May 28: Day of the Week
May 28, 2019 is the 148th day of the year 2019 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 French then this day of the week in French is mardi.
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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.
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May 28 Historical Event(s)
- 1644Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of the Earl of Derby.
- 1798The United States Congress empowers president John Adams to enlist 10,000 men for service in case of a declaration of war or invasion of the country’s domain. It also authorizes Adams to instruct commanders of ships-of-war to seize armed French vessels preying upon or attacking American merchantmen about the coast.
- 1918The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Democratic Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
- 192628th May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
- 1936Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
- 1977In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside.
- 1979Constantine Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community.
- 1993Eritrea and Monaco join the United Nations.
- 1999In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
- 2002The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.
Who were born on May 28?
- 1582William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)
- 1884Edvard Beneš, Czech politician (d. 1948)
- 1889Richard Réti, Austrian-Czech chess grandmaster (d. 1929)
- 1921Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (d. 1999)
- 1942Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1943Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (d. 2004)
- 1944Gladys Knight, American R&B and soul singer and actress
- 1946Skip Jutze, American baseball player
- 1956Julie Peasgood, British actress
- 1981Aaron Schock, American politician
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