It's National Hamburger Day...
Today is Thursday, the 28th of May of 2020
It is the 149th day of the year
217 days remain until the end of the year.
159 days until Election Day
Tuesday November 3, 2020
(5 months and 6 days from today)
The sun rises at 5:50 am
and sunset will be at 8:25 pm.
Today we will have 14 hours and 35 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 1:07 pm.
The first high tide was at 3:23 am
and the next high tide will be at 6:13 pm.
The first low tide will be at 10:25 am
and the next low tide at 11:03 pm.
The Moon is currently 33.8% visible; a Waxing Crescent
First Quarter Moon tomorrow Friday the 29th of May of 2020 at 8:30 pm
1961 – Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
The Slugs Return From Capistrano Day
Today is also…
Downfall of the Derg Day in Ethiopia
Republic Day in Azerbaijan and Armenia
On this day in history…
1892 – In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
1934 – Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
1936 – Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
1937 – Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
1987 – A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. He is immediately detained and released on August 3, 1988.
1999 – In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1888 – Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player, and coach (d. 1953)
1908 – Ian Fleming, English journalist and author, created James Bond (d. 1964)
1910 – T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
1917 – Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (d. 2012)
1925 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (d. 2012)
1930 – Edward Seaga, American-Jamaican academic and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2019)
1936 – Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (d. 1997)
1939 – Maeve Binchy, Irish novelist (d. 2012)
1944 – Rudy Giuliani, American lawyer and politician, 107th mayor of New York City
1944 – Gladys Knight, American singer-songwriter and actress
1945 – Patch Adams, American physician and author, founded the Gesundheit! Institute
1945 – John Fogerty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1947 – Lynn Johnston, Canadian author and illustrator
1949 – Wendy O. Williams, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (d. 1998)
1956 – Jerry Douglas, American dobro player and producer
1968 – Kylie Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1969 – Rob Ford, Canadian politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (d. 2016)
1971 – Marco Rubio, American lawyer and politician
1977 – Elisabeth Hasselbeck, American talk show host and author