28 May - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on May 28, the day number in a year is 148 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 149. May 28 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
May 28 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 628 | Li Shimin defeated and captured Dou Jiande in the Battle of Hulao, leading to a Tang dynasty victory in the civil war that followed the collapse of the Sui dynasty. |
| 1414 | Khizr Khan, governer of Lahore, replaced Tuglaq on Delhi's throne. He was founder of Sayyid Dynasty. The Sayyid dynasty was the fourth dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate from 1414 to 1451. They succeeded the Tughlaq dynasty and ruled that sultanate until they were displaced by the Lodi dynasty. |
| 1414 | Khizr Khan occupied the throne of Delhi and laid the foundation of the Sayyid dynasty. |
| 1588 | Anglo-Spanish War The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and over 30, 000 men, set sail from Lisbon for the English Channel in an attempt to invade England. |
| 1644 | English Civil War-Royalist troops allegedly slaughtered up to1,600 people during their storm and capture of the Town of Bolton. |
| 1674 | The Parliament of Germany declared war against France. |
| 1704 | Battle of Smolenike: The Kuruk rebels defeated the Austrian army and its allies. |
| 1716 | John Churchill I King of Marlborough was a paralyzed man. |
| 1731 | All Hebrew books were confiscated in the state of Popal. |
| 1737 | The planet Venus passes in front of Mercury. The event was seen during the royal hours by amateur astronomer John Beviz at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. |
| 1754 | French and Indian War-Led by 22-year-old George Washington, acompany of colonial militia from Virginia ambushed a force of 35Canadiens in the Battle of Jumonville Glen. |
| 1754 | Battle of Jumonville Glen: The army led by George Washington killed Joseph Coulon de Jumonville, a French Canadian officer. |
| 1826 | Pedro-I of Brazil relinquished his post as King of Portugal. |
| 1830 | US President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, authorizing him to negotiate with Native Americans for their removal from their ancestral homelands. |
| 1838 | Broulio Carrillo was sworn in as head of state of Costa Rica, thus beginning his second term in office. |
| 1883 | ‘Veer' Savarkar was born. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian pro-independence activist, politician as well as a poet, writer and playwright. He advocated dismantling the system of caste in Hindu culture, and reconversion of the converted Hindus back to Hindu religion. Savarkar created the term Hindutva, and emphasised its distinctiveness from Hinduism which he associated with social and political communalism. |
| 1889 | Andre Michelin and Eduard merged Michelin Tire Company into one. |
| 1892 | Aided by a group of professors from the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley and Stanford University, preservationist John Muirfounded the environmental organization Sierra Club in San Francisco. |
| 1892 | John Muir Sierra Club organized in San Francisco. |
| 1895 | Madhavrao Khanderao Bagal was born. Madhavrao Khanderao Bagal also called Bhai Madhavrao Bagal was noted a writer, artist, journalist, social reformer, political activist, orator and freedom fighter from Kolhapur. |
| 1903 | Shantanu L. Kirloskar was born. Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar was an Indian businessman of Maharashtrian Karade Brahmin family. He was instrumental behind the rapid growth of the Kirloskar Group. |
| 1907 | The first Isle of Man TT race was held. The International Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) Race is an annual motor-cycle racing event held on the Isle of Man which was for many years the most prestigious motorcycle race in the world, and is reported as being the most dangerous motorcycle road-race in the world. |
| 1918 | The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence. The First Republic of Armenia, known at the time of its existence as the Republic of Armenia was the first modern Armenian state since the fall of the Kingdom of Cilicia in 1375. |
| 1923 | American unemployment almost ended. |
| 1936 | English mathematician Alan Turing introduced the Turing machine, a basic abstract symbol-manipulating device that can simulate the logic of any computer algorithm. |
| 1937 | Volkswagen (VW), the German automobile manufacturer is founded. Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer headquartered. Volkswagen is the top-selling and namesake marque of the Volkswagen Group, the holding company created in 1975 for the growing company, and is now the biggest automaker in both Germany and Europe. |
