May 28 Birthday
May 28, 1937: The Golden Gate Bridge opened to pedestrian traffic. 200,000 people walked across it on the first day. The bridge took four years to build, cost $35 million, and had been declared impossible by many engineers. The chief engineer, Joseph Strauss, had never designed anything larger than a drawbridge. Eleven men died during construction — ten when a scaffolding platform fell. The safety net below caught 19 men, who became known as the "Halfway to Hell Club.". People born on May 28 fall under the zodiac sign of Gemini. The birthstone is Emerald and the birth flower is Lily of the Valley. Historical events on May 28 include 1937: Golden Gate Bridge opens, 1934: Dionne quintuplets born, 1998: Pakistan tests nuclear weapons. Famous people born on May 28 include Ian Fleming (1908), Gladys Knight (1944), Kylie Minogue (1968).