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Eclipse of Thales

The eclipse of Thales was a solar eclipse, which was, according to the ancient Greek historian Herodotus (writing about 150 years later), accurately predicted by the Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus. If Herodotus's account is accurate, this eclipse is the earliest recorded as being known in advance of its occurrence. According to Herodotus, the change of day into night was interpreted as an omen, and interrupted a battle in a long-standing war between the Medes and the Lydians in Anatolia (present-day Turkey). The only solar eclipse matching the presumed place, era, and conditions of visibility necessary to explain the historical event is the eclipse of 28 May 585 BC.

Battle of Hulao

The Battle of Hulao, (Chinese: 虎牢之戰) or Battle of Sishui (汜水之戰, Wade–Giles: Ssŭ Shui), was a decisive Tang victory over the rival Zheng and Hebei-based Xia polities during the transition from Sui to Tang. The battle took place during the Luoyang–Hulao campaign on 28 May 621 when a Xia army – led by Dou Jiande, ruler of Xia – was defeated attacking a smaller Tang army – led by Prince Li Shimin – entrenched at the strategic Hulao Pass.

Æthelstan's invasion of Scotland

The English king Æthelstan invaded Scotland by land and sea with a large force in AD 934. No record of any battles fought during the invasion has survived and Æthelstan returned to England later in the year.

United Kingdom

Battle of Koppam

The Battle of Koppam was fought between the Medieval Chola kings Rajadhiraja Chola I and Rajendra Chola II with the Chalukya king Someshvara I in 1054, or in 1052 according to Sen. Though the Cholas were successful in the battle, the king and supreme commander, Rajadhiraja I lost his life in the battlefield and was succeeded to the throne by his younger brother, Rajendra Chola II.

Battle of Brindisi (1156)

The Battle of Brindisi (1156) was fought by the Byzantine Empire and the Kingdom of Sicily over control of Southern Italy. The battle was part of a Byzantine campaign orchestrated by the emperor Manuel I Komnenos to recover Apulia and Calabria for the Byzantine Empire by taking advantage of the chaotic political situation in Norman Sicily following the death of Roger II and the succession of William 'the Bad'.

Avignonet massacre

The Avignonet massacre occurred on the eve of 28 May 1242 when a small force, mainly consisting of Cathars, massacred a group of inquisitors during the Albigensian Crusade. Guillaume Arnaud and Etienne de Saint-Thibery, the chief inquisitors of the County of Toulouse were visiting Avignonet. Arnaud and Saint-Thibery were lodged at the castle of Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse.

Spanish assault on Djerba (1520)

The Spanish assault on Djerba was a 1520 Spanish military expedition against the island of Djerba in Tunisia. Led by Hugo of Moncada, it ended with the capitulation of the island's sheikh, who became a tributary of Emperor Charles V.

Tunisia

Battle of Nagara-gawa

The Battle of Nagara-gawa (長良川の戦い, Nagara-gawa no tatakai) took place along the banks of the Nagara River in the former Mino Province in April 1556. The site of the battle is in present-day Gifu city, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was a battle between Saitō Dōsan and his son, Saitō Yoshitatsu, who had instigated a coup d'etat.

Japan

Marian civil war

The Marian civil war in Scotland (1568–1573) was a period of conflict which followed the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her escape from Lochleven Castle in May 1568. Those who ruled in the name of her infant son James VI fought against the supporters of the Queen, who was exiled in England.

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Siege of Privas

The siege of Privas was undertaken by Louis XIII of France from 14 May 1629, and the city of Privas was captured on 28 May 1629. It was one of the last events of the Huguenot rebellions (1621-1629).

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Storming of Bolton

The Storming of Bolton, sometimes referred to as the "Bolton massacre", was an event in the First English Civil War which happened on 28 May 1644. The strongly Parliamentarian town was stormed and captured by Royalist forces under Prince Rupert. It was alleged that up to 1,600 of Bolton's defenders and inhabitants were slaughtered during and after the fighting. The "massacre at Bolton" became a staple of Parliamentarian propaganda.

Lancashire, United Kingdom

Siege of Hasselt (1657)

The siege of Hasselt was the 3 day siege of the city of Hasselt located in the province of Overijssel. The siege took place between the 25th to 28th May of 1657 and was part of a small civil war in the province of Overijssel.

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Netherlands

Bombardment of Genoa

The Bombardment of Genoa was a military event during the War of the Reunions when France bombarded the city of Genoa from the sea between May 18 and May 28, 1684.

Genoa, Italy

Battle of Smolenice

The Battle of Smolenice (Hungarian: Szomolányi csata, German: Schlacht bei Smolenitz, Slovak: Bitka pri Smoleniciach) was a battle between the Kuruc (a group of Hungarian peasants), and the forces of the Habsburg Empire, soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire and auxiliaries from Denmark. The battle occurred on May 28, 1704, at Smolenice in Upper Hungary (present day Slovakia), where the Kuruc army routed the Habsburg forces, capturing the Austrian commander. For a short time, the rebels threatened the safety of Vienna, marauding through a number of villages in Lower Austria, Marchfeld, and Moravia.

Smolenice, Slovakia

Washington’s force ambushes a French party at Jumonville Glen

On May 28, 1754, provincial troops led by George Washington and Mingo warriors led by Tanacharison ambushed a French Canadian force at Jumonville Glen, in present-day Pennsylvania, United States.

United States

Battle of Point Pelee

The Battle of Point Pelee was a military engagement in 1763 during Pontiac's Rebellion.

Canada

Battle of Enniscorthy

The Battle of Enniscorthy was a land battle fought on 28 May 1798, during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. An overwhelming force of rebels assailed the town of Enniscorthy, County Wexford, which was defended only by a 300-strong garrison supported by loyalist civilians. On the previous day at nearby Oulart, several thousand rebels led by Father John Murphy had massacred a detachment of the North Cork militia, amounting to 110 officers and men.

County Wexford, Ireland · Enniscorthy, Ireland

Battle of Rathangan

The Battle of Rathangan was a military engagement between the forces of the British Crown and the United Irishmen during the 1798 rebellion. On 24 May 1798 a group of rebels from the United Irishmen led by a Captain Doorley attacked the town of Rathangan, County Kildare, which was being defended by a small corps of yeomanry led by Captain James Spencer; the rebels held the town for four days.

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Battle of Mileto

The Battle of Mileto took place during the War of the Fourth Coalition on 28 May 1807 in Calabria. The Bourbon Kingdom of Sicily attempted to re-conquer its possessions in continental Italy, known as the Kingdom of Naples. The battle ended in a victory for French forces under general Jean Reynier.

