In this article, we are providing Worldwide May 28 Events and May 28 Famous Birthdays of Important Personalities. You can also get information about Historical facts of the day May 28 in the areas like military, Politics, Science, Music, Sports, Arts, Entertainment, Births and Deaths and more information in this article. Many people want to know What is special about today. You can also find Today in Indian History in this article. This day in History is mentioned in below table.
Also see – May 27th in History & May 29th in History

What Happened In History Today
This Day In History | |
585 BC | 585 BC:The Persian-Lydian battle ended. 585 BC:Thales Miletus predicted the occurrence of a solar Eclipse. |
640 | Severinus occupied the Throne as Catholic Pope (elected in 638) |
1533 | The marriage of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn is declared as valid by England’s Archbishop. |
1665 | 1st Baptist Church is established in Boston. |
1805 | In Milan, Italy Napoleon was crowned. |
1830 | Native Indian to be removed from all states to the western prairie is organised by US Congress. |
1863. | To fight in the U.S. Civil War, the first black regiment left Boston. |
1859 | A flanking attack on the Austrian army in Northern France is launched by the French army. |
1871 | Troops from Versailles suppressed The Paris commune. |
1900 | In South Africa, Britain annexes the Orange Free State. |
1940 | Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up Narvik, Norway captured by British-French troops. |
1953 | In the Paramount Theatre in Hollywood, The Walt Disney film “Melody” premiered. The picture was the first 3D cartoon. |
1961 | A Human rights organisation was founded.Which was named as Amnesty International. |
1976 | The Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty was signed, limiting any nuclear explosion, regardless of its purpose – to a yield of 150 kilotons. |
1977 | 165 people were killed in Fire raced through the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, KY. |
1985 | 1985 – In Beirut, David Jacobsen, director of the American University Hospital Lebanon, was abducted by pro-Iranian kidnappers. He was freed 17 months later. |
1987 | In Moscow’s Red Square, a 19-year-old West German pilot, Mathias Rust landed a private plane after evading Soviet air defenses. He was released on August 3, 1988. |
1995 | In the Russian town Neftegorsk, an earthquake killed at least 2000 people. It had a magnitude of 7.5. |
1996 | U.S. President Clinton’s former business partners in the Whitewater land deal were convicted of fraud. |
1998 | 1988: Pakistan matched India with five nuclear test blasts. The U.S., Japan and other nations imposed economic sanctions. Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Prime Minister said “Today, we have settled the score with India.” 1988: A planet outside of our solar system with the use of photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope was discovered by Dr. Susan Terebey. |
1999 | On display after more than 20 years of restoration work, In Milan, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” was put back. |
2002 | With the creation of the NATO-Russia Council, Russia became a limited partner in NATO |
2015 | The Observatory at One World Trade Center officially opened. |
May 28 Famous Birthdays
Today Famous Birthdays on May 28th are listed in below table. The following table includes birthdays of celebrities like Actors, Actresses, Models, Authors, Singers, Athletes, Musicians, Rappers, and Producers in Chronological order. Read below information to know about Today famous celebrities in the World.
