What are the important events that happened on May 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

May 28: Facts & Myths About This Day

May 28 is the 149^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 217 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 15, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,716,854,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatetracontaenneagon’ day.

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 246 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,176 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

May 28 Historical Events

• 1830 –
  President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans.
• 1918 –
  The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Democratic Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
• 1936 –
  Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
• 1937 –
  The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
• 1951 –
  British radio comedy programme The Goon Show was broadcast on BBC for the first time.
• 1975 –
  Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
• 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.
• 1993 –
  Eritrea and Monaco join the United Nations.
• 1999 –
  In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
• 2002 –
  NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance.

Who were born on May 28?

• 1763 –
  Manuel Alberti, Argentine priest and head of state (d. 1811)
• 1807 –
  Louis Agassiz, Swiss-born zoologist and geologist (d. 1873)
• 1934 –
  Cecile Dionne, Dionne quintuplets
• 1944 –
  Gladys Knight, American R&B and soul singer and actress
• 1946 –
  Satchidanandan, Indian poet
• 1949 –
  Wendy O. Williams, American vocalist (Plasmatics) (d. 1998)
• 1954 –
  Andy Hamilton, British comedian
• 1970 –
  Morgan Fox, Canadian model and 1990 Playboy playmate
• 1976 –
  Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast
• 1984 –
  Beth Allen, New Zealand actress

Who died on May 28?

• 576 –
  Saint Germain of Paris, French bishop (b. 496)
• 1509 –
  Caterina Sforza, Countess of Forli (b. 1463)
• 1556 –
  Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494)
• 1805 –
  Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (b. 1743)
• 1811 –
  Henry Dundas, Scottish politician (b. 1742)
• 1946 –
  Carter Glass, American politician (b. 1858)
• 1980 –
  Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. 1895)
• 1984 –
  Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise) (b. 1926)
• 1998 –
  Phil Hartman, Canadian actor and comedian (b. 1948)
• 2001 –
  Joe Moakley, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts (b. 1927)