Battle of La Chincúa

The Battle of La Chincúa was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred from 19 April through 28 May 1813 at a ranch at Tonalá, Chiapas. The battle was fought between the royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown, commanded by General Miguel Dambrini, and the Mexican rebels fighting for independence from the Spanish Empire, commanded by Mariano Matamoros y Guridi.

Mexico

Action off James Island

The action off James Island was a naval engagement of the War of 1812. In May 1813 an American frigate captured three British whalers off James Island in the South Pacific. Only one of the whalers resisted and the resultant single-ship action was one of the few fought in Pacific waters during the war. The British later recovered all the whalers involved.

Battle of Carabobo (1814)

The First Battle of Carabobo (1814) was a battle in the Venezuelan War of Independence, in which the forces of the Second Republic, commanded by Simón Bolívar, defeated the Spanish forces under Field marshal Juan Manuel de Cajigal y Martínez.

U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which denies Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocates them

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was signed into law on May 28, 1830, by United States president Andrew Jackson. The law, as described by Congress, provided "for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi".

Battle of Nybøl

The Battle of Nybøl was fought on 28 May 1848 between the Danish Army and Germans in Sundeved. The Danes were victorious.

Treaty of Aigun

The Treaty of Aigun was an 1858 treaty between the Russian Empire and Qing dynasty of China. Yishan, official of the Qing, signed it on behalf of the Qing. It established much of the modern border between the Russian Far East and China by ceding much of Manchuria (the ancestral homeland of the Manchu people), now known as Northeast China.

West Virginia gubernatorial election, 1863

The 1863 West Virginia gubernatorial election took place on May 28, 1863, to elect the governor of West Virginia.

West Virginia, United States

Battle of Haw's Shop

The Battle of Haw's Shop or Enon Church was fought on May 28, 1864, in Hanover County, Virginia, as part of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. Grant abandoned the stalemate following the Battle of North Anna (May 23–26) by once again swinging widely around Lee's right flank, using the Pamunkey River to screen his movements to the southwest. Lee's army moved directly south and took up positions on the southern bank of Totopotomoy Creek. The Confederate general sent a cavalry force under Maj.

Hanover County, Virginia, United States

Battle of Dallas

The Battle of Dallas (May 28, 1864) was an engagement during the Atlanta campaign in the American Civil War. The Union army of William Tecumseh Sherman and the Confederate army led by Joseph E. Johnston fought a series of battles between May 25 and June 3 along a front stretching northeast from Dallas toward Acworth, Georgia. At Dallas a probe launched by William B.

Paulding County, Georgia, United States

Paris Commune

The Paris Commune (French: Commune de Paris, pronounced [kɔ.myn də pa.ʁi]) was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, the French National Guard had defended Paris, and working class radicalism grew among its soldiers.

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France

Semaine sanglante

The semaine sanglante ("Bloody Week") was a weeklong battle in Paris from 21 to 28 May 1871, during which the French Army recaptured the city from the Communards. This was the final battle of the Paris Commune. Following the Treaty of Frankfurt and France's loss in the Franco-Prussian War, on 18 March the new French government under Prime Minister Adolphe Thiers attempted to remove a large number of cannons from a park in Montmartre, to keep them out of the hands of the more radical soldiers of the Paris National Guard.

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France

Battle of Frenchman's Butte

The Battle of Frenchman's Butte, fought on May 28, 1885, occurred when the Alberta Field Force attacked a force of Cree, dug in on a hillside near Frenchman's Butte. The battlefield is located in what was then the District of Saskatchewan of the North-West Territories, now the province of Saskatchewan.

Battle of Alapan

The Battle of Alapan was fought on May 28, 1898 and was the first military victory of Emilio Aguinaldo after his return to the Philippines from Hong Kong. After American naval victory of the Battle of Manila Bay, Aguinaldo returned from exile in Hong Kong, reconstituted the Philippine Revolutionary Army, and fought against a small garrison of Spanish troops in Alapan, Imus, Cavite. The battle lasted for five hours, from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. After the victory at Alapan, Aguinaldo unfurled the Philippine flag for the first time, and hoisted it at the Teatro Caviteño in Cavite Nuevo (present-day Cavite City) in front of Filipino revolutionaries and more than 270 captured Spanish troops.

Imus, Philippines

Battle of Tsushima

The Battle of Tsushima was the final naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War, fought on 27–28 May 1905 in the Tsushima Strait. A devastating defeat for the Imperial Russian Navy, the battle was the only decisive engagement ever fought between modern steel battleship fleets and the first in which wireless telegraphy (radio) played a critically important role.

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The first Isle of Man TT race is held

The Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) races are an annual motorcycle racing event held on the Isle of Man in May and June of mostly every year since its inaugural race in 1907. The two-week event is sanctioned by the Auto-Cycle Union, which also organises the event. The Manx government owns the rights to and promotes the event.

Portuguese Constituent National Assembly election, 1911

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Portugal on 28 May 1911, following a coup in October 1910. The result was a victory for the Portuguese Republican Party, which won 229 of the 234 seats.

Portugal

Battle of Mastara

The Battle of Mastara was a military battle fought by the Armenian National Council and the Ottoman Empire between 24 and 28 May 1918, and was one of the battles that resulted in the formation of the First Republic of Armenia.

Armenia

Battle of Cantigny

The Battle of Cantigny, fought May 28, 1918, was the first major American battle and offensive of World War I. The U.S. 1st Division, the most experienced of the five American divisions then in France and in reserve for the French Army near the village of Cantigny, was selected for the attack.

Azerbaijan: People's Republic

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a landlocked country at the boundary of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Turkey (via the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Armenia to the west, and Iran to the south.

28 May 1926 coup d'état

The 28 May 1926 coup d'état, sometimes called 28 May Revolution or, during the period of the authoritarian Estado Novo (English: New State), the National Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução Nacional), was a military coup of a nationalist origin, that put an end to the unstable Portuguese First Republic and initiated the Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship), later refashioned into the Estado Novo, an authoritarian dictatorship that would last until the Carnation Revolution in 1974. The chronic political instability and government's neglect of the army created opportunities for military plots. Already in 1925 there were two failed coup attempts on April 18 and July 19.

Portugal

Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929)

The Red Army intervention in Afghanistan in 1929 also known as the First Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan of 1929 was a special operation aimed at supporting the ousted king of Afghanistan, Amanullah Khan, against the Saqqawists and Basmachi.

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Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded

Volkswagen (German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksˌvaːɡŋ̍] ), commonly abbreviated to VW, is a German automobile brand based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Established in 1937 by the German Labour Front, it was revived after World War II by British Army officer Ivan Hirst and, over the 81 years since, grew into the global brand it is today. As of 2025, the company had a market capitalization of approximately US$58.9 billion.

1939 Greek Football Cup final

The 1939 Greek Cup final was the 3rd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 28 May 1939 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and PAOK. It was AEK Athens' second Greek Cup final in their 15 years of existence and PAOK's first ever Greek Cup final in their 13-year history. It was the first Cup final to be held after 6 years.

Athens, Greece

Battle of the Ypres–Comines Canal

The Battle of the Ypres–Comines Canal was a battle of the Second World War fought between the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and German Army Group B during the BEF's retreat to Dunkirk in 1940. Part of the Battle of Belgium and the much larger Battle of France, it started in the afternoon of 26 May and reached its maximum intensity on 27 and 28 May.

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Belgium

Battle of the Lys (1940)

The Battle of the Lys (French: Bataille de la Lys, Dutch: Leieslag) was a major battle between Belgian and German forces during the German invasion of Belgium of 1940 and the final major battle fought by Belgian troops before their surrender on 28 May. The battle was the bloodiest of the 18 Days' Campaign. The battle was named after the Leie (French: Lys), the river at which the battlefield occurred.

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Belgium

Second World War: Belgium surrendered to Nazi Germany, ending the Battle of Belgium

The invasion of Belgium or Belgian campaign (10–28 May 1940), formed part of the larger Battle of France, an offensive campaign by Germany during the Second World War. It took place over 18 days in May 1940 and ended with the German occupation of Belgium following the surrender of the Belgian Army. On 10 May 1940, Germany invaded Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium under the operational plan Fall Gelb (Case Yellow).

1940 Florida Democratic gubernatorial runoff

Florida Democrats held a runoff for their party's gubernatorial nomination.

Party nomination runoff.

United States

Hornsey by-election, 1941

The Hornsey by-election of 1941 was held on 28 May 1941. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Euan Wallace. It was won by the Conservative candidate David Gammans.

United Kingdom

Second Battle of Kharkov

The Second Battle of Kharkov or Operation Fredericus was an Axis counter-offensive in the region around Kharkov against the Red Army Izium bridgehead offensive conducted 12–28 May 1942, on the Eastern Front during World War II. Its objective was to eliminate the Izium bridgehead over Seversky Donets or the "Barvenkovo bulge" (Russian: Барвенковский выступ, romanized: Barvenkovsky vystup) which was one of the Soviet offensive's staging areas.

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1944 Taça de Portugal final

The 1944 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 1943–44 Taça de Portugal, the 6th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 28 May 1944 at the Campo das Salésias in Lisbon, and opposed Primeira Liga side Benfica and Portuguese Second Division side Estoril.

Lisbon, Portugal

1947 Avon by-election

The 1947 Avon by-election was a by-election held during the 28th New Zealand Parliament in the Christchurch electorate of Avon. The by-election occurred following the death of MP Dan Sullivan and was won by John Mathison.

New Zealand

Heshui Campaign

Heshui Campaign (simplified Chinese: 合水战役; traditional Chinese: 合水戰役; pinyin: Héshuǐ zhànyì), consisted of several fierce battles fought between the communists and the nationalist Ma clique's force, which consisted mostly of cavalry. The campaign was fought in the post-World War II era in the eastern Gansu province in northwestern China during the Chinese Civil War, and it was one of the few conflicts from which the nationalists emerged as the victor.

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1950 Copa del Generalísimo final

The Copa del Generalísimo 1950 final was the 48th final of the King's Cup. The final was played at Estadio Chamartín in Madrid, on 28 May 1950, being won by Atlético de Bilbao, who beat Real Valladolid 4–1 after extra time.

Madrid, Spain

1950 Greek Football Cup final

The 1950 Greek Cup final was the 8th final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 28 May 1950 at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium. The contesting teams were AEK Athens and Aris. It was AEK Athens' fifth Greek Cup final and third consecutive in their 26 years of existence and Aris' fourth Greek Cup final in their 36-year history.

1955 Victorian state election

The 1955 Victorian state election was held in the Australian State of Victoria on Saturday, 28 May 1955 to elect 65 (of the 66) members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The incumbent Labor Party Government was defeated by the Liberal and Country Party (LCP) led by Henry Bolte with a swing of 14.6%. The Liberal party would hold power until 1982.

Attack on El Uvero

The attack on El Uvero was an armed confrontation between the 26th of July Movement and the Cuban military on May 28, 1957, part of the Cuban Revolution. It was the first major confrontation between the 26th of July Movement, led by Fidel Castro, and the Cuban military, led by Fulgencio Batista, since the latter settled in Sierra Maestra.

Corynthia expedition

The Corynthia expedition, also known as the Corinthia invasion or the Corinthia massacre, was a failed armed attack carried out in Uvero near the coast of Cuba and was financed by former president of Cuba, Carlos Prío Socarrás. Due to the revolutionaries being spotted, they were tipped off to the state police (Guardia Rural) which quickly engaged the invading rebels. 16 rebels were killed, and the expedition was ruled a failure.

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1958 European Cup final

The 1958 European Cup final was a football match played at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium on 28 May 1958 as the conclusion to the 1957–58 European Cup. The match was contested by two-time defending champions Real Madrid of Spain, the only previous team to win the competition, and AC Milan of Italy.

Belgium

Another biological flight was launched on 28 May 1959

The PGM-19 Jupiter was the first nuclear armed, medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) of the United States Air Force (USAF). It was a liquid-propellant rocket using RP-1 fuel and LOX oxidizer, with a single Rocketdyne LR79-NA (model S-3D) rocket engine producing 150,000 lbf (670 kN) of thrust. It was armed with the 1.44 Mt (6.0 PJ) W49 nuclear warhead. The prime contractor was the Chrysler Corporation.

1960 Queensland state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1960 to elect the 78 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The election followed the enactment of the Electoral Districts Act 1958, which increased the Assembly from 75 to 78 seats and modified the zonal system first established by Labor ahead of the 1950 election.

Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International

Peter Benenson (born Peter James Henry Solomon; 31 July 1921 – 25 February 2005) was a British barrister, human rights activist and the founder of the human rights group Amnesty International (AI); a global movement that claims to have more than 10 million members in over 150 countries and territories, who campaign to end abuses on human rights and to secure the release of political prisoners.

The Soviet Kosmos 5 satellite is launched

Kosmos 5 (Russian: Космос 5 meaning Cosmos 5), also known as 2MS #2 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 15, was a scientific research and technology demonstration satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. It was the fifth satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system, and the third spacecraft to be launched as part of the MS programme, after Kosmos 2 and Kosmos 3.

