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 148^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 217 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 15, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,748,390,400 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 ‘hectatetracontaoctagon’ 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 265 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 4,541 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

May 28 Historical Events

• 585 BC –
  A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated.
• 1533 –
  The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
• 1892 –
  In San Francisco, California, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
• 1936 –
  Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
• 1940 –
  World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
• 1982 –
  Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.
• 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.
• 2002 –
  The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.
• 2004 –
  The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq’s interim government.
• 2010 –
  In West Bengal, India, a train derailment and subsequent collision kills 141 passengers.

Who were born on May 28?

• 1676 –
  Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (d. 1754)
• 1952 –
  Russell J. Wintner, American film executive
• 1957 –
  Kirk Gibson, American baseball player
• 1981 –
  Aaron Schock, American politician
• 1984 –
  Beth Allen, New Zealand actress
• 1985 –
  Carey Mulligan, British actress
• 1985 –
  Konstantinos Mendrinos, Greek footballer
• 1990 –
  Kyle Walker, English footballer
• 1999 –
  Cameron Boyce, American child actor
• 2010 –
  Prince Louis of Bourbon, elder son of Prince Louis, Duke of Anjou

Who died on May 28?

• 576 –
  Saint Germain of Paris, French bishop (b. 496)
• 1808 –
  Richard Hurd, English Bishop of Worcester and writer (b. 1720)
• 1916 –
  Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (b. 1856)
• 1948 –
  Unity Mitford, English fascist sympathizer (b. 1914)
• 1953 –
  Hori Tatsuo, Japanese writer (b. 1904)
• 1975 –
  Ezzard Charles, American heavyweight boxing champion (b. 1921)
• 1982 –
  Lt Col H. Jones VC, British army officer (b. 1940)
• 1994 –
  Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (b. 1916)
• 2001 –
  Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (b. 1946)
• 2008 –
  Beryl Cook, English painter (b. 1926)