1860 ~ Isaac Albéniz the Spanish pianist and composer was born on the 29th May 1860 (died 1909).
1886 ~ The 1st COCA~COLA advertisement was placed by Chemist John Pemberton on the 29th day of May in 1886. The Coca~Cola ad appeared in the Atlanta Journal.
1903 ~ BOB HOPE the English born American comedian and actor was born born Leslie Hope on the 29th day of May in 1903 (died 2003 aged 100).
585BC – A solar eclipse occurred on the 28th May in the year 585 BC, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes was battling Cyaxares in the Battle of Halys, which became a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates are calculated.
1837 – Tony Pastor the American businessman was born on the 28th May 1837 (died 1908).
1853 – Carl Larsson the Swedish painter was born on the 28th May 1853 (died 1919).
1858 – Carl Richard Nyberg the Swedish inventor, businessman and developer of the blow torch was born on the 28th May 1858 (died 1939).
1868 ~ Jean Schopfer the French tennis player competing for France, and a writer, known under the pseudonym of Claude Anet was born in Morges, Switzerland on the the 28th May 1868 (died 9th January 1931 aged 62).
1878 – Paul Pelliot the French sinologist and explorer was born on the 28th May 1878 (died 1945).
1923 – György Ligeti the Romanian-Austrian composer was born on the 28th May 1923 (died 2006).
1934 – The Dionne quintuplets were born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne on the 28th May 1934, becoming the 1st quintuplets to survive infancy. The 5 sisters; Yvonne Édouilda Marie Dionne (died 23rd June 2001 aged 67), Annette Lillianne Marie Dionne (Allard), Cécile Marie Émilda Dionne (Langlois), Émilie Marie Jeanne Dionne (died 6th August 1954 aged 20), Marie Reine Alma Dionne (Houle)(died 27th February 1970 aged 35) were born outside Callander, Ontario, Canada, near the village of Corbeil.
1935 – Anne Reid the English actress was born on the 28th May 1935.
1936 – Alan Turing submitted On Computable Numbers for publication on the 28th May 1936.
1961 – Michelle Collins the English actress was born on the 28th May 1961.
1962 – Brandon Cruz the American actor was born on the 28th May 1962.
1968 ~ KYLiE MiNOGUE the Australian singer and actress was born in Melbourne on the 28th May 1968. Kylie Ann Minogue (OBE) is simply known as Kylie, and began her career as a child actress on Australian television. Kylie originally achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before starting her career as a recording artist in 1987. Kylie Minogue online: official website: www.Kylie.com | www.FACEBOOK.com/KylieMinogueverified | www.TWiTTER.com/KylieMinogueverified | YouTube channel: www.YOUTUBE.com/KylieMinogue | www.MYSPACE.com/KylieMinogue | Kylie’s SPOTiFY | YouTube video: [HD] Kylie Minogue ~ Can’t Get You Out Of My Head (Blue Monday Mix Edit) official music video…
1970 – Ian Cashmore the English paranormal investigator was born on the 28th May 1970 (died 2011).