Establishment of Palestine Liberation Organization

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; Arabic: منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية, romanized: ) is a Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories. It is currently represented by the Palestinian Authority based in the West Bank city of Al-Bireh. Founded in 1964, it initially sought to establish an Arab state over the entire territory of the former Mandatory Palestine, advocating the elimination of Israel.

1966 Queensland state election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 28 May 1966 to elect the 78 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The major parties contesting the election were the Country Party led by Premier Frank Nicklin in coalition the Liberal Party, the Labor Party led by Jack Duggan. The Country-Liberal coalition won a fourth term in office at the election.

Operation Hickory

Operation Hickory was a search and destroy operation conducted by the 3rd Marine Division in the area around Con Thien, Quảng Trị Province known as Leatherneck Square from 18 to 28 May 1967. Operation Hickory was the first authorized incursion into the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

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Vietnam

Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892

On 28 May 1968, Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892, a scheduled international passenger flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam with stopovers in Singapore, Bangkok, Bombay, Karachi, Cairo, and Rome, crashed during the climb-out after take-off from Santa Cruz Airport for the flight's Bombay to Karachi leg. The Convair 990A jet airliner operating the flight went down at Bilalpada village near Nala Sopara, killing all 29 people on board and one person on the ground.

1969 European Cup final

AC Milan defeated Ajax 4–1 in the European Cup final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, on May 28, 1969.

Spain

Ulster Workers' Council strike

The Ulster Workers' Council (UWC) strike was a general strike that took place in Northern Ireland between 15 May and 28 May 1974, during "the Troubles". The strike was called by unionists who were against the Sunningdale Agreement, which had been signed in December 1973. Specifically, the strikers opposed the sharing of political power with Irish nationalists, and the proposed role for the Republic of Ireland's government in running Northern Ireland The strike was organised and overseen by the Ulster Workers' Council and Ulster Army Council, which were formed shortly after the Agreement's signing.

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Treaty of Lagos

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was created by the Treaty of Lagos on May 28, 1975, in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. ECOWAS was established to promote cooperation and integration in order to create an economic and monetary union for promoting economic growth and development in West Africa.

Nigeria

Brampton Centennial Secondary School shooting

On May 28, 1975, a school shooting occurred at Brampton Centennial Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The perpetrator, 16-year-old Michael Slobodian, a student at the school, shot and killed two people and injured 13 others before committing suicide.

Canada

1975 European Cup final

The 1975 European Cup final was a football match between Bayern Munich of West Germany and Leeds United of England, played on 28 May 1975 at the Parc des Princes in Paris. It was the final match of the 1974–75 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the European Cup. Bayern Munich were appearing in their second final; they had won the previous season's competition, beating Spanish team Atlético Madrid 4–0 in a replay after the first match finished 1–1.

Paris, France

Beverly Hills Supper Club fire

The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Southgate, Kentucky, is the third deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. It occurred on the night of May 28, 1977, during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. A total of 165 people died and more than 200 were injured as a result of the blaze. It was the deadliest fire in the United States since 1944, when 168 people were killed in the Hartford circus fire in Hartford, Connecticut.

Kentucky, United States

1978 Upper Voltan presidential election

Presidential elections were held in the Republic of Upper Volta on 14 May 1978, with a second round on 28 May after no candidate won more than 50% in the first round. They were the country's first multi-party presidential elections, the previous elections in 1965 having Maurice Yaméogo as the sole candidate. They were also the first presidential elections held under a revised Constitution adopted a year earlier.

This entry records the second round, as dated in the source infobox.

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 1980

The seventh legislative assembly election to Tamil Nadu was held on May 28, 1980. Election was held two years before the end of the term of M. G. Ramachandran administration as it was dissolved by the then President of India Neelam Sanjiva Reddy. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam allied with the Indian National Congress (Indira) and Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with Janata Party. Despite their victory at the 1980 Lok Sabha polls, DMK and Indira Congress failed to win the legislative assembly election. ADMK won the election and its leader and incumbent Chief Minister, M. G. Ramachandran was sworn in as Chief Minister for the second time.

India

1980 European Cup final

Nottingham Forest defeated Hamburg 1–0 in the European Cup final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, on May 28, 1980.

Spain

1981 UAE President's Cup final

The 1981 UAE President's Cup final was the 5th final of the UAE President's Cup, the Emirati football cup competition. The match was contested by Al Shabab and Al Ain on 28 May 1981. Al Shabab lifted the trophy for the first time with a 3–1 victory over Al Ain.

1983 Bruce by-election

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Bruce on 28 May 1983. This was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Party MP and former Opposition Leader Sir Billy Snedden.

Barbadian general election, 1986

General elections were held in Barbados on 28 May 1986. The result was a victory for the Democratic Labour Party, which won 24 of the 27 seats. Voter turnout was 76.7%.

Barbados

1986 Greek Football Cup final

The 1986 Greek Cup final was the 42nd final of the Greek Cup. The match took place on 28 May 1986 at the Olympic Stadium. The contesting teams were Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. It was Panathinaikos' sixteenth Greek Cup final in their 78 years of existence and Olympiacos' twenty-third Greek Cup final in their 61-year history.

Malawian general election, 1987

General elections were held in Malawi on 27 and 28 May 1987. As the country had become a one-party state in 1966, the Malawi Congress Party was the sole legal party at the time. The number of seats in the National Assembly was increased to 112, whilst President-for-life Hastings Banda was able to appoint as many additional members as he saw fit to "enhance the representative character of the Assembly, or to represent particular minority or other special interests in the Republic." In total, over 200 candidates contested the seats, although in 38 there was only a single MCP candidate, who was elected unopposed.

Malawi

1988 DFB-Pokal final

The 1988 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 1987–88 DFB-Pokal, the 45th season of Germany's premier football cup. It was played on 28 May 1988 at the Olympiastadion in West Berlin. Eintracht Frankfurt defeated VfL Bochum 1–0 to claim the trophy for the fourth time, also qualifying for the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1988 DFB-Supercup.

1988 Soviet Cup final

The 1988 Soviet Cup final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on May 28, 1988. The match was the 47th Soviet Cup Final and it was contested by FC Metalist Kharkiv and FC Torpedo Moscow. The Soviet Cup winner Metalist qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup first round for the Soviet Union.

1989 Associate Members' Cup final

The 1989 Associate Members' Cup Final, known as the Sherpa Van Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 6th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Third Division and Fourth Division. The final was played at Wembley Stadium, London on 28 May 1989, and was contested by Bolton Wanderers and Torquay United.

