What happened on May 28 ?

1140 - Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)

1371 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1419)

1524 - Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)

1582 - William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)

1588 - Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)

1641 - Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)

1660 - King George I of Great Britain (d. 1727)

1676 - Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (d. 1754)

1738 - Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (d. 1814)

1759 - William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1806)

1779 - Thomas Moore, Irish poet (d. 1852)

1807 - Louis Agassiz, Swiss-born zoologist and geologist (d. 1873)

1818 - Pierre Beauregard, American Confederate general (d. 1893)

1836 - Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist (d. 1918)

1837 - George Ashlin, Irish architect (d.1921)

1837 - Tony Pastor, American vaudeville performer (d. 1908)

1853 - Carl Larsson, Swedish painter (d. 1919)

1858 - Carl Rickard Nyberg, Swedish inventor (d. 1939)

1872 - Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (d. 1917)

1878 - Paul Pelliot, French sinologist (d. 1945)

1883 - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1966)

1884 - Edvard Bene?, Czech politician (d. 1948)

1887 - Jim Thorpe, American athlete (d. 1953)

1892 - Sepp Dietrich, German SS officer (d. 1966)

1900 - Tommy Ladnier, American musician (d. 1939)

1908 - Ian Fleming, English author (d. 1964)

1909 - Red Horner, Canadian hockey star

1910 - T-Bone Walker, American singer (d. 1975)

1910 - Lady Rachel Kempson, English actress (d. 2003)

1911 - Thora Hird, British actress (d. 2003)

1911 - Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian author (d. 1986)

1912 - Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)

1912 - Herman Johannes, Indonesian professor, scientist and politician (d. 1992)

1914 - W. G. G. Duncan Smith, British World War II pilot (d. 1996)

1915 - Joseph Greenberg, American linguist (d. 2001)

1916 - Walker Percy, American author (d. 1990)

1917 - Papa John Creech, American musician (d. 1994)

1918 - Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) (d. 1990)

1921 - Heinz G. Konsalik, German author (d. 1999)

1922 - Lou Duva, American boxing trainer

1923 - György Ligeti, Hungarian composer (d. 2006)

1923 - Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor,director,producer and politician (d. 1998)

1925 - Bülent Ecevit, Prime Minister of Turkey

1925 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone

1931 - Carroll Baker, American actress

1934 - Dionne quintuplets (Emilie d. 1954, Marie d. 1970, Yvonne d. 2001)

1936 - Betty Shabazz, American civil rights leader (d. 1997)

1938 - Jerry West, American basketball player

1942 - Stanley B. Prusiner, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1943 - Terry Crisp, NHL Coach

1944 - Rudy Giuliani, Mayor of New York City

1944 - Gladys Knight, American singer

1944 - Patricia Quinn, Northern Irish actress

1944 - Billy Vera, American actor and musician

1945 - John Fogerty, American musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

1945 - Gary Stewart, American singer (d. 2003)

1945 - Hunter "Patch" Adams, American doctor

1946 - Satchidanandan, Indian-born poet

1947 - Sondra Locke, American actress

1947 - Zahi Hawass, Egyptologist

1949 - Wendy O. Williams, American musician (The Plasmatics) (d. 1998)

1952 - Russell J. Wintner, American Hollywood executive

1955 - John McGeoch, Scottish musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees) (d. 2004)

1955 - Mark Howe, Professional ice hockey player

1957 - Kirk Gibson, baseball player

1959 - John Morgan, etiquette expert

1962 - Brandon Cruz, American actor

1962 - Roland Gift, English musician (Fine Young Cannibals)

1963 - Houman Younessi, Iranian-born scientist

1964 - Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer

1964 - Christa Miller, American actress

1964 - David Baddiel, English comedian, novelist and television presenter

1964 - Phil Vassar, country music artist

1965 - Chris Ballew, American musician

1968 - Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer

1970 - Morgan Fox, Canadian model and 1990 Playboy playmate

1971 - Isabelle Carré, French actress

1972 - Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist

1972 - Guidoni Junior Doriva, Brazilian footballer

1976 - Liam O'Brien, Voice Actor

1976 - Alexei Nemov, Russian gymnast

1977 - Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American television panelist

1979 - Jesse Bradford, American actor

1980 - Mark Feehily, Irish musician (Westlife)

1982 - Jhonny Peralta, US MLB player with the Cleveland Indians

1986 - Charles N'Zogbia, French footballer

1991 - Kristen Alderson, American child actress