Born on May 28
May 28 birthdays & history
If you were born on May 28, you share a birthday with Kylie Minogue, Ian Fleming and Patrick White. May 28 babies are Gemini, with emerald as their birthstone and the lily of the valley as their birth flower. May 28 is the 149th day of the year in leap years (148th in other years).
Famous people born on May 28
- 1968Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1908Ian Fleming, English journalist and author, created James Bond
- 1912Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1971Marco Rubio, American lawyer and politician
- 1985Carey Mulligan, English actress
- 1779Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer
- 1807Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American paleontologist and geologist
- 2000Phil Foden, English footballer
- 1990Kyle Walker, English footballer
- 1994John Stones, English footballer
What happened on May 28
- 1608Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi debuted his second opera L'Arianna, now one of his lost works, at a royal wedding in Mantua.
- 1871The Paris Commune falls after two months.
- 1892Scottish-American preservationist John Muir founded the environmental organization Sierra Club in California.
- 1901Mozaffar ad-Din, Shah of Persia, granted exclusive rights to prospect for oil in the country to businessman William Knox D'Arcy.
- 1907The first Isle of Man TT race is held.
- 1918The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
- 1932In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
- 1934Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
- 1936Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
- 1937The rise of Neville Chamberlain culminated with his accession as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, being summoned to Buckingham Palace to "kiss hands".
- 1937Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded.
- 1987Mathias Rust, a West German aviator, flew his Cessna 172 from Helsinki, Finland, through Soviet air defences, landing illegally near Red Square in Moscow.
Also observed on May 28
- Armed Forces Day (Croatia)
- Downfall of the Derg (Ethiopia)
- Flag Day (Philippines)
- Menstrual Hygiene Day
- Republic Day (Nepal)
- Youm-e-Takbir (Pakistan)
Questions, answered
What star sign is May 28?
People born on May 28 are Gemini. Their birthstone is emerald and their birth flower is the lily of the valley.
Which famous people were born on May 28?
Kylie Minogue (1968), Ian Fleming (1908), Patrick White (1912), Marco Rubio (1971), Carey Mulligan (1985), Thomas Moore (1779) were all born on May 28.
What happened on May 28 in history?
Among other things: in 1937, The rise of Neville Chamberlain culminated with his accession as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, being summoned to Buckingham Palace to "kiss hands"; in 1937, Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded; in 1987, Mathias Rust, a West German aviator, flew his Cessna 172 from Helsinki, Finland, through Soviet air defences, landing illegally near Red Square in Moscow.
Can I get a newspaper front page from May 28?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any May 28 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “May 28”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.