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| May 28th |
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| About May 28th is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 217 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1888 - Jim Thorpe, Hall of Fame running back, Olympian 1933 - Zelda Rubinstein, actress, activist (Poltergeist) 1944 - Rudy Giuliani, politician, Mayor of New York City 1971 - Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator (Florida) Deaths 1998 - Phil Hartman, actor, comedian (Saturday Night Live) Events 1830 - President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act into law. 1929 - The first movie with sound and color, On with the Show, debuts in New York City. 1937 - The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span. 1957 - The National League approves the move of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to Los Angeles and San Francisco, California. 2002 - The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars. |
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