London, United Kingdom

1989 Taça de Portugal final

The 1989 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 1988–89 Taça de Portugal, the 49th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 28 May 1989 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Belenenses and Benfica.

Dominican general election, 1990

General elections were held in Dominica on 28 May 1990. The result was a victory for the Dominica Freedom Party, which won 11 of the 21 seats. Voter turnout was 66.6%, the lowest since universal suffrage was introduced in 1951.

Dominica

1990 Football League Second Division play-off final

The 1990 Football League Second Division play-off final was an association football match which was played on 28 May 1990 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Sunderland and Swindon Town. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Second Division, the second tier of English football, to the First Division.

London, United Kingdom

Ethiopian Civil War

The Ethiopian Civil War was a civil war in Ethiopia and present-day Eritrea, fought between the Ethiopian military junta known as the Derg and Ethiopian-Eritrean anti-government rebels from 12 September 1974 to 28 May 1991. The Derg overthrew the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie in a coup d'état on 12 September 1974, establishing Ethiopia as a Marxist–Leninist state under a military junta and provisional government.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Ethiopia

Cambodian general election, 1993

A general election was held in Cambodia between 23 and 28 May 1993. The result was a hung parliament with the Funcinpec Party being the largest party with 58 seats. Voter turnout was 89.56%. The election was conducted by the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), which also maintained peacekeeping troops in Cambodia throughout the election and the period after it. This remains the last election which was won by a party other than the Cambodian People's Party as the CPP began to dominate Cambodian politics from 1998.

Cambodia

1994 Football League Third Division play-off final

The 1994 Football League Third Division play-off final was an association football match played on 28 May 1994 at the Wembley Stadium, London, between Wycombe Wanderers and Preston North End. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Third Division, English football's fourth tier, to the Second Division.

London, United Kingdom

Spanish local elections, 1995

The 1995 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, throughout all 8,092 Spain municipalities, simultaneously with regional elections in 13 of the 17 autonomous communities—all except for Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia, and Galicia. All 65,869 councillors were up for election, as well as 153 seats of the 3 Basque Juntas Generales, 139 seats of the 7 Canarian cabildos and the indirectly-elected 1,034 seats of the 38 provincial deputations.

Spain

1995 Castilian-Manchegan regional election

A regional election was held in Castilla–La Mancha on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Cortes of the autonomous community. All 47 seats in the Cortes were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. Despite bearing enormous losses, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) was able to maintain government, albeit with a mere 1-seat majority.

Castilla–La Mancha, Spain

1995 Madrid municipal election

A municipal election was held in Madrid on 28 May 1995 to elect the 5th City Council of the municipality. All 55 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. People's Party (PP) incumbent José María Álvarez del Manzano again won an absolute majority of seats, improving his position relative to others as he obtained nearly 250,000 votes more than four years before.

Madrid, Spain

1995 Yucatán gubernatorial election

The 1995 Yucatán gubernatorial election was held on 28 May 1995 to elect the governor of the Mexican state of Yucatán. The competitive election was narrowly won by Victor Cervera Pacheco of the PRI over PAN candidate Luis Correa Mena.

Mexico

1995 Aragonese regional election

A regional election was held in Aragon on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Cortes of the autonomous community. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Aragon, Spain

1995 Cantabrian regional election

The 1995 Cantabrian regional election was held on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Regional Assembly of the autonomous community of Cantabria. All 39 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Cantabria, Spain

1995 Navarrese regional election

A regional election was held in Navarre on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Parliament of the chartered community. All 50 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Navarre, Spain

1995 Extremaduran regional election

A regional election was held in Extremadura on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Assembly of the autonomous community. All 65 seats in the Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won the election, but suffered a spectacular fall in both vote share and seats, losing the absolute majority it had maintained since 1983.

Extremadura, Spain

1995 Murcian regional election

A regional election was held in the Region of Murcia on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Regional Assembly of the autonomous community. All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Region of Murcia, Spain

1995 Asturian regional election

The 1995 Asturian regional election was held on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. All 45 seats in the General Junta were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Asturias, Spain

1995 Ceuta Assembly election

The 1995 Ceuta Assembly election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, to elect the 1st Assembly of the Autonomous City of Ceuta. All 25 seats in the assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Ceuta, Spain

1995 Valencia municipal election

A municipal election was held in Valencia on 28 May 1995 to elect the 5th City Council of the municipality. All 33 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Valencia, Spain

1995 Guanajuato gubernatorial election

The 1995 Guanajuato gubernatorial election was held on Sunday, 28 May 1995, for the position of governor of the Mexican state of Guanajuato. The election was won by Vicente Fox, a member of the National Action Party (PAN) and former member of the Chamber of Deputies who had run for governor in the disputed 1991 election. Fox's victory made him the fourth PAN member elected governor of a Mexican state.

Mexico

1995 Football League Second Division play-off final

The 1995 Football League Second Division play-off final was an association football match which was played on 28 May 1995 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Huddersfield Town and Bristol Rovers. It was to determine the second team to gain promotion from the Football League Second Division to the First Division.

London, United Kingdom

1995 Madrilenian regional election

A regional election was held in the Community of Madrid on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Assembly of the autonomous community. All 103 seats in the Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Madrid, Spain

1995 Valencian regional election

A regional election was held in the Valencian Community on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Corts of the autonomous community. All 89 seats in the Corts were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. As a result of the election, the People's Party (PP) increased its vote share by 15 percentage points relative to the 1991 election.

1995 Castilian-Leonese regional election

A regional election was held in Castile and León on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Cortes of the autonomous community. All 84 seats in the Cortes were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

1995 Ukrainian Cup final

The 1995 Ukrainian Cup final was a football match that took place at the Republican Stadium on 28 May 1995. The match was the 4th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The 1995 Ukrainian Cup Final was the fourth to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Shakhtar won on penalty kicks 7–6 after the score was tied 1–1.

1995 Riojan regional election

The 1995 Riojan regional election was held on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th General Deputation of the autonomous community of La Rioja. All 33 seats in the General Deputation were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

1995 Seville municipal election

A municipal election was held in Seville on 28 May 1995 to elect the 5th City Council of the municipality. All 33 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

1995 Canarian regional election

A regional election was held in the Canary Islands on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

1995 Belgian Cup final

The 1995 Belgian Cup final, took place on 28 May 1995 between Club Brugge and Germinal Ekeren. Club Brugge were the favorites and won its sixth Belgian Cup comfortably, by a score of 3–1. Germinal Ekeren appeared only for the second time, after first reaching the 1990 Belgian Cup final, which was also lost.

