EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
May 28
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Day 147 of 2026 | Week 22 | 212 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from an engine issue in his first entry of the event.
Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes.
Start of the Gezi Park protests in Turkey.
The Arkankergen massacre in Kazakhstan's Alakol District kills 15 people.
Malta votes on the introduction of divorce; the proposal was approved by 53% of voters, resulting in a law allowing divorce under certain conditions being enacted later in the year.
In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
Peter Hollingworth resigns as Governor-General of Australia following criticism of his handling of child sexual abuse allegations during his tenure as Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American actor (Mirrors
South Korean concert pianist (International Chopin Piano Competition
French soccer player
Canadian NHL ice hockey forward
Australian rugby union inside back (51 Tests; Queensland Reds
American NFL player (Baltimore Ravens
American folk-pop singer-songwriter ("Breakthrough"; " Bubbly"; "Brighter Than the Sun")
American actress (FBI: Most Wanted; Chronicles of Riddick)
Dominican MLB baseball shortstop
American anti-folk singer-songwriter
Irish pop singer (Westlife - "Flying Without Wings")
Cuban-American pop singer (Menudo
American television personality and talk show host (The View
American voice actor
American theremin player and jazz bassist
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