Sunday, May 28, 2023

History for May 28

History for May 28 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Moore 1779 - Lawyer, social philosopher, author
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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."

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