Category: This Day In History May 28

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This Day in History for May 28

Historic Events:

1509 - Jeanne de Valois, Duchesse de Berry was cannonized.
1754 - The French and Indian War starts.
1830 - U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed The Indian Removal Act into law.
1934 - The Dionne quintuplets are born in Ontario, Canada.
2003 - Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia.
2017 - Takuma Sato wins the Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so.

Famous Birthdays:

1910 - T-Bone Walker, pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds.
1934 - Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X.
1938 - Jerry West, American basketball player, coach, and executive.
1985 - Carey Mulligan, English actress and singer.

Famous Deaths:

1509 - Countess of Forlì, an Italian noblewoman.
1998 - Phil Hartman, was a Canadian-born American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and graphic designer.
2014 - Maya Angelou, acclaimed American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.

Person Profiles (15)

Afonso (Bourgogne) de Portugal 08 Feb 1291 Lisbon, Portugal - 28 May 1357

Anne Brontë 17 Jan 1820 Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England - 28 May 1849

Ian Fleming 28 May 1908 Mayfair, London, England, United Kingdom - 12 Aug 1964

Assar Thorvald Natanael Gabrielsson 13 Aug 1891 Gunnarstorp, Korsberga, Västergötland, Sverige - 28 May 1962

Philip (Hartmann) Hartman 24 Sep 1948 Brantford, Ontario, Canada - 28 May 1998

Andrew Jackson 15 Mar 1767 Lancaster, Waxhaws, South Carolina - 08 Jun 1845

Marguerite (Johnson) Angelou 04 Apr 1928 St. Louis, Missouri, United States - 28 May 2014

Unity Mitford 08 Aug 1914 London, England, United Kingdom - 28 May 1948

Betty (Sanders) Shabazz 28 May 1934 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States - 23 Jun 1997

Caterina Sforza 1463 Milan, Italy - 28 May 1509

Jeanne (Valois) de France 23 Apr 1464 Nogent-le-Roi, Orléanais, France - 04 Feb 1505

Aaron Walker 28 May 1910 Linden, Cass, Texas, United States - 16 Mar 1975

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