Amnesty Int’l Day Day 149 of 2008 217 days left in this year

EVENTS ON THIS DAY — May 28th
1533: England’s Archbishop declares the marriage of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn is valid
1539: Hernando de Soto lands in Florida
1774: The first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)
1830: Congress authorizes the removal of all Native Americans from all states to the western prairie
1863: The Civil War’s first African American regiment (Union Army) leaves Boston to begin fighting
1892: The Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco.
1935: John Steinbeck’s first popular success, the novel “Tortilla Flat,” is published
1961: Amnesty International is founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)
1972: The White House “plumbers” break into the Democratic National Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC
1998: Phil Hartman (“Saturday Night Live”, “NewsRadio”) is shot to death by his wife Brynn at his home in Encino CA (and she commits suicide)
2002: NATO declared Russia a limited partner in the Western alliance.
2004: The Iraqi Governing Council chose Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq’s interim government.
2006: Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth on the career list and move into second place behind Hank Aaron.