On This Day | 28 May

On this day:

1937: Volkswagen (VW) is founded

1961: Amnesty International is founded

1963: Estimated 22,000 die in a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal (India)

1998: Pakistan responds to a series of Indian nuclear tests with five of its own, prompting many countries to impose economic sanctions.

Born on this day:

1883: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian independence activist and writer (The Indian War of Independence), born in Bhagur, India

1946: Satchidanandan, Indian poet

Gone on this day:

2014: Maya Angelou, American author, poet, actress, director