WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IN HISTORY MAY 28

PHOTO CREDITS- WIKIPEDIA/INTERNET ARCHIVE

1998 Pakistan detonates five atom bomb

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1987 Mathias Rust lands on the Red Square in Moscow

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1961 Amnesty International, a human rights organization, is founded.

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1953 Melody, the first animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor, premiers.

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1940 Maeve Binchy, Irish writer (Circle of Friends, The Copper Beach).

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1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany. .

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1937 Volkswagen (VW) is founded

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1936 Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication

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1936 Fred Chappell, poet and novelist.

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1932 Stephen Birmingham, novelist and biographer.

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1919 May Swenson, poet.

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1918 Herb Shriner, radio humorist.

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1916 Walker Percy, writer (The Moviegoer, Love in the Ruins).

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1912 Patrick White, Australian writer (The Tree of Man, The Eye of the Storm).

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1910 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist and singer.

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1908 Ian Fleming, British novelist, created the character James Bond.

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1900 Britain annexes the Orange Free State in South Africa.

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