TUESDAY, May 28, 2024

1900-Solar eclipse occurs

1923-Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere

1929-First all color talking picture "On With the Show" exhibited (NYC)

1961-Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years)

1963-Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; estimated 22,000 die & 1 million houses destroyed

1964-Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli

1979-European Market accepts Greece as member

1986-Democratic Labor Party wins parliamentary election in Barbados

1987-Mathias Rust, 19, West German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in USSR

1992-65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum

1995-Earthquake hits Russian town of Khabarovsk, killing 2,000 people

1997-Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight