may 28th

may: 28

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History

National Government formed under the leadership of Neville Chamberlain.

May 28, 1937

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Birth of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th US president, in Brookline, Mass

May 28, 1917

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Construction of the Kings Theatre in Edinburgh commences.

May 28, 1905

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73 miners were killed in a firedamp explosion at Udston Colliery, Lanarkshire.

May 28, 1887

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Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd are married

May 28, 1884

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Seven church ministers of the Presbytery of Strathbogie were removed from their posts by the General assembly of the Church of Scotland for obeying civil rather than ecclesiastical law

May 28, 1841

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In the first Battle of Enniscorthy, the rebels take the town

May 28, 1798

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Father Murphy of Boolavogue, a priest who had been in dispute with his bishop and who had reluctantly stepped forward as leader, the Wexford insurgents, gaining strength as they advance, storm Enniscorthy

May 28, 1798

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Thoams Moore, Irish poet and composer, born.

May 28, 1779

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Poet and songwriter, Thomas Moore, is born in Dublin

May 28, 1779

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Birth of James Fitzgerald, 20th Earl of Kildare; Duke of Leinster; politician and Lord Justice

May 28, 1722

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William Molyneux, the fourteen-year old son of Sir Thomas Molyneux, is killed when a leaden image falls on him in a garden near Dublin

May 28, 1713

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The Act of Uniformity confirms Guy Fawkes day (5 November) as an anniversary, and adds 30 January (execution of Charles I) and 29 May (the Restoration)

May 28, 1666

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Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, agrees to abandon further attempts at extending his territory in the north

May 28, 1590

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Papal Bull signed by Pope Alexander VI confirming the marriage of King James IV and Margaret Tudor

May 28, 1503