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==Events== *585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of Halys, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates can be calculated. * 621 – Battle of Hulao: Li Shimin, the son of the Chinese emperor Gao Zu, defeats the numerically superior forces of Dou Jiande near the Hulao Pass (Henan). This victory decides the outcome of the civil war that followed the Sui dynasty's collapse in favour of the Tang dynasty. *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. *1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid. *1588 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.) *1644 – Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby. *1754 – French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 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. *1830 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans. *1871 – Fall of the Paris Commune. *1892 – In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club. *1900 – Gare d'Orsay railway station is inaugurated in Paris. *1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy. *1907 – The first Isle of Man TT race was held. *1918 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence. *1926 – The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic. *1932 – In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer. *1934 – Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy. *1936 – Alan Turing submits ''On Computable Numbers'' for publication. * 1936 – Klaipėda Radio Station begins regular broadcasting. *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. * 1937 – Volkswagen (VW), the German automobile manufacturer is founded. *1940 – World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium. * 1940 – World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War. *1942 – World War II: In retaliation for the assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1,800 people. *1948 – Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid. *1951 – The British radio comedy program ''The Goon Show'' is broadcast on the BBC for the first time. *1952 – The women of Greece are granted the right to vote. *1958 – Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero. *1961 – Peter Benenson's article ''The Forgotten Prisoners'' is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International. *1964 – The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed. *1974 – Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists. *1975 – Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States. *1977 – In Southgate, Kentucky, the Beverly Hills Supper Club is engulfed in fire, killing 165 people inside. *1979 – Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community. *1987 – West German pilot Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. He is immediately detained and would 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. *1993 – Eritrea and Monaco join the United Nations. *1995 – The Russian town of Neftegorsk is hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that kills at least 2,000 people, half of the total population. *1996 – U.S. President Bill Clinton's former business partners in the Whitewater land deal, Jim McDougal and Susan McDougal, and the Governor of Arkansas Jim Guy Tucker, are convicted of fraud. *1998 – Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed ''Chagai-I'', prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually. *1999 – In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece ''The Last Supper'' is put back on display. *2002 – The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City. * 2002 – NATO declares Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance. * 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. *2004 – The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government. *2008 – The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty. *2010 – In West Bengal, India, a train derailment and subsequent collision kills 141 passengers. *2011 – Malta votes on the introduction of divorce. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「May 28」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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