Event:
Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission
More Notable Events on May 28:
1987 Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot
1982 Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain
1951 Willie Mays gets his 1st major league hit, a home run
1928 Dodge Brothers Inc. and Chrysler Corp. merged
1892 Sierra Club forms by John Muir for conservation of nature
