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2026-05-28: How a glamorous Cincinnati-area nightclub became a mass fatality fire on Memorial Day weekend — 164 dead, overcapacity Cabaret Room, and a legacy of ignored safety warnings
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- Nancy Titterton Murder Conviction — May 28, 1936 — 1936-05-28
John Fiorenza convicted of the rape-strangulation of high-society novelist Nancy Titterton in her Beekman Place townhouse. A single horsehair from the bedspread — traced to the upholstery shop where Fiorenza worked — helped secure the conviction and execution in the pre-DNA era.
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- Phil Hartman Murdered by Wife — May 28, 1998 — 1998-05-28
Comedian and actor Phil Hartman (SNL, NewsRadio, Simpsons voice) shot and killed by wife Brynn in their Encino, California home, after which Brynn killed herself. Hartman was 49. The murder-suicide shocked the comedy world and Hollywood.
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- Carl Edward Roland Crane Standoff — May 28, 2005 — 2005-05-28
Carl Edward Roland, suspected of strangling ex-girlfriend Jennifer Gonzalez, perched on an 18-story construction crane above Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood for three days before police brought him down with a stun gun.
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- Ahmadiyya Mosque Massacre — May 28, 2010 — 2010-05-28
Coordinated terrorist attacks on two Ahmadiyya mosques in Lahore, Pakistan killed 94 people and injured more than 120 during Friday prayers.
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- A single horsehair helps convict the killer of Nancy Titterton , History.com
"A single horsehair helps convict the killer of Nancy Titterton," History.com. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-28/a-single-horsehair-uncovers-a-murderer
- Comic Phil Hartman killed by wife , History.com
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