May 28: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 585 BCA solar eclipse predicted by Thales occurred while the Medes and Lydians were fighting in Anatolia.
2. 1892Nature enthusiast John Muir founded the environmental organization Sierra Club in San Francisco.
3. 1907The legendary Isle of Man TT motorcycle races were held for the first time.
4. 1932The giant Afsluitdijk sea barrier was completed in the Netherlands.
5. 1936Alan Turing submitted his paper 'On Computable Numbers', regarded as a cornerstone of computer science, to a journal.

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