Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 28

Births

• 1660 – King George I of Great Britain (d. 1727)
• 1759 – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1806)
• 1884 – Edvard Beneš, Czech politician (d. 1948)
• 1887 – Jim Thorpe, American athlete (d. 1953)
• 1908 – Ian Fleming, English author (d. 1964)
• 1923 – N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1998)
• 1938 – Jerry West, American basketball player
• 1944 – Rudy Giuliani, Mayor of New York City
• 1968 – Kylie Minogue, Australian actress and singer

Deaths

• 1843 – Noah Webster, American author, politician, and lexicographer (b. 1758)
• 1971 – Audie Murphy, American actor and war hero (b. 1924)
• 1972 – King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
• 1998 – Phil Hartman, Canadian actor, comedian (b. 1948)