May 28 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for May 28
In the headlines today:

2002	The last steel beam still standing after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, is removed.
1998	Actor-comedian Phil Hartman dies at age 49.
1995	An earthquake hits the Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people.
1993	Eritrea and Monaco are admitted to the United Nations.
1987	West German pilot Mathias Rust, causes a stir when the 19-year-old lands his plane in Moscow's Red Square.
1982	John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit Great Britain. (photo credit: National Archives and Records Administration)
1972	The Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII of Britain, dies at age 77.
1959	NASA sends a pair of monkeys (named Abel and Baker) into space to test the effects of launch and splashdown on mammals.
1957	The parent organization of the Grammy® Awards, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, is established.
1937	San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge opens to vehicular traffic.
1937	Neville Chamberlain becomes the British Prime Minister.
1934	The Dionne quintuplets (Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie, and Yvonne) are born at the family farm in Ontario, Canada.
1863	The first African-American regiment to fight in the US Civil War leaves Boston to battle the Confederates.
1533	The Archbishop of England decrees the marriage of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn to be valid.