May 28th (1942) was a Thursday. It's the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 217 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 28th May, 1942
» World War II: in retaliation for the assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich, Nazism e.g Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1,800 people.
Famous Birthdays on May 28 in 1942
» Happy Pieterse, South African boxer (d. 2013)
» Stanley B. Prusiner, American neurologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate
May 28th Holidays in History
» Armed Forces Day Croatia e.g Armed Forces Day (Croatia)
» Christian Calendar of saints or Feast Day:
» Bernard of Menthon
» John Calvin (Episcopal Church (USA))
» Germain of Paris
» Lanfranc
» Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury e.g Margaret Pole
» William of Gellone
» May 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Ethiopia e.g Downfall of the Derg Day, a National Day. (Ethiopia)