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What happened in history on this day: May 28?
On May 28 in ...
- 1929 - First full-length all-color talking picture On With the Show is exhibited, in New York City.
- 1951 - Jerry Colonna Show debuts on ABC-TV.
- 1953 - Premiere of first animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor: Melody.
- 1982 - United Artists releases the film Rocky III to theaters.
- 1990 - CBS-TV debuts The Dave Thomas Comedy Show.
- 1993 - TriStar releases the film Cliffhanger to theaters.
- 1994 - NBC-TV airs final episode of Cafe American.
- 1999 - Universal releases the film Notting Hill to theaters.
- 2004 - Fox releases the film The Day After Tomorrow to theaters.
Births on May 28
- 1887 - Birth of Hank Mann in New York City, New York, USA; actor (City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road).
- 1892 - Birth of Minna Gombell in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Bad Girl, Thin Man, Hello Sister).
- 1894 - Birth of Sammy White in Rhode Island, USA; actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off).
- 1897 - Birth of Henry Kendall in London, England; actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich and Strange).
- 1910 - Birth of Rachel Kempson; actress (Captive Heart).
- 1915 - Birth of Scott McKay in Pleasantville, Iowa, USA; actor (Stage Door).
- 1916 - Birth of Thora Hird; actress (Nightcomers, Kind of Loving).
- 1917 - Birth of Marshall Reed in Englewood, California, USA; actor (Fred Asher - Lineup).
- 1918 - Birth of Johnny Wayne in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; comedian (Wayne and Schuster on radio and TV, appeared on Ed Sullivan Show 52 times).
- 1919 - Birth of Frank Middlemass in England; actor (Island, Oliver Twist, Heartbeat, Rocky Hardcastle - As Time Goes By).
- 1923 - Birth of Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao in India; film star (Patala Bhairavi).
- 1925 - Birth of Martha Vickers in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; actress (Alimony, Man I Love, Ruthless).
- 1931 - Birth of Carroll Baker in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA; American actress (Andy Warhol's Bad, Babydoll, Harlow, LA Law, Grand).
- 1933 - Birth of John Karlen in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Harvey Lacey - Cagney and Lacey, Dark Shadows).
- 1940 - Birth of Betty Shabazz; educator/talk show hostess/widow (Malcolm X).
- 1940 - Birth of Hans Dulfer; tenor saxophonist/director (Paradiso).
- 1941 - Birth of Beth Howland in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Vera - Alice, Company).
- 1946 - Birth of Madeleine Le Roux in Wyoming, USA; Broadway actress (Cry Uncle).
- 1947 - Birth of Beth Howland in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Vera - Alice).
- 1947 - Birth of Sondra Locke in Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA; actress (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Rosie: The Rosemary Clooeney Story).
- 1949 - Birth of Sue Holderness; actress (Marlene - Only Fools and Horses, Sandbaggers).
- 1953 - Birth of Arto Lindsay; rocker/actor (Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan).
- 1962 - Birth of Brandon Cruz; actor (Eddie - Courtship of Eddie's Father).
- 1964 - Birth of Christa Miller; actress (Scrubs, The Drew Carey Show).
- 1965 - Birth of Christa Miller in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Kate - The Drew Carey Show).
- 1967 - Birth of Kari Wuhrer in Brookfield, Connecticut, USA; actress (Remote Control, Beverly Hills 90210, Out Of Sync).
- 1969 - Birth of Justin Kirk; actor (Weeds).
- 1977 - Birth of Elisabeth Hasselbeck; host (The View TV show).
- 1979 - Birth of Monica Keena; actress (Dawson's Creek, Undeclared).
- 1979 - Birth of Jesse Bradford; actor (The West Wing).
- 1986 - Birth of Joseph Cross; actor (As The World Turns, The O'Keefes).
Deaths on May 28
- 1940 - Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at age 70.
- 1940 - Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at age 53.
- 1969 - Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at age 71.
- 1971 - Death of Audie Murphy at age 46 in a plane crash; most decorated American GI of WWII (27 US decorations plus 5 decorations from France and Belgium), actor (Whispering Smith TV show (1961), Sierra).
- 1975 - Death of Roy Roberts at age 75 of a heart attack; actor (Petticoat Junction, Gunsmoke, Beverly Hillbillies, Lucy Show, My Little Margie).
- 1986 - Death of Lurene Tuttle at age 79 of cancer; actress (Sam Spade radio show, Red Skelton, Great Gildersleeve, Dr. Christian, Life with Father TV show, Julia, Father of the Bride, Pete and Gladys, These Are the Days, Perry Mason).
- 1987 - Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy), dies at age 44.
- 1990 - Joseph Hardy, actor/director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at age 71.
- 1995 - Daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at age 57.
- 1998 - Death of Phil Hartman at age 49, shot dead by his wife (who then kills herself) in Encino, California, USA; actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, NewsRadio).
- 2003 - Death of Martha Scott at age 86; actress (Dallas, Bionic Woman, Bob Newhart Show, Robert Montgomery Presents, Beulah Land).
- 2010 - Death of Gary Coleman, American actor (Arnold Jackson - Diff'rent Strokes 1978-85) at age 42 in Utah of a brain hemorrhage after a fall.
- 2022 - Death of Patricia Brake at age 79; English actor (Porridge TV show).
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