About May 28th

Sun Sign
♊ Gemini
Air · Mercury
adaptable, outgoing, intelligent, curious
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Birthstone
Emerald
Deep green
Rebirth, fertility, wisdom
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Birth Flower
Lily of the Valley
Hawthorn
Happiness, humility, sweetness
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Celtic Tree
Hawthorn
Huath
creative, multi-talented, ironic, curious
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225 Notable deaths

Top causes of death

12 Myocardial Infarction
9 Hanging To Death
7 Cancer
4 Disease
4 Pneumonia

Top death years

8 2018
6 1946
5 1947
5 2014
5 2020

Deaths by gender

192 Male
33 Female

Top death places

7 Los Angeles
6 Moscow
5 Paris
5 Landsberg Prison
3 Cambridge

Top 5 notable deaths.

Edward VIII

King of the united kingdom and the british dominions, and emperor of india in 1936.

Born June 23rd, 1894 in White Lodge. [ref]

Died May 28th, 1972 at 77 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (laryngeal cancer). [ref]

Phil Hartman

Canadian-american actor, comedian, screenwriter (1948-1998).

Born September 24th, 1948 in Brantford.

Died May 28th, 1998 at 49 years old in Encino (gunshot wound).

Maya Angelou

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014).

Born April 4th, 1928 in St. Louis. [ref]

Died May 28th, 2014 at 86 years old in Winston-Salem (disease). [ref]

Audie Murphy

American soldier and actor (1925–1971).

Born June 20th, 1925 in Kingston. [ref]

Died May 28th, 1971 at 45 years old in Roanoke (aircraft crash).

Gary Coleman

American actor (1968–2010).

Born February 8th, 1968 in Zion.

Died May 28th, 2010 at 42 years old in Provo (epidural cranial hematoma).

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Top birth years

13 1990
11 1944
11 1972
10 1994
9 1966

Birthdays by gender

366 Male
126 Female

Top birth places

5 London
5 Berlin
5 Brooklyn
4 Chicago
4 Moscow

Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn