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On This Day · The 148th day of the year

May 28

From 1644 to 2016, May 28 gathers 372 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♊ZodiacGemini ◈BirthstoneEmerald ❀Birth flowerLily of the Valley

Gemini is the sign for May 28 — read more on the Gemini page, or see May's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on May 28?

May 28 is the 148th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1644 and 2016. Famous people born on May 28 include Mark Sanford, Kylie Minogue and Kyle Walker.

Released on May 28

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Wild Assault
  • TV Star City
  • Movie Blast
  • Movie The Breadwinner

2025

  • Game Trash Goblin
  • Game Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
  • Game To a T

2024

  • Game MultiVersus

2023

  • Movie GGS - Ganteng-Ganteng Sange

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1644

    English Civil War

  2. 1754

    French and Indian War

  3. 1892

    San Francisco

  4. 1937

    Volkswagen

  5. 1940

    World War II

  6. 1974

    Northern Ireland

  7. 1987

    Mathias Rust

  8. 1999

    Milan

  9. 2011

    Malta

  10. 2016

    Harambe

Famous birthday twins

Born on May 28

Mark Sanford

b. 1960

Kylie Minogue

b. 1968

Kyle Walker

b. 1990

Heinz G. Konsalik

b. 1921

Alexander Mitscherlich (chemist)

b. 1836

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

b. 1925

Ian Fleming

b. 1908

Markus Höttinger

b. 1956

Deaths

  • 2016Harambe
  • 2014Maya Angelou
  • 2013Viktor Kulikov
  • 2007Jörg Immendorff
  • 1849Anne Brontë
  • 1427Henry IV, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg

Holidays & observances

  • —Armed Forces Day (Croatia)
  • —Christian feast day: Bernard of Menthon
  • —Christian feast day: Germain of Paris
  • —Christian feast day: John Calvin (Episcopal Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Lanfranc
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Margaret Pole
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Bagnesi
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Thomas Ford

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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