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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, 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, 1987 (April 28 1987) | Event | American engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by U.S.-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua. | |
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, 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, 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, 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, 1937 (April 28 1937) | Birth | Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq (died in 2006) | Saddam Hussein Quotes |
April 28th, 1897 (April 28 1897) | Birth | Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (died in 1986) | |