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Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 28
- 250th: 1774 - The first Continental Cogress convenes in Philadelphia.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Edward du Cann; CEO (Lonrho).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Dionne Quintuplets (Annette, Cécile, Émilie, Marie, Yvonne), in Ontario, Canada, first known set of surviving quintuplets.
- 90th: 1934 - Donald Bradman gets 160 Australia versus Middlesex, 124 minutes, 27 fours, 1x6, 1x5.
- 90th: 1934 - Hobbs scores his 197th and last FC cricket ton at age 51 years 163 days.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Adriaan T "Ad" Zuiderent; poet/critic (On the Droge).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Gary Stewart in Latcher County, Kentucky, USA; country singer ("She's Actin' Single").
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Billy Vera; musician (Billy and the Beaters - "At This Moment", "Into the Night").
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Gladys Knight in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; singer, leader of the Pips ("Last Train to Georgia").
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Rudy Giuliani; American politician (Mayor-Republican/Liberal New York City, 1994-).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of George E Mahlberg; astrophysicist, Mount Palomar/Mount Wilson California (1974-78).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Joâo Carlos De Oliveira in Brazil; triple jumper (Olympics-bronze-1976, 1980).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Christa Miller; actress (Scrubs, The Drew Carey Show).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Armon Gilliam; NBA forward (Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Mark MacKay in Brandon, Germany; hockey forward (Team Germany 1998).
- 60th: 1964 - Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli, India.
- 60th: 1964 - John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at age 76.
- 60th: 1964 - Palestine National Congress forms the Palestine Liberation Organization in Jerusalem.
- 60th: 1964 - Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn rocket test launched into Earth orbit.
- 50th: 1974 - In Switzerland, an Athenian decadrachm sells for US$272,240, a world record price.
- 50th: 1974 - In Hollywood, California, the 26th Annual Emmy Awards (primetime programming) are presented, hosted by Johnny Carson.
- Best Lead Actor in a Drama: Hal Holbrook for Pueblo
- Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Telly Savalas for Kojak
- Actor of the Year - Special: Hal Holbrook for Pueblo
- Actor of the Year - Series: Alan Alda for M*A*S*H
- Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Alan Alda for M*A*S*H
- Best Lead Actor in a Limited Series: William Holden for The Blue Knight
- Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Michael Learned for The Waltons
- Best Lead Actress in a Drama: Cicely Tyson for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series: Mildred Natwick for The Snoop Sisters
- Actress of the Year - Special: Cicely Tyson for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Actress of the Year - Series: Mary Tyler Moore for Mary Tyler Moore
- Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Mary Tyler Moore for Mary Tyler Moore
- Best Supporting Actor in Comedy: Rob Reiner for All in the Family
- Best Supporting Actor in Drama: Michael Moriarty for The Glass Menagerie
- Supporting Actor of the Year: Michael Moriarty for The Glass Menagerie
- Best Supporting Actor in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music: Harvey Korman for The Carol Burnett Show
- Supporting Actress of the Year: Joanna Miles for The Glass Menagerie
- Best Supporting Actress in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music: Brenda Vaccaro for The Shape of Things
- Best Supporting Actress in Comedy: Cloris Leachman for episode "The Lars Affair" of Mary Tyler Moore
- Best Supporting Actress in Drama: Joanna Miles for The Glass Menagerie
- Best Directing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music: Dwight Hemion for Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
- Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork: Gerry Bucci, Ken Tamburri, Dave Hilmer, David Smith, Jim Balden, and Ron Brooks for In Concert Cat Stevens: Moon & Star
- Director of the Year - Special: Dwight Hemion for Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
- Best Directing in Drama - A Single Program - Comedy or Drama: John Korty for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Best Directing in Comedy: Jackie Cooper for episode Carry on, Hawkeye of M*A*S*H
- Best Directing in Variety or Music: Dave Powers for The Australia Show of The Carol Burnett Show
- Best Music Direction of a Variety, Music or Dramatic Program: Jack Parnell, Ken Welch, Mitzie Welch for Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
- Director of the Year - Series: Robert Butler for The Blue Knight
