Some famous people born on May 28th:
William Pitt the Younger (English prime minister), 1759
Edvard Benes (Czech politician), 1884
Jim Thorpe (Olympic athlete), 1888
Ian Fleming (Creator of James Bond), 1908
T-Bone Walker (Musician), 1910
Dionne quintuplets (Canadian fivesome), 1934
Rudy Guiliani (Lazy campaigner), 1944
Gladys Knight (Chief Pip), 1944
John Fogerty (Member of Credence Clearwater Revival), 1945
Wendy O. Williams (Punk), 1949
Kirk Gibson (Baseball player), 1957
Chris Ballew (President of the USA), 1965
Kylie Minogue (Australian entertainer), 1968
Violet Demetrescu (Tiny baby), 2008
Famous events on May 28th:
1588 - The Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon
1754 - Start of French & Indian/Seven Years War
1930 - Chrysler Building opens in New York City
1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge is opened
1987 - German teenager Mathias Rust lands a plane in Red Square, ruining the careers of several Soviet generals (some permanently).
Also, several organizations were founded (Sierra Club, Amnesty International and the PLO) and battles fought (Tsushima in the sea of Japan, Narvik in Norway and Goose Green in the Falklands) on this day.
You born today:
You cannot read yet, but you will want someone to clip out this item and save it for when you are old enough. (I didn't write that, but wish I had)
2 comments:
Kylie Minogue, famous for "The Locomotion" and nothing else. (Oh yeah, I did my 4th grade talent show dance to that song and still can sing it by heart, thank you very much.)
Amazing amount of "known" people born on May 28th... Who knew??
Thanks for the continued updates and blog posts; I love them!! Hope you all are doing well. Love to Violet for me!! (And Nicole too!)
There must be a better organization than the 3 n'er-do-well organizations you list founded on May 28!!! And what gives with that link?!
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