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What Happened On May 28

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1754: French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 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. 1242: Avignonet massacre: A group of Cathars, with the probable connivance of Count Raymond VII of Toulouse, murder the inquisitor William Arnaud and eleven of his companions. 1982: Falklands War: The British War Cabinet, which never considered using nuclear weapons in the conflict, ordered that the nuclear depth bombs on British ships return home. 585 BC: According to the Greek historian Herodotus, a solar eclipse, accurately predicted by Thales of Miletus, abruptly ended the Battle of Halys between the Lydians and the Medes. 2017: Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from the race with an engine issue in his first entry of the event. 2008: The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty. 2002: The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City. 1999: In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display. 1964: The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded, with Yasser Arafat elected as its first leader. 1940: World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first Allied infantry victory of the War.

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1754 First ever
French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 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.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1242 Oddly true
Avignonet massacre: A group of Cathars, with the probable connivance of Count Raymond VII of Toulouse, murder the inquisitor William Arnaud and eleven of his companions.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1982 Weird
Falklands War: The British War Cabinet, which never considered using nuclear weapons in the conflict, ordered that the nuclear depth bombs on British ships return home.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
585 BC Oddly true
According to the Greek historian Herodotus, a solar eclipse, accurately predicted by Thales of Miletus, abruptly ended the Battle of Halys between the Lydians and the Medes.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2017 First ever
Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from the race with an engine issue in his first entry of the event.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2008 First ever
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2002 Oddly true
The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1999 Oddly true
In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
Read more →
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1964 First ever
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded, with Yasser Arafat elected as its first leader.
Read more →
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1940 First ever
World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first Allied infantry victory of the War.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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2017Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from the race with an engine issue in his first entry of the event. Wikipedia →
2016Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes. Wikipedia →
2013Start of the Gezi Park protests in Turkey. Wikipedia →
2012The Arkankergen massacre in Kazakhstan's Alakol District kills 15 people. Wikipedia →
2011Malta votes on the introduction of divorce; the proposal was approved by 53% of voters, resulting in a law allowing divorce under certain conditions being enacted later in the year. Wikipedia →
2010In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers. Wikipedia →
2008The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty. Wikipedia →
2004The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government. Wikipedia →
2003Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane. Wikipedia →
2002The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City. Wikipedia →
1999In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display. Wikipedia →
1998Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually. Wikipedia →
1996U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas, Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud. Wikipedia →
1995The 7.0 Mw Neftegorsk earthquake shakes the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300 million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt. Wikipedia →
1991The 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. Wikipedia →
1987An 18-year-old West German pilot, Mathias Rust, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Wikipedia →
1979Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community. Wikipedia →
1977The Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, is engulfed by fire, killing 165 people inside. Wikipedia →
1975Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States. Wikipedia →
1975At Brampton Centennial Secondary School, student Michael Slobodian kills two people and injures 13 others before committing suicide. Wikipedia →
1974Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists. Wikipedia →
1968Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892 crashes near Nala Sopara in India, killing 30. Wikipedia →
1964The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded, with Yasser Arafat elected as its first leader. Wikipedia →
1962The Soviet Kosmos 5 satellite is launched. Wikipedia →
1961Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International. Wikipedia →
1958Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero. Wikipedia →
1948Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid. Wikipedia →
1940World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium. Wikipedia →
1940World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first Allied infantry victory of the War. Wikipedia →
1937Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded. Wikipedia →
1936Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication. Wikipedia →
1934Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy. Wikipedia →
1932In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer. Wikipedia →
1926The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic. Wikipedia →
1918The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence. Wikipedia →
1907The first Isle of Man TT race is held. Wikipedia →
1905Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Wikipedia →
1892In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club. Wikipedia →
1871The Paris Commune falls after two months. Wikipedia →
1830U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which denies Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocates them. Wikipedia →
1802In Guadeloupe, 400 rebellious slaves, led by Louis Delgrès, blow themselves up rather than submit to Napoleon's troops. Wikipedia →
1754French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 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. Wikipedia →
1644English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. Wikipedia →
1588The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.) Wikipedia →
1533The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid. Wikipedia →
1347Marriage of Byzantine Emperor John V Palaiologos and Helena Kantakouzene. Wikipedia →
1242Avignonet massacre: A group of Cathars, with the probable connivance of Count Raymond VII of Toulouse, murder the inquisitor William Arnaud and eleven of his companions. Wikipedia →
934English king Æthelstan begins his invasion of Scotland. Wikipedia →
621Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the Chinese emperor Gaozu, defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou Jiande near the Hulao Pass (Henan). This victory decides the outcome of the civil war that followed the Sui dynasty's collapse in favour of the Tang dynasty. Wikipedia →
585 BCA solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the 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. It is also the earliest event of which the precise date is known. Wikipedia →

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