1995 Balearic regional election

A regional election was held in the Balearic Islands on 28 May 1995 to elect the 4th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 59 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

1995 Spanish regional elections

Regional elections were held in Spain during 1995 to elect the regional parliaments of fourteen of the seventeen autonomous communities: Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community. 921 of 1,180 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election.

This entry records the listed event date, as dated in the source infobox.

Spain

1996 British Columbia general election

The 1996 British Columbia general election was the 36th provincial election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 30, 1996, and held on May 28, 1996. Voter turnout was 59.1 per cent of all eligible voters.

In Your House 8: Beware of Dog

In Your House 8: Beware of Dog was a 1996 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the eighth In Your House and was originally scheduled to only take place on May 26, 1996, from the Florence Civic Center in Florence, South Carolina, but a second night of the event also took place on May 28, 1996, at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina.

This entry records the listed event date, as dated in the source infobox.

United States

1997 UEFA Champions League final

The 1997 UEFA Champions League final was a football match played at the Olympiastadion in Munich on 28 May 1997 to determine the winner of the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League. The match was contested by Borussia Dortmund of Germany and defending champions Juventus of Italy. Borussia Dortmund won 3–1 with goals from Karl-Heinz Riedle and Lars Ricken; Juventus' only goal was scored by Alessandro Del Piero.

Germany

1997 Bulgarian Cup final

The 1997 Bulgarian Cup final was played at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 28 May 1997, and was contested between the sides of CSKA Sofia and Levski Sofia. The match was won by CSKA Sofia.

1999 Egypt Cup final

1999 Egypt Cup final, was the final match of 1998–99 Egypt Cup, when Zamalek played Ismaily at Cairo Stadium in Cairo. Zamalek won the game 3–1, claiming the cup for the 19th time.

Egypt

2000 Football League Second Division play-off final

The 2000 Football League Second Division play-off final was an association football match played at Wembley Stadium on 28 May 2000, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Second Division to the First Division of the Football League in the 1999–2000 season. Gillingham faced Wigan Athletic in one of the last competitive games to be played at the original Wembley Stadium.

2001 Football League First Division play-off final

The 2001 Football League First Division play-off final was an association football match which was played on 28 May 2001 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, between Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League First Division, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League.

United Kingdom

53rd FIFA Congress

The 53rd FIFA Congress was held in May 2002 in Seoul, South Korea before the 2002 FIFA World Cup. It was the annual meeting of the international governing body of association football FIFA. The congress saw the re-election of Joseph "Sepp" Blatter as the President of FIFA.

2003 UEFA Champions League final

The 2003 UEFA Champions League final was a football match that took place at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on 28 May 2003 to decide the winner of the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League. The match was contested by two Italian teams: Juventus and Milan. The match made history as it was the first time two clubs from Italy had faced each other in the final.

Manchester, United Kingdom · England, United Kingdom

2005 Scottish Cup final

The 2005 Scottish Cup Final was played on 28 May 2005 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 120th Scottish Cup. The final was contested by Celtic and Dundee United. Celtic won the match with an eleventh-minute goal from Alan Thompson.

Glasgow, United Kingdom

2005 Football League Two play-off final

The 2005 Football League Two play-off final was an association football match played on 28 May 2005 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, between Southend United and Lincoln City. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from Football League Two, English football's fourth tier, to Football League One.

United Kingdom

2005 DFB-Pokal final

The 2005 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2004–05 DFB-Pokal, the 62nd season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 28 May 2005 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Bayern Munich won the match 2–1 against Schalke 04, giving them their 12th cup title.

Berlin, Germany

2005 Belgian Cup final

The 2005 Belgian Cup final, took place on 28 May 2005 between Club Brugge and Germinal Beerschot. It was the 50th Belgian Cup final and was won by Germinal Beerschot.

Sicilian regional election, 2006

The Sicilian regional election of 2006 for the renewal of the Regional Assembly and the Presidency of Sicily was held on 28 May 2006. The election was competed by three competitors: Salvatore Cuffaro, incumbent President and House of Freedoms candidate; Rita Borsellino, candidate of The Union; and Nello Musumeci, MEP elected for the National Alliance and now leader of the autonomist movement Sicilian Alliance. In the end, Cuffaro won the election, despite a heavy loss of support compared with five years before, when he was elected with 59.1% of votes.

Sicily, Italy

Colombian presidential election, 2006

The 2006 Colombian presidential election was held on 28 May 2006. Álvaro Uribe was re-elected as President of the Republic and will serve another four-year term, starting on 7 August 2006. Uribe obtained 62.20% of the votes, thus surpassing the 50% needed to avoid a runoff against the second place candidate. Following a constitutional amendment enacted by the government, this was the first occasion in over 100 years that a Colombian president was eligible for immediate re-election.

Colombia

2006 Football League Two play-off final

The 2006 Football League Two play-off final was an association football match played on 28 May 2006 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, between Grimsby Town and Cheltenham Town. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from Football League Two, English football's fourth tier, to Football League One.

United Kingdom

2007 Football League Championship play-off final

The 2007 Football League Championship play-off final was an association football match which was played on 28 May 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Derby County and West Bromwich Albion. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League.

London, United Kingdom

2007 Prince Edward Island general election

The 2007 Prince Edward Island general election was held on May 28, 2007. It elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The incumbent Progressive Conservative government was defeated by the Liberal opposition after holding power for eleven years. The newly formed Green Party captured 3.04% of the vote or 4.44% in ridings they contested, beating out the New Democratic Party for third place.

2007 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

A leadership election was held by the Israeli Labor Party on 12 June 2007, to elect the party's new leader, due to internal dissatisfaction with the incumbent chairman Amir Peretz. The winner was Ehud Barak.

This entry records the first round, as dated in the source infobox.

Israel

Nepal: Federal Republic

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim.

Jnaneswari Express train derailment

The Jnaneswari Express derailment occurred on 28 May 2010 in the West Midnapore district of West Bengal, India. It was disputed as to whether sabotage or a bomb caused damage on the railway track, which in turn led to a train's derailment before an oncoming goods train hit the loose carriages resulting in the deaths of at least 141 passengers.

India

Maltese divorce referendum, 2011

A referendum on divorce was held in Malta on 28 May 2011. Voters were asked whether they approved of a new law to introduce allow divorces, as at that time, Malta was one of only three countries in the world (along with the Philippines and the Vatican City) in which divorce was not permitted.

Malta

UFC 130

UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 28, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Las Vegas, United States

2011 UEFA Champions League final

The 2011 UEFA Champions League final was an association football match played on 28 May 2011 at Wembley Stadium in London that decided the winner of the 2010–11 season of the UEFA Champions League. The winners received the European Champion Clubs' Cup (the European Cup). The 2011 final was the culmination of the 56th season of the tournament, and the 19th in the Champions League era.

