luc
de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author (b. 1715) ·
1750 Emperor Sakuramachi of
Japan (b. 1720) ·
1787 Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist,
composer, and conductor (b. 1719) ·
1805 Luigi Boccherini, Italian cellist and
composer (b. 1743) ·
1808 Richard Hurd,
English bishop (b. 1720) ·
1811 Henry
Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Scottish lawyer and
politician, Secretary of
State for War (b. 1742) ·
1831 William
Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish-English admiral (b. 1756) ·
1843 Noah Webster, American lexicographer (b.
1758) ·
1849 Anne Brontλ, English novelist and poet (b.
1820) ·
1864 Simion
Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (b. 1808) ·
1878 John
Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) ·
1904 Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader
(b. 1846) ·
1916 Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist,
journalist, and poet (b. 1856) ·
1927 Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage
designer (b. 1878) ·
1937 Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish
ophthalmologist and psychologist (b. 1870) ·
1946 Carter Glass, American publisher and
politician, 47th United
States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1858) ·
1947 August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician
(b. 1907) ·
1952 Philippe Desranleau,
Canadian archbishop (b. 1882) ·
1953 Tatsuo Hori, Japanese author and poet (b.
1904) ·
1964 Terry Dillon, American football player (b.
1941) ·
1968 Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and
sniper (b. 1908) ·
1971 Audie Murphy, American soldier and
actor, Medal of Honor recipient
(b. 1925) ·
1972 Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b.
1894) ·
1975 Ezzard Charles, American boxer (b. 1921) ·
1976 Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and
sculptor (b. 1914) ·
1980 Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician and
academic (b. 1895) ·
1981 Mary Lou Williams,
American pianist and composer (b. 1910) ·
1981
Stefan
Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (b. 1901) ·
1982 H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1940) ·
1983 Erastus Corning 2nd,
American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor
of Albany (b. 1909) ·
1984 Eric Morecambe, English actor and comedian
(b. 1926) ·
1986 Edip Cansever, Turkish poet and author (b.
1928) ·
1988 Sy Oliver, American trumpet player,
composer, and bandleader (b. 1910) ·
1990 Julius Eastman, American composer (b. 1940) ·
1994 Julius Boros, American golfer (b. 1920) ·
1994
Ely Jacques Kahn,
Jr., American author and academic (b. 1916) ·
1998 Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and
comedian (b. 1948) ·
1999 Michael Barkai, Israeli commander (b. 1935) ·
1999
B. Vittalacharya,
Indian director and producer (b. 1920) ·
2000 George Irving Bell,
American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (b. 1926) ·
2001 Joe Moakley, American lawyer and politician
(b. 1927) ·
2001
Francisco Varela,
Chilean biologist and philosopher (b. 1946) ·
2002 Mildred Benson, American journalist and
author (b. 1905) ·
2003 Oleg
Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1933) ·
2003
Ilya Prigogine,
Russian-Belgian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1917) ·
2003
Martha Scott,
American actress (b. 1912) ·
2004 Umberto Agnelli, Swiss-Italian businessman
and politician (b. 1934) ·
2004
Michael Buonauro,
American author and illustrator (b. 1979) ·
2004
John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (b.
1930) ·
2006 Thorleif Schjelderup,
Norwegian ski jumper and author (b. 1920) ·
2007 Jφrg Immendorff,
German painter, sculptor, and academic (b. 1945) ·
2007
Toshikatsu Matsuoka,
Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Agriculture (b.
1945) ·
2008 Beryl Cook, English painter and illustrator
(b. 1926) ·
2010 Gary Coleman, American actor (b. 1968) ·
2011 Gino Valenzano, Italian racing driver (b.
1920) ·
2012 Bob Edwards,
English journalist (b. 1925) ·
2012
Yuri Susloparov,
Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (b. 1958) ·
2013 Viktor Kulikov, Russian commander (b. 1921) ·
2013
Eddie Romero,
Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924) ·
2013
Gerd Schmόckle,
German general (b. 1917) ·
2014 Maya Angelou, American memoirist and poet
(b. 1928) ·
2014
Stan Crowther,
English footballer (b. 1935) ·
2014
Oscar Dystel,
American publisher (b. 1912) ·
2014
Malcolm Glazer,
American businessman (b. 1928) ·
2014
Bob Houbregs,
Canadian-American basketball player and manager (b. 1932) ·
2014
Isaac Kungwane,
South African footballer (b. 1971) ·
2015 Steven Gerber, American pianist and composer
(b. 1948) ·
2015
Johnny Keating,
Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (b. 1927) ·
2015
Reynaldo Rey,
American actor and screenwriter (b. 1940) ·
2018 Neale Cooper, Scottish footballer (b. 1963) ·
2018
Jens Christian Skou,
Danish medical doctor and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) ·
2018
Cornelia Frances,
English-Australian actress (b. 1941)[8] Holidays and observances[edit] ·
Christian feast day: o John Calvin (Episcopal
Church) o Lanfranc o May
28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Downfall of the
Derg Day (Ethiopia) ·
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) |
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