Anniversaries 28 May
Birth
British politician
1759–1806
Irish poet, singer and songwriter
1779–1852
Swiss naturalist
1807–1873
American bishop
1819–1904
German philosopher
1874–1945
Indian pro-independence activist,lawyer, politician, poet, …
1883–1966
German SS commander
1892–1966
English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer
1908–1964
English-born Australian writer
1912–1990
Southern philosophical novelist
1916–1990
American biologist, college professor and eco-socialist
1917–2012
Indian actor and Andhra Pradesh former chief minister
1923–1996
former Prime Minister of Turkey (1925-2006)
1925–2006
American photographer
1928–2001
American astronomer and astrophysicist
1930
American businessperson and politician, former mayor of New…
1944–2001
Physician, activist, diplomat, author
1945
US Representative for Iowa
1949
Italian children's writer
1953
Palestinian terrorist
1956
American political scientist, educator and author
1959
115th Governor of South Carolina
1960
British comedian, novelist and television presenter
1964
Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter and actress
1968
Canadian politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto
1969–2016
U.S. Senator from state of Florida, United States; politici…
1971
Death
English painter
1667–1745
French writer, a moralist
1715–1747
lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling …
1758–1843
leading Whig and Liberal politician who served as Prime Min…
1792–1878
(1820–1900) English writer on music and director of the Roy…
1820–1900
British novelist and poet
1820–1849
British banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scienti…
1834–1913
Medical Doctor, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist…
1870–1937
king of the United Kingdom and its dominions in 1936
1894–1972
Japanese businessman and engineer
1912–1990
American writer
1916–1996
physical chemist
1917–2003
American educator
1926–2009
American author and poet
1928–2014
American white supremacist, convicted felon
1938–2007
American sportswriter
1938–2017
Chilean biologist
1946–2001
Canadian American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and graphi…
1948–1998