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, 28,614,240 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 ‘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

• 1503 –
  James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years.
• 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.
• 1942 –
  World War II: in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1,800 people.
• 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.
• 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?

• 1836 –
  Friedrich Baumfelder, German composer, conductor, and pianist (d. 1916)
• 1853 –
  Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (d. 1919)
• 1938 –
  Jerry West, American basketball player
• 1944 –
  Gary Stewart, American singer (d. 2003)
• 1950 –
  Ian Bradley, British writer and academic
• 1962 –
  Brandon Cruz, American actor
• 1964 –
  Armen Gilliam, American basketball player
• 1971 –
  Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater
• 1982 –
  Jhonny Peralta, Dominican baseball player
• 1983 –
  Humberto Sanchez, Dominican baseball player

Who died on May 28?

• 1556 –
  Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494)
• 1750 –
  Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
• 1811 –
  Henry Dundas, Scottish politician (b. 1742)
• 1816 –
  Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord (b. c. 1745)
• 1864 –
  Simion Bărnuţiu, Romanian philosopher and politician (b. 1808)
• 1946 –
  Carter Glass, American politician (b. 1858)
• 1971 –
  Audie Murphy, American actor and soldier (b. 1924)
• 1981 –
  Mary Lou Williams, American singer (b. 1910)
• 1994 –
  Julius Boros, American golfer (b. 1920)
• 2008 –
  Robert Justman, American television producer (b. 1926)