Tuesday, May 28, 2024

History for May 28

History for May 28 - On-This-Day.com 
Thomas Moore 1779 - Lawyer, social philosopher, author
  • 1533 - England's Archbishop declared the marriage of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.
  • 1863 - The first black regiment left Boston to fight in the U.S. Civil War.
  • 1928 - Chrysler Corporation merged with Dodge Brothers, Inc.
  • 1985 - David Jacobsen, director of the American University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, was abducted by pro-Iranian kidnappers. He was freed 17 months later.
  • 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."

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