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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_28" title="May 28">May 28</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day_(Armenia)" title="Republic Day (Armenia)">Republic Day</a></b> in Armenia (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Azerbaijan,_28_May)" title="Independence Day (Azerbaijan, 28 May)">Independence Day</a></b> in Azerbaijan (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/621" title="621">621</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang</a> forces led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Taizong_of_Tang" title="Emperor Taizong of Tang">Li Shimin</a> defeated and captured <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dou_Jiande" title="Dou Jiande">Dou Jiande</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hulao" title="Battle of Hulao">Battle of Hulao</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_from_Sui_to_Tang" title="Transition from Sui to Tang">the civil war</a> that followed the collapse of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sui_dynasty" title="Sui dynasty">Sui dynasty</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892" title="1892">1892</a> – Scottish-American preservationist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir" title="John Muir">John Muir</a></b> founded the environmental organization <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Club" title="Sierra Club">Sierra Club</a> in California.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>: Belgium surrendered to Nazi Germany, ending the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1940)" title="German invasion of Belgium (1940)">Battle of Belgium</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust" title="Mathias Rust">Mathias Rust</a></b>, a West German aviator, flew his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_172" title="Cessna 172"><span class="nowrap">Cessna 172</span></a> from Helsinki, Finland, through Soviet air defences, landing illegally near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Square" title="Red Square">Red Square</a> in Moscow.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jnaneswari_Express_train_derailment" title="Jnaneswari Express train derailment">A train derailment and collision</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschim_Medinipur_district" title="Paschim Medinipur district">West Midnapore</a> district of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, India, caused the deaths of at least 148 passengers.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulfstan_(died_1023)" title="Wulfstan (died 1023)">Wulfstan</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1023); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Larsson" title="Carl Larsson">Carl Larsson</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1853); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeve_Binchy" title="Maeve Binchy">Maeve Binchy</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1939)</p>
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