London, United Kingdom

2011 Ilocos Sur's 1st congressional district special election

A special election for Ilocos Sur's 1st district seat in the House of Representatives of the Philippines was held on May 28, 2011. The special election was called after incumbent representative Ronald Singson resigned on March 7, 2011, after being convicted of drug possession by the Wan Chai District Court in Hong Kong.

Philippines

2011 Football League Two play-off final

The 2011 Football League Two play-off final was an association football match which was played on 28 May 2011 at Old Trafford in Manchester, between Stevenage and Torquay United, to determine the fourth and final team to gain promotion from Football League Two to the League One. The top three teams of the 2010–11 Football League Two season, Chesterfield, Bury and Wycombe Wanderers, gained automatic promotion to League One, while those placed from fourth to seventh position took part in play-offs.

Manchester, United Kingdom

2011 Celtic League Grand Final

The 2010-11 Celtic League Grand Final was the final match of the 2010–11 Celtic League season. The final was won by Munster who defeated Leinster by 19–9 at Thomond Park to claim their third Celtic League title.

Arkankergen massacre

The Arkankergen massacre occurred on 28 May 2012 in the Arkankergen military post in the Alakol District of Kazakhstan on the border with China, near the village of Usharal. Fifteen people were killed. A border guard, Vladislav Chelakh, initially confessed to the murders, but later retracted his confession.

2014 Egyptian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Egypt between 26 and 28 May 2014. There were only two candidates, former Egyptian defence minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Egyptian Popular Current candidate Hamdeen Sabahi. El-Sisi won the election, which was neither free nor fair, in a landslide victory, having received 97% of votes. The elections were marred by irregularities, repression of el-Sisi's political opponents, and suppression of free speech.

Egypt

2016 Norfolk Island local election

The 2016 Norfolk Island local election was held on 28 May 2016 to elect the Norfolk Island Regional Council, the local government body of Norfolk Island. This was the first election for the council since the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly was abolished in 2015 as part of the removal of Norfolk Island's semi-self-governing status.

Norfolk Island

2016 Football League Championship play-off final

The 2016 Football League Championship play-off final was an association football match which was played on 28 May 2016 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League.

London, United Kingdom

2016 UEFA Champions League final

The 2016 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, the 61st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 24th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the Stadio San Siro in Milan, Italy, on 28 May 2016, between Spanish teams Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, in a repeat of the 2014 final.

Italy

2016 Pro12 Grand Final

The 2016 Pro12 Grand Final was the final match of the 2015–16 Pro12 season. The 2015–16 season was the second with Guinness as the title sponsor and the seventh ever League Grand Final. The final was played between Leinster and Connacht. Connacht claimed their first title, winning on a 20–10 scoreline.

United Kingdom

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira

UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira (also known as UFC Fight Night 109) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on May 28, 2017, at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden.

Sweden

2017 EFL League Two play-off final

The 2017 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match played on 28 May 2017 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Blackpool and Exeter City. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from EFL League Two, English football's fourth tier, to EFL League One.

London, United Kingdom

2017 Taça de Portugal final

The 2017 Taça de Portugal final was the final match of the 2016–17 Taça de Portugal, which decided the winner of the 77th season of the Taça de Portugal. It was played on 28 May 2017 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, between Benfica and Vitória de Guimarães. Benfica won the Portuguese Cup for a record 26th time and made its 11th double (record – previously in 2014) by also winning the League.

2017–18 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs

The 2017–18 European Rugby Champions Cup-Challenge Cup play-off was the third play-off for entry into the top-level competition of European Club rugby union, the European Rugby Champions Cup.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

2017 Cannes Film Festival

The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar was the president of the jury for the main competition. Italian actress Monica Bellucci hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his comedy-drama film The Square.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

France

Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from the race with an engine issue in his first entry of the event

The 2017 Indianapolis 500 (branded as the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil for sponsorship reasons) was a Verizon IndyCar Series race held on Sunday May 28, 2017, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States. The race was the premier event and the sixth race of the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season.

2018 EFL League Two play-off final

The 2018 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match played on 28 May 2018 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Coventry City and Exeter City. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from EFL League Two, English football's fourth tier, to EFL League One.

London, United Kingdom

2018 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election

The 2018 Scottish Labour Party deputy leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new deputy leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament. It was triggered by the resignation on 16 December 2017 of Alex Rowley, who had been suspended from the post on 15 November 2017 following allegations that he had sent abusive text messages to a former partner.

United Kingdom

Operation Claw (2019–2020)

Operation Claw (Turkish: Pençe Harekatı) was a cross-border military operation undertaken by the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region against the Kurdistan Workers' Party. On the morning of 28 May 2019, Turkish troops fired artillery shells and launched air attacks, followed by border crossings by the Turkish Army and Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command.

Iraq

2021 CAF Super Cup (May)

The 2020 CAF Super Cup (officially the Total CAF Super Cup 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous season's two CAF club competitions, the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. The match was played between Al Ahly from Egypt, the 2019–20 CAF Champions League winners, and RS Berkane from Morocco, the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup winners, at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar on 28 May 2021.

Doha, Qatar

2022 Leinster Senior Football Championship final

The 2022 Leinster Senior Football Championship final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 28 May 2022. It was contested by Dublin and Kildare. Dublin won a 12th consecutive title.

Dublin, Ireland

2022 EFL League Two play-off final

The 2022 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match which was played on 28 May 2022 at Wembley Stadium, London, to determine the fourth and final team to gain promotion from EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football, to EFL League One.

London, United Kingdom

2022 UEFA Champions League final

The 2022 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, the 67th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 30th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, on 28 May 2022, between English club Liverpool and Spanish club Real Madrid.

France

2022 A-League Men Grand Final

The 2022 A-League Men Grand Final was the 17th A-League Men Grand Final, the championship-deciding match of the Australian A-League Men and the culmination of the 2021–22 season. The match was played between season premiers and defending champions Melbourne City and Western United on 28 May 2022 at AAMI Park in Melbourne.

2022 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election

The 2022 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 28 May 2022. If no candidate achieved more than 50% of the votes in the first round, a second round would be held between the two most voted candidates in the first round on 4 June 2022, however, as only two candidates were on the ballot, Luís Montenegro and Jorge Moreira da Silva, a second round was not necessary.

