History for May 28

History for May 28 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Moore 1779 - Lawyer, social philosopher, author, Jim Thorpe 1888 - Olympic athlete, baseball and basketball player, Ian Fleming 1908 - Author, journalist, created character of James Bond


Gladys Knight 1944 - Singer, Rudolph Giuliani 1944 - Mayor of New York City, Marco Rubio 1971 - Politician


1863 - The first black regiment left Boston to fight in the U.S. Civil War.


1928 - Chrysler Corporation merged with Dodge Brothers, Inc.


1934 - The Dionne quintuplets were born near Callender, Ontario, to Olivia and Elzire Dionne. The babies were the first quintuplets to survive infancy.


1940 - During World War II, Belgium surrendered to Germany.


1957 - National League club owners voted to allow the Brooklyn Dodgers to move to Los Angeles and that the New York Giants could move to San Francisco.


1987 - Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old West German pilot, landed a private plane in Moscow's Red Square after evading Soviet air defenses. He was released August 3, 1988.


1996 - U.S. President Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal were convicted of fraud.


1998 - Pakistan matched India with five nuclear test blasts. The U.S., Japan and other nations imposed economic sanctions. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said "Today, we have settled the score with India."