Today in History: May 28

585BC: A solar eclipse interrupts a battle outside of Sardis in western Turkey between Medes and Lydians. The battle ends in a draw.

1805: Napoleon is crowned in Milan, Italy.

1830: Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to the western Prairie.

1863: The 54th Massachusetts, a regiment of African-American recruits, leaves Boston, headed for Hilton Head, South Carolina.

1859: The French army launches a flanking attack on the Austrian army in Northern France.

1871: The Paris commune is suppressed by troops from Versailles.

1900: Britain annexes the Orange Free State in South Africa.

1940: Belgium surrenders to Germany.

1953: Melody, the first animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor, premiers.

1961: Amnesty International, a human rights organization, is founded.