Today in History for 28th May 2024

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Historical Events

1037 - Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II removes "Constitutio the Feudis"
1941 - 1st night game at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. (NY Yankees pip the Senators 6-5)
1979 - European Market accepts Greece as member
1986 - Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados
1999 - Two Swedish police officers are murdered with their own fire arms by the bank robbers Jackie Arklöv and Tony Olsson after a dramatic car chase
2021 - Discovery of a mass grave with the remains of 215 children from Kamloops Indian Residential School announced by First Nation in British Columbia, Canada

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Famous Birthdays

1883 - Clough Williams-Ellis, British architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales, born in Gayton, Northamptonshire, England (d. 1978)
1912 - Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist and politician (d. 1992)
1924 - Geoffrey Rippon, British MP, born in Penn, Buckinghamshire (d. 1997)
1940 - Hans Dulfer, Dutch funk and jazz-fusion tenor saxophonist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1944 - Patricia Quinn, Lady Stephens, Northern-Irish actress, voice artist and singer (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1956 - Germaine Montenesdro, 2nd victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)

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Famous Deaths

1672 - John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
1811 - Henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742)
1849 - Anne Brontë, English novelist (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall), dies at 29
1962 - Jesse Crawford, American pianist, theatre organist for silent films, and recording artist, dies at 66
1996 - Buck Bundy, TV dog (Married with Children), dies at 13
2008 - Robert Justman, American television producer (b. 1926)

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