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, 29,139,840 minutes 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.
• 1754 –
  French and Indian War: in the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
• 1934 –
  Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
• 1940 –
  World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
• 1951 –
  British radio comedy programme The Goon Show was broadcast on BBC for the first time.
• 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.
• 1995 –
  The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, half of the total population.
• 2002 –
  NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance.
• 2008 –
  The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
• 2010 –
  In West Bengal, India, a train derailment and subsequent collision kills 141 passengers.

Who were born on May 28?

• 1588 –
  Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)
• 1853 –
  Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (d. 1919)
• 1931 –
  Carroll Baker, American actress
• 1959 –
  John Morgan, British etiquette expert (d. 2000)
• 1964 –
  David Baddiel, British comedian and television presenter
• 1969 –
  Rob Ford, 64th Mayor of Toronto
• 1970 –
  Morgan Fox, Canadian model and 1990 Playboy playmate
• 1972 –
  Doriva, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 –
  Carey Mulligan, British actress
• 1986 –
  Berrick Barnes, Australian rugby player

Who died on May 28?

• 1787 –
  Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1719)
• 1805 –
  Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (b. 1743)
• 1808 –
  Richard Hurd, English Bishop of Worcester and writer (b. 1720)
• 1849 –
  Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1820)
• 1968 –
  Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Soviet sniper (b. 1908)
• 1978 –
  Arthur Brough, English actor (b. 1905)
• 1982 –
  Lt Col H. Jones VC, British army officer (b. 1940)
• 1994 –
  Julius Boros, American golfer (b. 1920)
• 1998 –
  Phil Hartman, Canadian actor and comedian (b. 1948)
• 2007 –
  David Lane, American white nationalist (b. 1938)