May 28
1863 - Robert Gould Shaw, leading the first northern all-Black regiment, leaves Boston for the Civil War.
1892 - The Sierra Club was founded in San Francisco.
1918 - American troops fought their first major battle during World War I as they launched an offensive against the German-held French village of Cantigny; the Americans succeeded in capturing the village.
1929 - The first all-color, full-length talking picture, "On With the Show!," debuted.
1934 - The Dionne quintuplets were born in Ontario, Canada.
1937 - Neville Chamberlain became prime minister of Britain.
1940 - During World War II, the Belgian army surrendered to invading German forces.
1959 - The U.S. Army launched Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, aboard a Jupiter missile for a suborbital flight which both primates survived.
1964 - The charter of the Palestine Liberation Organization was issued at the start of a meeting of the Palestine National Congress in Jerusalem.
1972 - Edward, the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the English throne to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, died in Paris at age 77.
1977 - 165 people were killed when fire raced through the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky.
1987 - Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old pilot from West Germany, landed his private plane in Moscow's Red Square. He was arrested and sentenced to four years in a labor camp, but was released after just one.
1997 - Linda Finch completed Amelia Earhart's attempted around-the-world flight.
1998 - Pakistan staged nuclear tests in response to tests carried out by India two weeks earlier.
1998 - Actor-comedian Phil Hartman of "Saturday Night Live" and "NewsRadio" fame was shot to death at his home in Encino, California by his wife, Brynn, who then killed herself.
2003 - President George W. Bush signed a $350 billion tax cut into law, the third largest tax cut in U.S. history.
2013 - Calling it perhaps the biggest money-laundering scheme in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people with running what amounted to an online, underworld bank, saying that Liberty Reserve handled $6 billion for drug dealers, child pornographers, identity thieves and other criminals around the globe.
2020 - People torched a Minneapolis police station that the department was forced to abandon amid spreading protests over the death of George Floyd. Protesters in New York defied a coronavirus prohibition on public gatherings, clashing with police; demonstrators blocked traffic and smashed vehicles in downtown Denver before police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. At least seven people were shot as gunfire erupted during a protest in Louisville, Kentucky, to demand justice for Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was fatally shot by police in her home in March.
2021 - Officials announced that the remains of more than 200 children, some as young as 3 years old, had been found buried on the site of what was once Canada’s largest indigenous residential school.
Birthdays
36 - Craig Kimbrel (baseball player)
38 - Joseph Cross (actor)
38 - Seth Rollins (professional wrestler)
38 - Michael Oher (football player)
39 - Carey Mulligan (actress)
39 - Colbie Caillat (singer)
42 - Megalyn Echikunwoke (actress)
42 - Alexa Davalos (actress)
45 - Monica Keena (actress)
45 - Jesse Bradford (actor)
46 - Jake Johnson (actor)
47 - Elisabeth Hasselbeck (TV host)
53 - Ekaterina Gordeeva (figure skater)
55 - Justin Kirk (actor)
56 - Kylie Minogue (singer)
60 - Christa Miller (actress)
60 - Phil Vassar (singer)
62 - Brandon Cruz (actor)
66 - Louis Mustillo (actor)
79 - John Fogerty (singer)
80 - Billy Vera (singer)
80 - Gladys Knight (singer)
86 - Jerry West (basketball player)
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Today in Sports History - May 28
1957 - Baseball owners voted to allow the Brooklyn Dodgers to move to Los Angeles and the New York Giants to San Francisco.
1995 - The Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers combined for 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium.
2003 - Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche) announced his retirement from the NHL. He left his career as the NHL leader in victories (551) and games played (1,029). He was also the all-time leader in playoff victories, games played and shutouts.
2006 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 715th career home run, moving past Babe Ruth into second place on the all-time career home run list in Major League Baseball.
1863 - Robert Gould Shaw, leading the first northern all-Black regiment, leaves Boston for the Civil War.
1892 - The Sierra Club was founded in San Francisco.
1918 - American troops fought their first major battle during World War I as they launched an offensive against the German-held French village of Cantigny; the Americans succeeded in capturing the village.
1929 - The first all-color, full-length talking picture, "On With the Show!," debuted.
1934 - The Dionne quintuplets were born in Ontario, Canada.
1937 - Neville Chamberlain became prime minister of Britain.
1940 - During World War II, the Belgian army surrendered to invading German forces.
1959 - The U.S. Army launched Able, a rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, aboard a Jupiter missile for a suborbital flight which both primates survived.
1964 - The charter of the Palestine Liberation Organization was issued at the start of a meeting of the Palestine National Congress in Jerusalem.
1972 - Edward, the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the English throne to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, died in Paris at age 77.
1977 - 165 people were killed when fire raced through the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky.
1987 - Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old pilot from West Germany, landed his private plane in Moscow's Red Square. He was arrested and sentenced to four years in a labor camp, but was released after just one.
1997 - Linda Finch completed Amelia Earhart's attempted around-the-world flight.
1998 - Pakistan staged nuclear tests in response to tests carried out by India two weeks earlier.
1998 - Actor-comedian Phil Hartman of "Saturday Night Live" and "NewsRadio" fame was shot to death at his home in Encino, California by his wife, Brynn, who then killed herself.
2003 - President George W. Bush signed a $350 billion tax cut into law, the third largest tax cut in U.S. history.
2013 - Calling it perhaps the biggest money-laundering scheme in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people with running what amounted to an online, underworld bank, saying that Liberty Reserve handled $6 billion for drug dealers, child pornographers, identity thieves and other criminals around the globe.
2020 - People torched a Minneapolis police station that the department was forced to abandon amid spreading protests over the death of George Floyd. Protesters in New York defied a coronavirus prohibition on public gatherings, clashing with police; demonstrators blocked traffic and smashed vehicles in downtown Denver before police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. At least seven people were shot as gunfire erupted during a protest in Louisville, Kentucky, to demand justice for Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was fatally shot by police in her home in March.
2021 - Officials announced that the remains of more than 200 children, some as young as 3 years old, had been found buried on the site of what was once Canada’s largest indigenous residential school.
Birthdays
36 - Craig Kimbrel (baseball player)
38 - Joseph Cross (actor)
38 - Seth Rollins (professional wrestler)
38 - Michael Oher (football player)
39 - Carey Mulligan (actress)
39 - Colbie Caillat (singer)
42 - Megalyn Echikunwoke (actress)
42 - Alexa Davalos (actress)
45 - Monica Keena (actress)
45 - Jesse Bradford (actor)
46 - Jake Johnson (actor)
47 - Elisabeth Hasselbeck (TV host)
53 - Ekaterina Gordeeva (figure skater)
55 - Justin Kirk (actor)
56 - Kylie Minogue (singer)
60 - Christa Miller (actress)
60 - Phil Vassar (singer)
62 - Brandon Cruz (actor)
66 - Louis Mustillo (actor)
79 - John Fogerty (singer)
80 - Billy Vera (singer)
80 - Gladys Knight (singer)
86 - Jerry West (basketball player)
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Today in Sports History - May 28
1957 - Baseball owners voted to allow the Brooklyn Dodgers to move to Los Angeles and the New York Giants to San Francisco.
1995 - The Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers combined for 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium.
2003 - Patrick Roy (Colorado Avalanche) announced his retirement from the NHL. He left his career as the NHL leader in victories (551) and games played (1,029). He was also the all-time leader in playoff victories, games played and shutouts.
2006 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 715th career home run, moving past Babe Ruth into second place on the all-time career home run list in Major League Baseball.
