Today in History
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1998 Pakistan detonates five atom bombs
The nuclear tests came as a response to India's tests just days earlier. Fearing a devastating confl
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1987 Mathias Rust lands on the Red Square in Moscow
The 19-year old West German amateur pilot illegally landed his Cessna in the heart of the Russian ca
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1961 Amnesty International is founded
The publication of Peter Benenson's article “The forgotten prisoners” is commonly considered the org
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1937 Volkswagen (VW) is founded
The automobile manufacturer whose name means “People's Car” in German is one of the world's biggest.
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1936 Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication
In this landmark paper, the British computer pioneer described the Turing Machine and defined the in
Births On This Day,
May, 28
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1968 Kylie Minogue
Australian singer-songwriter, producer, actress
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1944 Rudy Giuliani
American lawyer, politician, 107th Mayor of New York City
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1923 György Ligeti
Romanian/Austrian composer
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1908 Ian Fleming
English journalist, author
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1883 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Indian politician
Deaths On This Day,
May, 28
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2014 Maya Angelou
American author, poet, actress, director
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1972 Edward VIII
of the United Kingdom
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1937 Alfred Adler
Austrian psychologist
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1849 Anne Brontë
English author, poet
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1843 Noah Webster
American lexicographer, author
