What happend on 28th May

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1975

Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, thus creating the Economic Community of West African States.

1974

Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.

1969

Sound engineer Glyn Johns mixes the second of the Beatles Bootlegs.

1964

The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed.

1961

Peter Benenson's article "The Forgotten Prisoners" is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.

1942

World War II: In retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazis in Czechoslovakia kill over 1800 people.

1940

World War II: Belgium surrenders to Germany.

1940

World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik. First allied infantry victory in WW2.

1937

Neville Chamberlain becomes British Prime Minister.

1937

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, DC, who pushes a button signaling the start of vehicle traffic over the span.