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What happened in history on this day: May 28?
On May 28 in ...
- 1906 - Shields/Cobbs musical "His honor, the Mayor" premieres in New York City.
- 1940 - Irving Berlin's musical "Louisiana Purchase" premieres in New York City.
- 1959 - Johnson and Bart's musical "Lock Up Your Daughters" premieres in London.
- 1964 - Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 9th String quartet.
- 1966 - Dmitri Shostakovich's 11th String quartet premieres in Leningrad, Russia.
- 1974 - Stephen Schwartz' musical Magic Show premieres at the Cort Theater in New York City for 1859 performances.
Births on May 28
- 1886 - Birth of Nicolai Sokoloff near Kiev, Ukraine; conductor (Seattle Symphony).
- 1906 - Birth of Phil Regan; singer ("My Wild Irish Rose").
- 1910 - Birth of Aaron Thibeaux Walker in Linden, Texas, USA; blues guitarman ("Call It Stormy Monday" (1943), "Funky Town", "Well Done").
- 1917 - Birth of Papa John Creech; rocker (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane).
- 1925 - Birth of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in Zehlendorf, Germany; baritone (Doktor Faust).
- 1938 - Birth of Prince Buster; Jamaican reggae musician/producer (Madness).
- 1940 - Birth of Hans Dulfer; tenor saxophonist/director (Paradiso).
- 1943 - Birth of Tony Mansfield [Anthony Bookbinder]; rock drummer (Billy J Kramer).
- 1944 - Birth of Gary Stewart in Latcher County, Kentucky, USA; country singer ("She's Actin' Single").
- 1944 - Birth of Billy Vera; musician (Billy and the Beaters - "At This Moment", "Into the Night").
- 1944 - Birth of Gladys Knight in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; singer, leader of the Pips ("Last Train to Georgia").
- 1948 - Birth of Ray Laidlaw; British rock drummer (Jack the Lad).
- 1949 - Birth of Wendy O[rleans] Williams in Rochester, New York, USA; punk rocker (Plasmatics).
- 1953 - Birth of Arto Lindsay; rocker/actor (Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan).
- 1959 - Birth of Leon "The Bop" Klaasse; rock drummer/singer (The Pilgrims - "Red").
- 1961 - Birth of Roland Gift in Birmingham, England; rocker (Fine Young Cannibals - "She Drives Me Crazy").
- 1962 - Birth of Roland Gift; singer (Fine Young Cannibals).
- 1965 - Birth of Chris Ballew; singer (Presidents of the United States of America).
- 1968 - Birth of Kylie Minogue in Melbourne, Australia; rock vocalist (Locomotion).
- 1977 - Birth of Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord in Miami, Florida, singer (Menudo - "Cannonball").
Deaths on May 28
- 1787 - Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at age 67.
- 1805 - Death of Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini at age 62; Italian composer/cellist (Minuet).
- 1964 - John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at age 76.
- 1973 - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer/conductor (Hassan), dies at age 73.
- 1988 - Death of Sy Oliver at age 77; trumpet player/arranger/bandleader (Tommy Dorsey - "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "Opus One").
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