On this day: May 28

May 28: Republic Day in Armenia and Azerbaijan (both 1918); Yom Yerushalayim in Israel (2014)

• 628 – Li Shimin defeated and captured Dou Jiande in the Battle of Hulao, leading to a Tang Dynasty victory in the civil war that followed the collapse of the Sui Dynasty.
• 1644 – English Civil War: Royalist troops allegedly slaughtered up to 1,600 people during their storm and capture of the Town of Bolton.
• 1936 – English mathematician Alan Turing introduced the Turing machine (model pictured), a basic abstract symbol-manipulating device that can simulate the logic of any computer algorithm.
• 1975 – Sixteen West African countries signed the Treaty of Lagos, establishing the Economic Community of West African States to promote economic integration.
• 2002 – An independent commission appointed by the English Football Association voted, two-to-one, to allow Wimbledon F.C. to relocate from London to Milton Keynes.

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