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On the 28th May 1737, Venus occulted Mercury.
http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au

The 1737 Venus-Mercury occultion event was observed by John Bevis at Greenwich Observatory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bevis

A total solar eclipse occurred on May 28, 1900.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_May_28,_1900

Manhattanhenge: May 28, 29 or 30th 2014 ~8:16 p.m.
http://www.amnh.org/our-research/hayden-planetarium/resources/manhattanhenge



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Nuclear test Operation Plumbbob Boltzmann was conducted on May 28, 1957
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operation_Plumbbob_-_Boltzmann.jpg

The Banjawarn explosion occurred on May 28, 1993
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51239792/banjawarn-explosion/

Chagai-I was the codename referring to the five underground nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan on 28 May 1998. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chagai-I



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The Battle of Halys, also known as the Battle of the Eclipse, took place at the river Halys on May 28, 585 BC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Eclipse

On 28 May 1588, the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43078555/the-spanish-armada/



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On this day in 1959, squirrel monkey Miss Baker and the rhesus monkey Abel were launched on a suborbital flight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_space

Kosmos 5 (Sputnik 15) was launched on the 28th May 1962
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_5

Saturn 1 SA-6 was launched on the 28th May 1964
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-101_(SA-6)

The Mars 3 unmanned space probe was launched on the 28th May 1971
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_3

The Ofeq 5 satellite was launched on the 28th May 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofeq

A Delta 4 rocket with the GPS 2F-1 (USA 213) satellite was successfully launched on the 28th May 2010
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t35531751/gps-2f-1-satellite/

Soyuz TMA-09M was launched on 28 May 2013
http://www.astronomy.activeboard.com/t50887444/expedition-36/



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Paul Desmond Scully-Power (born May 28, 1944) is an Australian born, American oceanographer. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Desmond_Scully-Power

Robert T. (Bob) Jones, (May 28, 1910 - August 11, 1999), was an aerodynamicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Thomas_Jones_(engineer)

Alfred Otto Carl Nier (May 28, 1911 - May 16, 1994) was an American physicist 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_O._C._Nier

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28, 1807 - December 14, 1873) was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/p/event/?eventID=57373&view=view

Jacopo Francesco Riccati (28 May 1676 - 15 April 1754) was an Italian mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacopo_Riccati

Milutin Milankovic (28 May 1879 - 12 December 1958) was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milutin_Milankovi%C4%87

Dom Placidus Fixlmillner, O.S.B., (May 28, 1721 - August 27, 1791) was a Benedictine monk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placidus_Fixlmillner

Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker (28 May 1788 - 21 December 1862) was a German astronomer. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Ludwig_Christian_R%C3%BCmker

Frank Donald Drake (born May 28, 1930) is an American astronomer and astrophysicist. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Drake

Ruby Violet Payne-Scott (28 May 1912 - 25 May 1981) was an Australian pioneer in radiophysics and radio astronomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Payne-Scott



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The Savages is a Doctor Who series first broadcast from 28 May to 18 June 1966. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Savages_(Doctor_Who)



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NGC 1566 was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on the 28th May 1826. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53705147/ngc-1566-and-ngc-4941/

NGC 3201 was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on the 28th May 1826. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57677997/ngc-3201/

Messier 9 was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier on the 28th May 1764. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48302430/messier-9/

NGC 6440 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 28th May 1786. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57677939/ngc-6440/

NGC 6445 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 28th May 1786. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57677931/ngc-6445/



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Asteroid (99) Dike was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on May 28, 1868
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Dike

Asteroid (566) Stereoskopia was discovered by Paul Götz on May 28, 1905
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/566_Stereoskopia

Asteroid (567) Eleutheria was discovered by Paul Götz on May 28, 1905
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/567_Eleutheria



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Meteorites

The Barntrup (LL4) meteorite fell in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, on the 28th May, 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49339512/barntrup-meteorite/



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