May 28th, 1972

Born on May 28th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 28th?

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.

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 (depicted).

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.

May 28th, 2008

The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.

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

Born on May 28th, 1972

51

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*May 28th, 1972, Odense

51

Chiara Mastroianni

French actress

*May 28th, 1972, Paris

51

Samia AkariouSex

Moroccan actress

*May 28th, 1972, Chefchaouen

51

Kate Ashfield

English actress

*May 28th, 1972, Oldham

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Who's birthday is on May 28th?

52

Marco Rubio

American politician (born 1971)

*May 28th, 1971, Miami

55

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

52

Isabelle Carré

French actress

*May 28th, 1971, Paris

41

Alexa Davalos

French-American actress

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

54

Justin Kirk

American actor

*May 28th, 1969, Salem

44

Trilby Glover

Australian actress

*May 28th, 1979, Perth

59

Christa Miller

American actress

*May 28th, 1964, Manhattan

38

Carey Mulligan

English actress (born 1985)

*May 28th, 1985, Westminster

24

Lisa Klostermann

German footballer

*May 28th, 1999, Herdecke

92

Paul Hébert

Canadian actor

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

50

Ryan Tubridy

Irish broadcaster and writer

*May 28th, 1973, Dublin

49

Hans-Jörg Butt

German association football player

*May 28th, 1974, Oldenburg

30

Svenja Jung

German actress

*May 28th, 1993, Weroth

53

Paul Sinha

British stand-up comedian

*May 28th, 1970, Luton

49

Romain Duris

French actor

*May 28th, 1974, Paris

20

Cameron Boyce

American actor (1999–2019)

*May 28th, 1999, Los Angeles †July 6th, 2019, North Hollywood

67

Jerry Douglas

American musician

*May 28th, 1956, Warren

52

Ekaterina Gordeeva

Russian pair skater

*May 28th, 1971, Moscow

42

Laura Bailey

American voice actress

*May 28th, 1981, Biloxi

65

Pat Sheehan

Irish republican politician (born 1958)

*May 28th, 1958, Belfast

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

51

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentine association football player and manager

*March 2nd, 1972, Santa Fe Province

51

Crispin Freeman

Voice actor originally from the Midwestern United States

*February 9th, 1972, Chicago

51

Jessica Hynes

English actress and writer

*October 30th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Anika Noni Rose

American actor-singer

*September 6th, 1972, Bloomfield

50

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

51

Danny Alexander

British banker and former Liberal Democrat politician

*May 15th, 1972, Edinburgh

51

Zinedine Zidane

French association football player and manager

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Eminem

American rapper, songwriter and actor

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Ricardo Fernandes

Badminton player

*November 12th, 1972, Funchal

51

Pavel Nedvěd

Czech association football player

*August 30th, 1972, Cheb

51

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian pop singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

51

Wentworth Miller

British-born American actor

*June 2nd, 1972, Chipping Norton

51

Ben Affleck

American film actor, director and screenwriter

*August 15th, 1972, Berkeley

51

Jennifer Hale

American voice actress

*January 30th, 1972, Happy Valley-Goose Bay

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Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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