- Best Directing in Drama - A Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme: Robert Butler for The Blue Knight
- Best Writing in Drama - Original Teleplay: Fay Kanin for Tell Me Where It Hurts
- Best Writing in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music: Herbert Sargent, Rosalyn Drexler, Lorne Michaels, Richard Pryor, Jim Rusk, James R. Stein, Bob Illes, Lily Tomlin, George Yanok, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren, Ann Elder, and Karyl Miller for Lily
- Best Writing in Drama - Adaptation: Tracy Keenan Wynn for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Best Writing in Comedy: Treva Silverman for episode The Lou And Edie Story of Mary Tyler Moore
- Best Writing in Drama: Joanna Lee for episode The Thanksgiving Story of The Waltons
- Best Writing in Variety or Music: Ed Simmons, Gary Belkin, Roger Beatty, Arnie Kogen, Bill Richmond, Gene Perret, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson, Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon, and Barry Harman for The Carol Burnett Show
- Best Cinematography for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series: Harry L. Wolf for Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm
- Art Director and Set Decorator of the Year: Jan Scott, Charles Kreiner for The Lie
- Best Art Direction or Scenic Design - For a Dramatic Program or Feature Length Film, for a Series, a Single Program of a Series or a Special Program: Jan Scott and Charles Kreiner for The Lie
- Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design: Bruce Walkup and Sandra Stewart for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Best Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Series or a Single Program of a Series: Gene Fowler Junior, Marjorie Fowler, and Samuel E. Beetley for The Blue Knight
- Outstanding Achievement in Makeup: Stan Winston and Rick Baker for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Best Song or Theme: Marty Paich and David Paich for the song "Light The Way" for episode "Once More For Joey" of Ironside
- Outstanding Music-Variety Series: The Carol Burnett Show
- Musician of the Year: Jack Parnell, Ken Welch, and Mitzie Welch for Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments
- Best Music Composition - For a Series, a Single Program of a Series: Morton Stevens for episode "Hookman" of Hawaii Five-O
- Best Music Composition - For a Special Program: Fred Karlin for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Outstanding Drama Series: Upstairs, Downstairs
- Outstanding Limited Series: Columbo: Lovely But Lethal, and Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm, and Columbo: Candidate for Crime, and Columbo: Double Exposure, and Columbo: Publish or Perish, and Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem, and Columbo: Swan Song
- Outstanding Special - Comedy or Drama: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement: John Gilroy and Dick Cavett for The Dick Cavett Show and Tom Snyder for The Tomorrow Show
- Film Editor of the Year: Frank Morriss for The Execution of Private Slovik
- Outstanding Comedy Series: M*A*S*H
- Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming: Bill Zaharuk, Peter Razmofsky for The Borrowers and Charles M. Schulz for A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
- Writer of the Year - Special: Fay Kanin for Tell Me Where It Hurts
- Outstanding Children's Special: Marlo Thomas, Carole Hart for Free to Be... You & Me
- Writer of the Year - Series: Treva Silverman for episode "The Lou And Edie Story" of Mary Tyler Moore
- Outstanding Achievement in Sports Programming: Roone Arledge, Dennis Lewin for ABC's Wide World of Sports
- Best Film Editing for Entertainment Programming - For a Special or Feature Length Program Made for Television: Frank Morriss for The Execution of Private Slovik
- 50th: 1974 - Massachusetts State Lottery begins selling first instant game lottery tickets (latex-covered scratch-off area).
- 50th: 1974 - Italian fascists bomb demonstrators in Brescia, six killed.
- 50th: 1974 - Stephen Schwartz' musical Magic Show premieres at the Cort Theater in New York City for 1859 performances.
- 30th: 1994 - NBC-TV airs final episode of Cafe American.
- 30th: 1994 - Julius Boros, pro golfer (US Open 1952), dies of heart attack at age 74.
- 30th: 1994 - Minnesota Twins' Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054).
- 25th: 1999 - Swedish police officers Robert Karlström and Olov Borén are wounded by three bank robbers armed with automatic weapons and later executed with their own service pistols by shots in the head from close distance on the scene in Malexander.
- 25th: 1999 - After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo de Vinci's painting The Last Supper is placed back on display in Milan, Italy.
- 25th: 1999 - Universal releases the film Notting Hill to theaters.
- 20th: 2004 - Fox releases the film The Day After Tomorrow to theaters.
- 15th: 2009 - A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Honduras, killing five people.
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