April 28 All Events |
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| April 28th, 2007 (April 28 2007) | Death | Dabbs Greer, American actor (born in 1917) | |
| April 28th, 2007 (April 28 2007) | Death | Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (born in 1929) | |
| April 28th, 2007 (April 28 2007) | Death | Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker, German physicist and philosopher (born in 1912) | Philo Quotes |
| April 28th, 2005 (April 28 2005) | Event | The Patent Law Treaty goes into effect. | |
| April 28th, 2005 (April 28 2005) | Death | Chris Candido, American wrestler (born in 1972) | |
| April 28th, 2005 (April 28 2005) | Death | Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (born in 1923) | |
| April 28th, 2005 (April 28 2005) | Death | Taraki Sivaram, Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka (born in 1959) | |
| April 28th, 2002 (April 28 2002) | Death | Alexander Lebed, Russian general (born in 1950) | |
| April 28th, 2002 (April 28 2002) | Death | Lou Thesz, American wrestler (born in 1916) | |
| April 28th, 2001 (April 28 2001) | Event | Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world s first space tourist. | |
| April 28th, 2000 (April 28 2000) | Death | Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (born in 1916) | |
| April 28th, 2000 (April 28 2000) | Death | Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician (born in 1925) | |
| April 28th, 1999 (April 28 1999) | Death | Rory Calhoun, American actor (born in 1922) | |
| April 28th, 1999 (April 28 1999) | Death | Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1921) | |
| April 28th, 1999 (April 28 1999) | Death | Alf Ramsey, English football manager (born in 1920) | |
| April 28th, 1998 (April 28 1998) | Death | Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (born in 1939) | |
| April 28th, 1997 (April 28 1997) | Event | The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention goes into effect, with Russia, Iraq and North Korea notable nations who have not ratified the treaty. | |
| April 28th, 1996 (April 28 1996) | Event | Whitewater controversy: Bill Clinton gives a 4? hour videotaped testimony for the defense. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
| April 28th, 1996 (April 28 1996) | Event | In Tasmania, Australia, Martin Bryant goes on a shooting spree, killing 35 people and seriously injuring 37 more. | |
| April 28th, 1996 (April 28 1996) | Event | The NHL s Winnipeg Jets play their last game, a 4-1 playoff loss to the Detroit Red Wings. | |
| April 28th, 1994 (April 28 1994) | Event | Former C.I.A. official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia. | |
| April 28th, 1993 (April 28 1993) | Death | Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (born in 1946) | |
| April 28th, 1992 (April 28 1992) | Death | Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (born in 1909) | Francis Bacon Quotes |
| April 28th, 1992 (April 28 1992) | Death | Iceberg Slim, American writer (born in 1918) | |
| April 28th, 1991 (April 28 1991) | Death | Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive (born in 1905) | |
| April 28th, 1988 (April 28 1988) | Event | Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane s fuselage rips open in mid-flight. | |
| April 28th, 1988 (April 28 1988) | Death | B. W. Stevenson, American country singer (born in 1949) | |
| April 28th, 1987 (April 28 1987) | Event | American engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by U.S.-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua. | |
| April 28th, 1986 (April 28 1986) | Event | The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea, on station across the "Line of Death" in the Gulf of Sidra off the coast of Libya. The transit began at 0300 and lasted 12 hours. | |
| April 28th, 1986 (April 28 1986) | Birth | George Nozuka, Canadian Singer/Songwriter | |
| April 28th, 1983 (April 28 1983) | Birth | Roger Johnson, English footballer | |
| April 28th, 1982 (April 28 1982) | Birth | Nikki Grahame, Big Brother 7 Star | |
| April 28th, 1981 (April 28 1981) | Event | Galician current Statute of Autonomy. | |
| April 28th, 1981 (April 28 1981) | Birth | Jessica Alba, American actress | |
| April 28th, 1980 (April 28 1980) | Birth | Josh Howard, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks) | |
| April 28th, 1979 (April 28 1979) | Birth | Bahram Radan, Iranian actor | |
| April 28th, 1978 (April 28 1978) | Event | President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels. | Ghani Khan Quotes |
| April 28th, 1978 (April 28 1978) | Birth | Lauren Laverne, Disc jockey, television presenter and former singer | |
| April 28th, 1978 (April 28 1978) | Death | Sardar Mohammed Daoud, President of Afghanistan (born in 1909) | |
| April 28th, 1977 (April 28 1977) | Event | The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder. | |
| April 28th, 1977 (April 28 1977) | Event | The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed. | |
| April 28th, 1975 (April 28 1975) | Death | Tom Donahue, American FM radio DJ (pioneer, freeform radio) (born in 1928) | |
| April 28th, 1974 (April 28 1974) | Birth | Penelope Cruz, Spanish actress | |
| April 28th, 1974 (April 28 1974) | Birth | Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer | |
| April 28th, 1974 (April 28 1974) | Birth | Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter | |
| April 28th, 1973 (April 28 1973) | Birth | Elisabeth Rohm, American actress | |
| April 28th, 1973 (April 28 1973) | Birth | Jorge Garcia, American actor | |
| April 28th, 1973 (April 28 1973) | Birth | Francisco Palencia, Mexican footballer | |
| April 28th, 1973 (April 28 1973) | Death | Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (born in 1893) | |
| April 28th, 1972 (April 28 1972) | Birth | Joseph Bruce, American musician | |
| April 28th, 1971 (April 28 1971) | Birth | Bridget Moynahan, American actress | |
| April 28th, 1970 (April 28 1970) | Event | Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia. | |
| April 28th, 1970 (April 28 1970) | Birth | Nicklas Lidstrom, Swedish ice hockey player | |
| April 28th, 1970 (April 28 1970) | Birth | Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer | |
| April 28th, 1970 (April 28 1970) | Death | Ed Begley, American actor (born in 1901) | |
| April 28th, 1969 (April 28 1969) | Event | Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France. | Charles de Gaulle Quotes |
| April 28th, 1969 (April 28 1969) | Event | Terence O Neill announces his resignation as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. | |
| April 28th, 1968 (April 28 1968) | Birth | Daisy Berkowitz, American musician (Marilyn Manson) | Marilyn Manson Quotes |
| April 28th, 1968 (April 28 1968) | Birth | Howard Donald, British musician | |
| April 28th, 1968 (April 28 1968) | Birth | Andy Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer | |
| April 28th, 1967 (April 28 1967) | Event | Expo 67 opens to the public in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. | |
| April 28th, 1967 (April 28 1967) | Birth | Kari Wuhrer, American actress | |
| April 28th, 1966 (April 28 1966) | Birth | John Daly, American golfer | |
| April 28th, 1966 (April 28 1966) | Birth | Too Short, American rapper | |
| April 28th, 1965 (April 28 1965) | Event | United States troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops. | |
| April 28th, 1965 (April 28 1965) | Birth | Steven Blum, American voice actor | |
| April 28th, 1964 (April 28 1964) | Birth | Barry Larkin, American baseball player | |
| April 28th, 1964 (April 28 1964) | Birth | Mark Steven Robinson, American director | |
| April 28th, 1964 (April 28 1964) | Birth | Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer | |
| April 28th, 1964 (April 28 1964) | Death | Rolf de Mare, Swedish art collector (born in 1888) | |
| April 28th, 1963 (April 28 1963) | Birth | Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater | |
| April 28th, 1961 (April 28 1961) | Birth | Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer | |
| April 28th, 1960 (April 28 1960) | Birth | John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (died in 2004) | |
| April 28th, 1960 (April 28 1960) | Birth | Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist | |
| April 28th, 1960 (April 28 1960) | Birth | Joel H. Rosenthal American political scientist | |
| April 28th, 1960 (April 28 1960) | Birth | Jon Pall Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (died in 1993) | |
| April 28th, 1960 (April 28 1960) | Birth | Walter Zenga, Italian footballer | |
| April 28th, 1958 (April 28 1958) | Birth | Hal Sutton, American golfer | |
| April 28th, 1957 (April 28 1957) | Birth | Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer | |
| April 28th, 1957 (April 28 1957) | Death | Heinz "Pritzl" Bar, German fighter pilot (born in 1913) | |
| April 28th, 1956 (April 28 1956) | Birth | Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-born singer | |
| April 28th, 1955 (April 28 1955) | Birth | Paul Guilfoyle, American actor | |
| April 28th, 1955 (April 28 1955) | Birth | Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest | |
| April 28th, 1954 (April 28 1954) | Birth | Ron Zook, American Football Coach | |
| April 28th, 1954 (April 28 1954) | Death | Leon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1879) | |
| April 28th, 1953 (April 28 1953) | Birth | Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth) | |
| April 28th, 1953 (April 28 1953) | Birth | Roberto Bolano, Latin American author and poet | Roberto Bolano Quotes |
| April 28th, 1952 (April 28 1952) | Event | Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO. | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
| April 28th, 1952 (April 28 1952) | Event | Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends. | |
| April 28th, 1952 (April 28 1952) | Birth | Mary McDonnell, American actress | |
| April 28th, 1950 (April 28 1950) | Event | Bhumibol Adulyadej marries Queen Sirikit after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19, 1949. | |
| April 28th, 1950 (April 28 1950) | Birth | Jay Leno, American comedian and television host | Jay Leno Quotes |
| April 28th, 1950 (April 28 1950) | Birth | Willie Colon , Puerto Rican salsa legend | |
| April 28th, 1949 (April 28 1949) | Event | Former Philippine First Lady Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and 10 others are also killed. | |
| April 28th, 1949 (April 28 1949) | Birth | Indian Larry, American stuntsman (died in 2004) | |
| April 28th, 1949 (April 28 1949) | Birth | Bruno Kirby, American actor (died in 2006) | |
| April 28th, 1949 (April 28 1949) | Death | Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines (shot) (born in 1888) | |
| April 28th, 1948 (April 28 1948) | Birth | Terry Pratchett, English author | Terry Pratchett Quotes |
| April 28th, 1948 (April 28 1948) | Birth | Marcia Strassman, American actress | |
| April 28th, 1948 (April 28 1948) | Birth | Dorothee Berryman, French Canadian actress and singer | |
| April 28th, 1947 (April 28 1947) | Event | Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia. | |
| April 28th, 1946 (April 28 1946) | Birth | Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress | |
| April 28th, 1946 (April 28 1946) | Death | Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (born in 1870) | |
| April 28th, 1945 (April 28 1945) | Event | Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement. | Benito Mussolini Quotes |
| April 28th, 1945 (April 28 1945) | Death | Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (born in 1882) | Benito Mussolini Quotes |
| April 28th, 1945 (April 28 1945) | Death | Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (shot) (born in 1912) | Benito Mussolini Quotes |
| April 28th, 1945 (April 28 1945) | Death | Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist (born in 1892) | |
| April 28th, 1944 (April 28 1944) | Birth | Elizabeth LeCompte, American theater director | |
| April 28th, 1944 (April 28 1944) | Birth | Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician | |
| April 28th, 1944 (April 28 1944) | Birth | Alice Waters, American chef | |
| April 28th, 1944 (April 28 1944) | Death | Frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (born in 1874) | |
| April 28th, 1943 (April 28 1943) | Birth | Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor | |
| April 28th, 1942 (April 28 1942) | Birth | Mike Brearley, English cricketer | |
| April 28th, 1941 (April 28 1941) | Birth | Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress | |
| April 28th, 1941 (April 28 1941) | Birth | K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel laureate | |
| April 28th, 1941 (April 28 1941) | Birth | Lucien Aimar, French cyclist | |
| April 28th, 1941 (April 28 1941) | Birth | Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet | |
| April 28th, 1938 (April 28 1938) | Birth | Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (died in 1995) | |
| April 28th, 1937 (April 28 1937) | Birth | Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq (died in 2006) | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
| April 28th, 1936 (April 28 1936) | Death | King Fuad I of Egypt (born in 1868) | |
| April 28th, 1934 (April 28 1934) | Birth | Lois Duncan, American novelist | |
| April 28th, 1932 (April 28 1932) | Event | A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans. | |
| April 28th, 1930 (April 28 1930) | Event | The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas. | |
| April 28th, 1930 (April 28 1930) | Birth | James Baker, American politician | |
| April 28th, 1930 (April 28 1930) | Birth | Carolyn Jones, American actress (died in 1983) | |
| April 28th, 1928 (April 28 1928) | Birth | Yves Klein, French painter (died in 1962) | |
| April 28th, 1928 (April 28 1928) | Birth | Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (died in 1997) | |
| April 28th, 1926 (April 28 1926) | Birth | Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer | |
| April 28th, 1926 (April 28 1926) | Birth | Harper Lee, American author | |
| April 28th, 1926 (April 28 1926) | Death | Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (born in 1857) | |
| April 28th, 1925 (April 28 1925) | Birth | T. John Lesinski, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan | |
| April 28th, 1924 (April 28 1924) | Birth | Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor | |
| April 28th, 1924 (April 28 1924) | Birth | Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia | |
| April 28th, 1922 (April 28 1922) | Birth | William Guarnere, WWII Veteran | |
| April 28th, 1922 (April 28 1922) | Birth | Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (died in 1987) | |
| April 28th, 1921 (April 28 1921) | Birth | Rowland Evans, American journalist (died in 2001) | Evans Quotes |
| April 28th, 1920 (April 28 1920) | Event | Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union. | |
| April 28th, 1916 (April 28 1916) | Birth | Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (died in 1993) | |
| April 28th, 1914 (April 28 1914) | Birth | Philip E. High, Science fiction author (died in 2006) | |
| April 28th, 1912 (April 28 1912) | Birth | Odette Sansom, French resistance worker (died in 1995) | |
| April 28th, 1911 (April 28 1911) | Birth | Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (died in 1999) | |
| April 28th, 1910 (April 28 1910) | Birth | Sam Merwin, Jr., American mystery fiction writer (died in 1996) | |
| April 28th, 1908 (April 28 1908) | Birth | Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman (died in 1974) | |
| April 28th, 1906 (April 28 1906) | Birth | Kurt Godel, Austrian mathematician (died in 1978) | |
| April 28th, 1906 (April 28 1906) | Birth | Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (died in 1999) | |
| April 28th, 1905 (April 28 1905) | Death | Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (born in 1835) | |
| April 28th, 1902 (April 28 1902) | Event | Using the ISO 8601 standard Year Zero definition for the Gregorian calendar preceded by the Julian calendar, the one billionth minute since the start of January 1, Year Zero occurs at 10:40 AM on this date. | Julian Quotes |
| April 28th, 1902 (April 28 1902) | Birth | Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (died in 1979) | |
| April 28th, 1900 (April 28 1900) | Birth | Heinrich Muller, head of the Gestapo (disappeared in 1945) | Heinrich Muller Quotes |
| April 28th, 1900 (April 28 1900) | Birth | Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (died in 1992) | |
| April 28th, 1897 (April 28 1897) | Birth | Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (died in 1986) | |
| April 28th, 1889 (April 28 1889) | Birth | Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (died in 1970) | |
| April 28th, 1878 (April 28 1878) | Birth | Lionel Barrymore, American actor (died in 1954) | |
| April 28th, 1874 (April 28 1874) | Birth | Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (died in 1936) | Karl Kraus Quotes |
| April 28th, 1868 (April 28 1868) | Birth | Lucy Booth, the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (died in 1953) | William Booth Quotes |
| April 28th, 1868 (April 28 1868) | Birth | Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (died in 1908) | |
| April 28th, 1865 (April 28 1865) | Death | Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (born in 1787) | |
| April 28th, 1862 (April 28 1862) | Event | American Civil War: Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans, Louisiana. | |
| April 28th, 1858 (April 28 1858) | Death | Johannes Peter Muller, German physiologist (born in 1801) | |
| April 28th, 1853 (April 28 1853) | Death | Ludwig Tieck, German writer (born in 1773) | |
| April 28th, 1841 (April 28 1841) | Death | Peter Chanel, French saint (born in 1803) | |
| April 28th, 1838 (April 28 1838) | Birth | Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel laureate (died in 1913) | |
| April 28th, 1819 (April 28 1819) | Birth | Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (died in 1884) | |
| April 28th, 1816 (April 28 1816) | Death | Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (born in 1862) | Philo Quotes |
| April 28th, 1813 (April 28 1813) | Death | Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (born in 1745) | |
| April 28th, 1796 (April 28 1796) | Event | The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast. | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
| April 28th, 1792 (April 28 1792) | Event | France invades Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium), beginning the French Revolutionary War. | |
| April 28th, 1789 (April 28 1789) | Event | Mutiny on the Bounty, Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island. | |
| April 28th, 1788 (April 28 1788) | Event | Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States. | |
| April 28th, 1781 (April 28 1781) | Death | Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (born in 1723) | |
| April 28th, 1772 (April 28 1772) | Death | Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (born in 1737) | |
| April 28th, 1765 (April 28 1765) | Birth | Sylvestre Francois Lacroix, French mathematician (born in 1834) | |
| April 28th, 1758 (April 28 1758) | Birth | James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (died in 1831) | James Monroe Quotes |
| April 28th, 1741 (April 28 1741) | Death | Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman (born in 1668) | |
| April 28th, 1726 (April 28 1726) | Death | Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (born in 1653) | |
| April 28th, 1716 (April 28 1716) | Death | Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (born in 1673) | |
| April 28th, 1715 (April 28 1715) | Birth | Franz Sparry, composer (died in 1767) | |
| April 28th, 1710 (April 28 1710) | Death | Thomas Betterton, English actor | |
| April 28th, 1695 (April 28 1695) | Death | Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (born in 1621) | Henry Vaughan Quotes |
| April 28th, 1686 (April 28 1686) | Birth | Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (died in 1721) | |
| April 28th, 1630 (April 28 1630) | Birth | Charles Cotton, English poet (died in 1687) | |
| April 28th, 1611 (April 28 1611) | Event | Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the oldest existing university in Asia and the largest Catholic university in the world. | |
| April 28th, 1545 (April 28 1545) | Birth | Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (died in 1598) | |
| April 28th, 1533 (April 28 1533) | Death | Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (born in 1461) | |
| April 28th, 1498 (April 28 1498) | Death | Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician | |
| April 28th, 1442 (April 28 1442) | Birth | King Edward IV of England (died in 1483) | |
| April 28th, 1253 (April 28 1253) | Event | Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism. | |
| April 28th, 1192 (April 28 1192) | Event | Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin. | |
| April 28th, 1192 (April 28 1192) | Death | Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (born in mid 1140s) | |
