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Today in American History - May 28

By Martin Kelly, About.com

Events:


1539 - Hernando de Soto landed in Florida.

1829 - The Indian Removal Act was passed. It gave Indians perpetual title to western lands.

1976 - The United States and the Soviet Union signed a five-year agreement to limit underground nuclear explosions.

Births:


1818 - Pierre Gustave Toutant (P.G.T.) Beauregard, Confederate General and hero of Fort Sumter.

1923 - Henry Kissinger

Deaths:


1843 - Noah Webster

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