May 28

Events

• 1588 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port).
• 1754 – French and Indian War: in the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania.
• 1774 - American Revolutionary War: The first Continental Congress convenes.
• 1830 - President Andrew Jackson signs The Indian Removal Act which relocates Indians
• 1937 - Neville Chamberlain becomes British Prime Minister.
• 1940 - World War II: Belgium surrenders to Germany.
• 1964 - The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed.
• 1974 - The Italian fascist organization Ordine Nuovo bombs demonstrators in Brescia, killing 6 people.
• 1982 - Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green
• 2008 - Nepal becomes a republic

Births

• 1807 - Louis Agassiz, paleontologist and race theorist (d. 1873)
• 1818 - Pierre Beauregard, American Confederate general (d. 1893)
• 1892 - Sepp Dietrich, German SS officer (d. 1966)
• 1908 - Ian Fleming, English author (d. 1964)
• 1944 - Rudy Giuliani, American politician

Deaths

• 1843 - Noah Webster, American author, politician, and lexicographer (b. 1758)
• 1948 - Unity Mitford, British National Socialist and Hitler's girlfriend (b. 1914)
• 1965 - P. R. Stephensen, Australian author and nationalist (b. 1901)
• 2001 - Dale H. Maple, US private accused of treason (b. 1920)
• 2007 - David Lane, White revolutionary, member of The Order (b. 1938)