2022 European Rugby Champions Cup final

The 2022 European Rugby Champions Cup Final was the final match of the 2021–22 European Rugby Champions Cup, and the twenty-seventh European club rugby final in general. The final was contested between La Rochelle and Leinster with La Rochelle winning the game with a late try. Despite having hosted a number of Champions Cup semi-finals, the Stade Vélodrome hosted its first European final, two years later than expected after it was rearranged from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022 Cannes Film Festival

The 75th annual Cannes Film Festival is a film festival that took place from 17 to 28 May 2022. French actor Vincent Lindon served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Virginie Efira hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for a second time with the comedy-drama film Triangle of Sadness.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

France

2023 Castilian-Manchegan regional election

A regional election was held in Castilla–La Mancha on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Cortes of the autonomous community. All 33 seats in the Cortes were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Castilla–La Mancha, Spain

2023 Barcelona municipal election

A municipal election was held in Barcelona on 28 May 2023 to elect the 12th City Council of the municipality. All 41 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Barcelona, Spain

2023 Navarrese regional election

A regional election was held in Navarre on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Parliament of the chartered community. All 50 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. The 2019–2023 term had been dominated by the impact and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which had focused most of the efforts of the new government of María Chivite.

Navarre, Spain

2023 Ceuta Assembly election

The 2023 Ceuta Assembly election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 8th Assembly of the autonomous city of Ceuta. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Ceuta, Spain

2023 Cantabrian regional election

The 2023 Cantabrian regional election was held on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Parliament of the autonomous community of Cantabria. All 35 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

Cantabria, Spain

2023 Spanish local elections

Local elections were held in Spain on 28 May 2023 to elect all 66,976 councillors in the 8,131 Spanish municipalities (including 50 seats in the assemblies of the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla), all 1,191 provincial seats in 41 provinces (including 38 indirectly-elected provincial deputations and the three foral deputations in the Basque Country) and 233 seats in ten island councils (seven Canarian and four Balearic ones).

Spain

2023 EFL League Two play-off final

The 2023 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match that took place on 28 May 2023 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Stockport County and Carlisle United. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from EFL League Two, the fourth tier of English football, to EFL League One.

London, United Kingdom

2023 Aragonese regional election

A regional election was held in Aragon on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Cortes of the autonomous community. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. The election saw a victory for the People's Party (PP) which benefitted from the collapse of Citizens (CS).

Aragon, Spain

2023 Madrid municipal election

A municipal election was held in Madrid on 28 May 2023 to elect the 12th City Council of the municipality. All 57 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Madrid, Spain

2023 Extremaduran regional election

A regional election was held in Extremadura on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Assembly of the autonomous community. All 65 seats in the Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Extremadura, Spain

2023 Madrilenian regional election

A regional election was held in the Community of Madrid on 28 May 2023 to elect the 13th Assembly of the autonomous community. All 135 seats in the Assembly were up for election. Because regional elections in Madrid were mandated for the fourth Sunday of May every four years, the 2021 snap election did not alter the term of the four-year legislature starting in 2019.

Madrid, Spain

2023 Asturian regional election

A regional election was held in Asturias on 28 May 2023 to elect the 12th General Junta of the autonomous community. All 45 seats in the General Junta were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Asturias, Spain

2023 Valencia municipal election

A municipal election was held in Valencia on 28 May 2023 to elect the 12th City Council of the municipality. All 33 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Valencia, Spain

2023 Murcian regional election

A regional election was held in the Region of Murcia on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Regional Assembly of the autonomous community. All 45 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

Region of Murcia, Spain · Murcia, Spain

NXT Battleground (2023)

The 2023 NXT Battleground was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the first annual Battleground held for the promotion's developmental brand NXT, and the sixth overall. The event took place on May 28, 2023, at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts and aired via WWE's livestreaming platforms. It was the first Battleground held since 2017, as well as the first to livestream on Peacock.

Massachusetts, United States

2023 Thai FA Cup final

The 2023 Thai FA Cup final was the final match of the 2022–23 Thai FA Cup, the 29th season of a Thailand's football tournament organized by Football Association of Thailand. It was played at the Thammasat Stadium in Pathum Thani, Thailand on 28 May 2023, between Bangkok United a big team from Pathum Thani that located in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region and Buriram United a big team from Buriram that located in the Northeastern part of Thailand.

Bangkok, Thailand

2023 Zaragoza municipal election

A municipal election was held in Zaragoza on 28 May 2023 to elect the 12th City Council of the municipality. All 31 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

2023 Canarian regional election

A regional election was held in the Canary Islands on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 70 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

2023 Aranese Council election

The 2023 Aranese Council Election, was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the General Council of Aran, an administrative entity in the province of Lleida (Spain). All 13 seats in the council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

2023 Melilla Assembly election

The 2023 Melilla Assembly election was held on Sunday, 28 May 2023, to elect the 8th Assembly of the autonomous city of Melilla. All 25 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain. The election campaign was shaken by a vote-buying scandal, after an unusual increase of the postal voting was detected.

2023 Valencian regional election

A regional election was held in the Valencian Community on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Corts of the autonomous community. All 99 seats in the Corts were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain. The ruling "Botànic Agreement" of left-of-centre parties was re-elected in the 2019 election for a second term in office, albeit with a diminished majority of 52 to 47.

2023 Balearic regional election

A regional election was held in the Balearic Islands on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Parliament of the autonomous community. All 59 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

2023 Seville municipal election

A municipal election was held in Seville on 28 May 2023 to elect the 12th City Council of the municipality. All 31 seats in the City Council were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all across Spain.

2023 Riojan regional election

The 2023 Riojan regional election was held on 28 May 2023 to elect the 11th Parliament of the autonomous community of La Rioja. All 33 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was held concurrently with regional elections in eleven other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.

2023 Spanish regional elections

Regional elections were held in Spain during 2023 to elect the regional parliaments of twelve of the seventeen autonomous communities: Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community. 736 of 1,211 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held on 28 May (concurrently with local elections all across the country).

Spain

2024 Israeli Labor Party leadership election

The 2024 Israeli Labor Party leadership election was held on 28 May 2024 to elect a successor to Merav Michaeli as leader of the Israeli Labor Party. Yair Golan won the election.

Israel

2025 UEFA Conference League final

The 2025 UEFA Conference League final was the final match of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League, the fourth season of Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the first season since it was renamed from the UEFA Europa Conference League to the UEFA Conference League. It was played at the Wrocław Stadium in Wrocław, Poland, on 28 May 2025, between Spanish club Real Betis and English club Chelsea.

Poland

Maybank Challenge Cup

The 2025 Maybank Challenge Cup (Malay: Piala Cabaran Maybank) was the charity hybrid friendly match played by the ASEAN All-Stars, a selection team by the ASEAN Football Federation and English Premier League club Manchester United in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The ASEAN All-Stars won the match 1–0, with Maung Maung Lwin scoring the solitary goal.