May 28th, 1728

Born on May 28th, 1728

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 108,000 days old!

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What happened on May 28th?

May 28th, 1901

Mozaffar ad-Din (pictured), Shah of Persia, granted exclusive rights to prospect for oil in the country to William Knox D'Arcy.

May 28th, 2002

An independent commission appointed by the Football Association voted two-to-one to allow Wimbledon F.C. to relocate from London to Milton Keynes.

May 28th, 1998

The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out five underground nuclear tests, becoming the seventh country in the world to successfully develop and publicly test nuclear weapons.

May 28th, 1987

Mathias Rust, a West German aviator, flew his Cessna 172 from Helsinki, Finland, through Soviet air defences, landing illegally near Red Square in Moscow.

May 28th, 1940

Second World War: Belgium surrendered to Nazi Germany, ending the Battle of Belgium.

May 28th, 1937

The rise of Neville Chamberlain culminated with his accession as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, being summoned to Buckingham Palace to "kiss hands".

May 28th, 1892

Scottish-American preservationist John Muir (pictured) founded the environmental organization Sierra Club in California.

May 28th, 1830

U.S. president Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, authorizing him to negotiate with Native Americans for their removal from their ancestral homelands.

May 28th, 1754

French and Indian War: Led by 22-year-old George Washington, a company of Virginia colonial militiamen ambushed a force of 35 Canadiens at the Battle of Jumonville Glen.

May 28th, 1644

English Civil War: Royalist troops stormed and captured the Parliamentarian stronghold of Bolton, leading to a massacre of defenders and local residents.

May 28th, 1608

Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi debuted his second opera L'Arianna, now one of his lost works, at a royal wedding in Mantua.

May 28th, 0621

Tang forces led by Li Shimin defeated and captured Dou Jiande at the Battle of Hulao in the civil war that followed the collapse of the Sui dynasty.

May 28th, 2016

Harambe, 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.

May 28th, 2011

Malta 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.

May 28th, 2010

In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 28th

Born on May 28th, 1728

96

Maria Angela Ardinghelli

Italian mathematician, physicist, and translator

*May 28th, 1728, Naples †February 17th, 1825, Naples

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30

Alec Benjamin

American singer-songwriter

*May 28th, 1994, Phoenix

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*May 28th, 1972, Odense

60

Christa Miller

American actress

*May 28th, 1964, Manhattan

92

Paul Hébert

Canadian actor

*May 28th, 1924, Thetford Mines †April 20th, 2017, Quebec City

72

Thomas Moore

Irish poet, singer and songwriter (1779–1852)

*May 28th, 1779, Dublin †February 25th, 1852, Bromham

28

Karl Otto Stegmann

German motocycle racer

*May 28th, 1901, Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge †April 30th, 1930, Czechoslovakia

42

Leticia Brunati

Argentinian beach handball coach

*May 28th, 1982, Buenos Aires

56

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

25

Lisa Klostermann

German footballer

*May 28th, 1999, Herdecke

39

Carey Mulligan

English actress (born 1985)

*May 28th, 1985, Westminster

85

François Christophe de Kellermann

French soldier (1735-1820)

*May 28th, 1735, Strasbourg †September 23rd, 1820, Paris

76

Francis Gundaker of Colloredo-Mansfeld

Politician (1731-1807)

*May 28th, 1731, Vienna †October 27th, 1807, Vienna

53

Marco Rubio

United States Senator from Florida since 2011

*May 28th, 1971, Miami

67

George I of Great Britain

King of Great Britain and Ireland (r. 1714–27), Elector of Hanover (r. 1698–1727)

*May 28th, 1660, Hanover †June 11th, 1727, Osnabrück

31

Svenja Jung

German actress

*May 28th, 1993, Weroth

42

Alexa Davalos

French-American actress

*May 28th, 1982, 16th arrondissement of Paris

62

Jean Schopfer

French writer and tennis player

*May 28th, 1868, Morges †January 9th, 1931, 7th arrondissement of Paris

92

Rachel Kempson

British actress (1910–2003)

*May 28th, 1910, Dartmouth †May 24th, 2003, Millbrook

78

Patrick White

English-born Australian writer

*May 28th, 1912, London †September 30th, 1990, Sydney

55

Justin Kirk

American actor

*May 28th, 1969, Salem

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Born in 1728

50

James Cook

British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)

*October 27th, 1728, Marton †February 14th, 1779, Kealakekua Bay

72

Johann Georg Büsch

German mathematician

*January 3rd, 1728, Altenmedingen †August 5th, 1800, Hamburg

45

Oliver Goldsmith

Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician (d. 1774)

*November 10th, 1728, Elphin †April 4th, 1774, London

49

Johann Heinrich Lambert

German mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1728-1777)

*August 26th, 1728, Mulhouse †September 25th, 1777, Berlin

34

Peter III of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1728–1762)

*February 10th, 1728, Kiel †July 6th, 1762, Ropsha

34

Georg Wilhelm Bauernfeind

German painter, university teacher (1728-1763)

*November 16th, 1728, Nuremberg †August 29th, 1763, Indian Ocean

71

Joseph Black

British chemist (1728-1799)

*April 16th, 1728, Bordeaux †December 6th, 1799, Edinburgh

80

Matthew Boulton

English manufacturer, industrialist 1728-1809, business partner of James Watt

*September 3rd, 1728, Birmingham †August 17th, 1809, Birmingham

82

Karl Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden

German noble (1728-1811)

*November 22nd, 1728, Karlsruhe †June 10th, 1811, Karlsruhe

75

Carlo Allioni

Italian physician and professor of botany (1728-1804)

*September 3rd, 1728, Turin †July 30th, 1804, Turin

69

Peter Frederik Suhm

Danish-Norwegian historian (1728-1798)

*October 18th, 1728, Copenhagen †September 7th, 1798, Øverød

76

Pietro Arduino

Italian botanist (1728-1805)

*July 18th, 1728, Caprino Veronese †April 13th, 1805, Padua

54

Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner

German writer, civil servant and opinion journalist

*October 17th, 1728, Traunstein †June 4th, 1783, Munich

72

Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla

Italian physician, surgeon, pathologist (1728-1800)

*April 15th, 1728, San Zenone al Po †July 30th, 1800, Padua

58

Ferdinando Galiani

Italian economist

*December 2nd, 1728, Chieti †October 30th, 1787, Naples

82

Nicolas Ozanne

French naval engineer

*January 12th, 1728, Brest †January 3rd, 1811, Paris

65

Richard Mique

French architect

*September 18th, 1728, Nancy †July 8th, 1794, Paris

75

Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi

Italian opera composer (1728–1804)

*December 9th, 1728, Massa †November 19th, 1804, Rome

36

Christian Braunmann Tullin

Norwegian poet (1728-1765)

*September 6th, 1728, Christiania †January 21st, 1765, Christiania

70

Jean Dussaulx

French politician (1728-1799)

*December 28th, 1728, Chartres †March 16th, 1799, Paris

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Leap year

Yes: 1728 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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