| 1937 | The rise of Neville Chamberlain culminated when he was summoned to Buckingham Palace to 'kiss hands' and accept the office of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. |
| 1940 | World War II-On the same day that Belgium surrendered toGermany, Allied forces gained their first major victory on land whenthey recaptured Narvik, Norway. |
| 1940 | Belgium lost to Germany during World War II. |
| 1952 | Women got suffrage in Greece. |
| 1959 | The US successfully sent two monkeys into space. |
| 1960 | The American Society for Cell Biology was organized. |
| 1961 | The human rights organization Amnesty International was established. |
| 1963 | About 22 thousand people died due to cyclonic storm in Bay of Bengal. |
| 1968 | Second Jawaharlal Nehru award for International Understanding given to Reverend Martin Luther King posthumously. The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding is an international award presented by the Government of India in honour of Jawaharlal Nehru, the country's first prime minister. |
| 1971 | Soviet Russia launched Mars-3, the first spacecraft to land on Mars. |
| 1975 | Sixteen West African countries signed the Treaty of Lagos,establishing the Economic Community of West African States to promoteeconomic integration. |
| 1977 | A fire at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky,US, killed 165 patrons. |
| 1987 | West German aviator Mathias Rust flew his Cessna 172 throughthe supposedly impregnable Soviet air defense system and landed in RedSquare, Moscow. |
| 1995 | National Centre for Labour launched in Bangalore to give a boost to the unorganised worker's movement in India. The creation of NCL as a national confederation of Labour organisation in the unorganised / Informal sector of India was the outcome of a study of informal sector organisations that concluded that the absence of a collective voice for the informal sector workers / labour at the national level resulted in their concerns not being effectively addressed at the national level. |
| 1998 | The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out five underground nuclear tests, becoming the seventh country in the world to successfully develop and publicly test nuclear weapons. |
| 1998 | Pakistan conducted its first nuclear test. |
| 2002 | An independent commission appointed by the English FootballAssociation voted, two-to-one, to allow Wimbledon F.C. to relocate fromLondon to Milton Keynes. |
| 2003 | As a result of criticism of his conduct, Peter Hollingworthresigned from his post as Governor-General of Australia. |
| 2004 | Ayad Allawi was unanimously elected by the Iraqi GoverningCouncil to be the interim Prime Minister of Iraq. |
| 2008 | The 240-year-long monarchy in Nepal came to an end. |
| 2010 | A train derailment and collision in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India, caused the deaths of at least 141 passengers. |
Famous Birthdays of May 28:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1922 | Roger Fisher / Author / United States of America |
| 1941 | Beth Howland / Actress / United States of America |
| 1988 | Craig Kimbrel / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1943 | Terry Crisp / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1858 | Carl Richard Nyberg / Business Man / Sweden |
| 1966 | Gavin Robertson / Cricketer / Australia |
| 1947 | Leland Sklar / Writer / United States of America |
| 1900 | Tommy Ladnier / Trumpet Player / United States of America |
| 1953 | Pierre Gauthier / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1973 | Marco Paulo Faria Lemos / Footballer / Portugal |
| 1925 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Singer / Germany |
| 1922 | Tuomas Gerdt / Sergeant / Finland |
| 1981 | Eric Ghiaciuc / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1910 | Rachel Kempson / Actress / United Kingdom |
| 1779 | Thomas Moore / Poet / Ireland |
| 1888 | Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1886 | Santo Trafficante / Criminal / Italy |
| 1964 | Phil Vassar / Writer / United States of America |
| 1988 | Percy Harvin / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1976 | Steven Bell / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1994 | John Stones / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1940 | David William Brewer / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1912 | Patrick White / Poet / Australia |
| 1917 | Papa John Creach / Violinist / United States of America |
| 1918 | Johnny Wayne / Comedian / Canada |
| 1956 | Peter Wilkinson / Admiral / United Kingdom |
| 1914 | W. G. G. Duncan Smith / Pilot / United Kingdom |
| 1764 | Edward Livingston / Politician / United States of America |
| 1945 | Helena Shovelton / Physician / United Kingdom |
| 1917 | Barry Commoner / Academic / United States of America |
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