TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – MAY 28
0585 A solar eclipse interrupts a battle outside Sardis in western Turkey between Medes and Lydians. The battle ends in a draw.
1431 Joan of Arc is accused of relapsing into heresy by donning male clothing again, providing justification for her execution
1754 George Washington defeats French & Indians at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh)
1830 US President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, authorizing the Army to force Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole tribes out of Georgia and surrounding states, setting the stage for the Cherokee Trail of Tears
1863 The 54th Massachusetts, a regiment of African-American recruits, leaves Boston, headed for Hilton Head, South Carolina.
1923 Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere
1926 US Customs Court created by congress
1936 Alan Turing submits “On Computable Numbers” for publication, in which he set out the theoretical basis for modern computers.
1953 Melody, the first animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor, premiers.
1956 Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus
1959 Monkeys Able & Baker zoom 300 miles (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission
1961 Amnesty International, a human rights organization, is founded.
1972 White House “plumbers” first break in at the Democratic National Headquarters at Watergate Complex in Washington D.C.
1974 Italians fascist bomb demonstrators in Brescia, 6 killed
1987 Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot
1987 Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old pilot from West Germany, landed his private plane in Moscow’s Red Square. He was arrested and sentenced to four years in a labor camp, but was released after just one.
1998 Pakistan detonates five atom bombs
2003 Pres. Bush signed a $350 billion tax cut into law; the third largest tax cut in U.S. history.
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