Today Famous Birthdays | |
1354 | Owain Glyndwr – Welsh ruler, Prince of Wales |
1660 | George I – King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714-1727 |
1738 | Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin – Physician, he did not invent the guillotine even though he did propose the use of a mechanical device to carry out death sentences in France |
1779 | Thomas Moore – Lawyer, social philosopher, author |
1883 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar-Writer |
1888 | Olympic athlete, Jim Thorpe -baseball and basketball player. |
1900 | Taffy Abel (Clarence John “Taffy” Abel) – Hockey player. |
1908 | Ian Fleming – Author, journalist, created character of James Bond |
1910 | T-Bone Walker – Musician, singer |
1925 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – Singer, Conductor. |
1926 | Marvin Panch – NASCAR driver. |
1929 | Jeannie Carson – Actress (“Andy Griffith Show”) |
1931 | Sonny Burgess (Albert Austin “Sonny” Burgess) – Singer |
1931 | Carroll Baker – Actress |
1933 | John Karlen (John Adam Karlewicz) – Actor |
1938 | Jerry West (Jerry Alan West) – Basketball player |
1941 | Beth Howland – Actress (“Alice”) |
1943 | Tony Mansfield – Songwriter, musician |
1944 | Billy Vera – Singer, actor, writer |
1944 | Sondra Locke – Actress |
1944 | Gladys Knight – Singer |
1944 | Rudolph Giuliani – Mayor of New York City |
1945 | Gary Stewart – Country musician, songwriter John Fogerty – Musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival) |
1946 | Ted Snell – Hockey player |
1946 | Madeleine LeRoux – Actress |
1948 | Larry Gatlin – Musician (Gatlin Brothers) |
1952 | Roland Gift- Musician (Fine Young Cannibals) |
1953 | Arto Lindsay – Musician, singer |
1955 | Mark Howe – Hockey player |
1955 | John McGeoch – Musician |
1955 | Eddie Johnson (Edward “Eddie” Johnson) – Soccer player |
1956 | Susie Diane Owens – Model, actress |
1956 | Jerry Douglas – Country musician (Union Station) |
1959 | Steve Strange (Steven John Harrington) – Singer (Visage) |
1962 | Brandon Cruz – Actor (“The Courtship of Eddie’s Father”) |
1968 | Chubb Rock ( Richard Simpson) – Rapper |
1968 | Kylie Minogue – Musician (Locomotion) |
1969 | Justin Kirk – Actor (“Weeds”) |
1970 | Morgan Fox – Model, actress |
1971 | Marco Rubio – Politician |
19*77 | Elisabeth Hasselbeck – Television host (“The View,” “Fox & Friends”) |
1978 | Jake Johnson – Actor (“New Girl”) |
1985 | Carey Mulligan – Actress |
1986 | Joseph Cross Actor |
What happened in India Today
After listing out the Today Famous Birthdays, now we are providing the information of What happened in India Today.Many events are occured on this day in History.The famous Historic events, famous peoples births and deaths that are occured in India are listed in below table. The list of Today In indian History in the below table are listed in Chronological Order.
Today in Indian History | |
1414 | Khidr Khan Syed, Governor of Lahore, replaced Daulat Khan Lodi on Delhi’s throne |
1883 | Vinayak Damodar Savarkar “Veer Savarkar”, great freedom fighter, social reformer, politician and writer, was born at Bhagur village near Nasik. |
1895 | Bagal Bhai Madhavrao Khanderao, freedom fighter, author and painter, was born. |
1903 | Shantanu L. Kirloskar, great industrialist, was born at Solapur (Maharashtra). |
1907 | Purohit Dingambar Vinayak (Nanasaheb), leader in Maharashtra, was born. |
1923 | Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, film star, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and founder of Telugu Desam Party, was born. He has acted in many films including ‘Patal Bhairavi’. |
1925 | Awadh Kishore Narain, educationist, was born. |
1930 | Bhagwati Charan Vohra, great revolutionary freedom fighter, died near the banks of Ravi river during a bomb testing |
1950 | Bhagwati Charan, great revolutionary, passed away. |
1963 | Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India). |
1964 | A slow-moving funeral cortege containing the body of Jawaharlal Nehru inched through the streets of New Delhi today. A million and a half Indians lined the route to pay final respects to their beloved leader |
1965 | Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400. |
1966 | B. S. Chawla was appointed as the Narcotics Commissioner of India. He headed this office till 21-02-1973. |
1970 | All India Trade Union Congress was divided. |
1972 | Edward VIII, King of Great Britain/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), passed away at the age of 77. |
1978 | The kiss comes to the Hindi screen in ‘Love Sublime,’ and is seen as a sign of what the govt. calls greater ‘creative freedom,’ after Indira Gandhi’s authoritarian rule at Bombay. |
1988 | The first Cultural Exchange Programme was signed between India and China. |
1989 | Kerala diocese of Maratha Kavali was the first Christian priest in India |
1992 | Indo-US naval exercises begin. |
1996 | 13-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence. |
1997 | Former Union Ministers Arjun Singh, N.D. Tiwari, R.K. Dhawan and Madhavrao Scindia discharged in the Jain hawala case by special judge V.B. Gupta. |
1998 | India takes retaliatory measures against Australia for its unilateral action. |