The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded, with Yasser Arafat elected as its first leader. Date: May 28, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)

Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892 crashes near Nala Sopara in India, killing 30. Date: May 28, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)

Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists. Date: May 28, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)

At Brampton Centennial Secondary School, student Michael Slobodian kills two people and injures 13 others before committing suicide. Date: May 28, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)

Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States. Date: May 28, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, is engulfed by fire, killing 165 people inside. Date: May 28, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)

Konstantinos Karamanlis signs the full treaty of the accession of Greece with the European Economic Community. Date: May 28, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)

An 18-year-old West German pilot, Mathias Rust, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Date: May 28, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)

The capital city of Addis Ababa falls to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, ending both the Derg regime in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Civil War. Date: May 28, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)

The 7.0 Mw  Neftegorsk earthquake shakes the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300 million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt. Date: May 28, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day…