On This Day for May 28 - Amnesty International founded, Ian Fleming is featured, and more

Created: 2020-05-28 10:04 Updated: 2020-05-28 10:04 Notebook: On this Day in History

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May 28

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Ian Fleming

Members of Amnesty International participating in the Paris Gay Pride parade, June 26, 2010.

FEATURED EVENT

1961

Amnesty International founded

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2014: American poet and memoirist Maya Angelou—whose several volumes of autobiography explore the themes of economic, racial, and sexual oppression—died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. [Take our quiz about famous writers.]

1999: After some two decades of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper was reopened to public view in Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. [ Test your knowledge of the artists of the Italian Renaissance.]

1937: The German automaker Volkswagen was founded to mass-produce a low-priced “people's car”; the company was originally operated by a Nazi organization.

1888: American athlete Jim Thorpe , one of the most-accomplished all-around athletes in history, was born. [Take our quiz about great athletes.]

1660: George I, the elector of Hanover (1698–1727) and the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain (1714–27), was born in Osnabrück, Germany.

1291: Crusader rule in the Holy Land came to an end as the Mamlūks took the city of Acre, the last stronghold of the kingdom of Jerusalem. [ Take our quiz about the Crusades.]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1968

Kylie Minogue
Australian singer

1908

Ian Fleming
British author

1660

George I
king of Great Britain

1923

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
Indian actor, director, and politician

1938

Jerry West
American basketball player, coach, and manager