On this day: May 28

National days on this date

• Azerbaijan Republic DayA national holiday marking the 1918 proclamation of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.

Births

1. 1925 Bülent Ecevit 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey (1925–2006)
2. 1927 Habil Aliyev Azerbaijani musician (1927–2015)
3. 1947 Franghiz Ali-Zadeh Azerbaijani composer
4. 1963 Zemfira Meftakhetdinova Azerbaijani sports shooter
5. 1986 Ruslan Tumenbaev Olympic wrestler
6. 1995 Loren Alfonso Cuban-Azerbaijani boxer

Deaths

1. 1968 Fyodor Okhlopkov Hero of the Soviet Union (1908-1968)