Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 28
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May 28: Republic Day in Armenia and Azerbaijan
- 585 BC - According to Herodotus, a solar eclipse abruptly ended the Battle of Halys between the Lydians and the Medes.
- 1905 - Japanese forces led by Admiral Togo Heihachiro (pictured) destroyed the Russian Baltic Fleet in the Battle of Tsushima, the decisive naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War.
- 1918 - The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, one of the first democratic republics in the Muslim world, was proclaimed in Ganja.
- 1961 - An article by Peter Benenson was published in newspapers, starting a letter-writing campaign that grew and became Amnesty International.
- 1975 - Sixteen West African countries signed the Treaty of Lagos, establishing the Economic Community of West African States.
