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May 28: Day of the Week
May 28, 2024 is the 149th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 217 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
May 28 Historical Event(s)
1503
James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years.
1930
The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens.
1932
In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
1937
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.
1951
British radio comedy programme The Goon Show was broadcast on BBC for the first time.
1975
Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
1987
19-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained and will not be released until August 3, 1988.
1991
The capital city of Addis Ababa, falls to the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War.
2002
The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.
2003
Peter Hollingworth becomes the first Governor-General of Australia to resign his office as a result of criticism of his conduct.
Who were born on May 28?
1923
György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (d. 2006)
1936
Claude Forget, French-Canadian politician
1940
Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist
1953
Arto Lindsay, American guitarist and singer
1964
Zsa Zsa Padilla, Filipino singer
1970
Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)
1977
Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American television panelist (The View)
1980
Miguel Pérez, Spanish footballer
1985
Konstantinos Mendrinos, Greek footballer
1990
Kyle Walker, English footballer
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