What Happened On This Day ? May 28
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1998
Pakistan detonates five atom bombs
The nuclear tests came as a response to India's tests just days earlier. Fearing a devastating conflict between the two nuclear powers, a number of countries, including the U.S. and Japan, imposed economic sanctions.
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1987
Mathias Rust lands on the Red Square in Moscow
The 19-year old West German amateur pilot illegally landed his Cessna in the heart of the Russian capital at the height of the Cold War.
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1961
Amnesty International is founded
The publication of Peter Benenson's article “The forgotten prisoners” is commonly considered the organization's birth hour. Amnesty International is one of the world's most influential human rights organizations.
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1937
Volkswagen (VW) is founded
The automobile manufacturer whose name means “People's Car” in German is one of the world's biggest. It produced classics like the VW Golf and the VW Beetle.
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1936
Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication
In this landmark paper, the British computer pioneer described the Turing Machine and defined the inherent limits of computation.
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1968
Kylie Minogue
Australian singer-songwriter, producer, actress
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1944
Rudy Giuliani
American lawyer, politician, 107th Mayor of New York City
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1923
Gyorgy Ligeti
Romanian/Austrian composer
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1908
Ian Fleming
English journalist, author
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1883
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Indian politician
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2014
Maya Angelou
American author, poet, actress, director
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1972
Edward VIII
of the United Kingdom
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1937
Alfred Adler
Austrian psychologist
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1849
Anne Bronte
English author, poet
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1843
Noah Webster
American lexicographer, author