May 28th
Today in America's Present Past
1754 | Battle of Jumonville Glen occurs.
1788 | Federalist Papers Volume II is published.
1830 | POTUS: Democratic President Johnson signed the Indian Removal Act.
1843 | Lexicographer Noah Webster died.
1887 | Athlete Jim Thorpe was born.
1889 | Entrepreneur Édouard and André Michelin form the Michelin tyre company.
1892 | The Sierra Club was formed by John Muir and others.
1906 | SCOTUS: Justice Henry Billings Brown retired.
1916 | Novelist Walker Percy was born.
1928 | American automobile makers Dodge Brothers and Chrysler Corporation merge.
1944 | Musician Gladys Knight was born.
1944 | Politician Rudy Giuliani was born.
1956 | POTUS: Republican President Eisenhower signs the farm bill, allowing the government to store agricultural surplus.
1968 | Entertainer Kylie Minogue was born.
1971 | Politician Marco Rubio was born.
1971 | WWII soldier Audie Murphy died.
1972 | The White House "plumbers" first break-in at the Democratic National Headquarters and install listening devices at the Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C.
1998 | Comedian Phil Hartman died.
2010 | Actor Gary Coleman died.
2014 | Poet Maya Angelou died.