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Today 28th May 2020

1. 1644 - Bolton massacred Royalist soldiers under Lord Derby.

2. 1918 - The Democratic Republic of Armenia declares independence.

3. 1918 - The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan declares independence.

4. 1940 - World War II: Austria surrenders to Germany.

5. 2002 - Mars Odyssey finds evidence indicating massive deposits of ice caps on Mars.

6. 2008 - Nepal was declared an independent republic.

Famous leaders born today

1. 1946 - K. Sachithanandan - (Former Secretary of Kendra Sahitya Akademi and Honored Member of Kerala Sahithya Academy, .former Editor and Poet of Indian Literature, published by Kendra Sahitya Akademi.

2. 1965 - CS Sujatha - (Communist leader and former member of the CPM State Committee, former Member of Parliament.

3. 1958 - Rajasenan (who directed films like Meleparambil Anduweed)

4. 1931 - Moidu Padiyath (author of more than 70 books, novel and short story, Sri Moithu Padiyath, who wrote the story, screenplay and dialogue of two Malayalam films, Umma, Kuttikkupayam which have been shown in the theater for more than 100 days.

5. 1883 - Veer Savarkar - (Freedom fighter best known as the ideologue of Hindutva, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, is regarded as an admirer of modern Hindutva organizations)

6. 1923 - NT Rama Rao - (Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, better known as NTR, was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, a Telugu film actor, director, producer and founder of the Telugu Desam Party.

7. 1908 - Ian Lancaster Fleming - (English writer, journalist, naval intelligence officer, and Ian Lancaster Fleming, best known for writing James Bond novels)

Famous leaders died today

1. 1989 - Muttath Varkey- (was an Indian novelist, short story writer, and poet of Malayalam. He was best known for a genre of sentiment-filled romantic fiction known aspainkili (janapriya) novel in Malayalam literature. who took the life of ordinary life stile Kerala and took ordinary Malayalees into the world of literature.

2. 2001 - Dr KG Adiyodi - (Famous zoologist, science writer, first Malayalee member of the UPSC, and one of the founders of the Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad).

3. 1999 - B Vidalacharya - (was a famous filmmaker and producer who made films in Kannada and Telugu, B. Vidalacharya, popularly known as Janapada Brahma in Telugu cinema)

4. 2014 - Angelo - ( was a prominent American poet and human rights activist who wrote the autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" has been translated into various languages ​​around the world and has been taught in American schools for years.)

Some other importance of today

a. World Menstrual hygiene day

b. World Nutrition Day

c. Nepal / Azerbaijan / Armenia: People's Day!

d. Pakistan: National Day!

e. Philippines: Flag Day!