April 28

is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining.

Events

1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, only days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
1253 - 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.
1788 - Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
1789 - Mutiny on the HMS 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.
1796 - The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
1862 - American Civil War: Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans, Louisiana.
1920 - Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
1930 - The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.
1932 - A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
1945 - Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by members of the Italian resistance movement.
1947 - Thor Heyerdahl and five crewmates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
1950 - King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej, got married with his queen, Queen Sirikit, after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19, 1949.
1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO.
1952 - Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends.
1965 - United States troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. citizens.
1967 - Expo 67 opens in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
1970 - Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.
1977 - 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.
1977 - The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.
1978 - President of Afghanistan Mohammed Daoud Khan is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
1981 - Galician current Statute of Autonomy.
1986 - 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 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.
1987 - U.S. engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by U.S.-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua.
1988 - Near Maui, Hawaii, a flight attendant is sucked out of Aloha Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when an upper part of the plane's cabin area rips off in mid-flight. Metal fatigue is later found to be the cause of the failure.
1994 - Former Central Intelligence Agency official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
1996 - Whitewater scandal: President Bill Clinton gives 4 1/2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
1996 - Port Arthur massacre: Martin Bryant kills 35 people and wounds another 18 in Tasmania, Australia.
1997 - The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention goes into effect. Russia, Iraq and North Korea were notable nations who had not ratified the treaty.
2001 - Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.
2003 - Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store launches, selling 1 million songs in its first week.
2005 - The Patent Law Treaty goes into effect.

Births

1442 - King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
1545 - Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)
1630 - Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
1686 - Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
1715 - Franz Sparry, composer (d. 1767)
1758 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
1819 - Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
1838 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel laureate (d. 1913)
1868 - Lucy Booth, the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1953)
1874 - Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
1878 - Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)
1886 - Ğabdulla Tuqay, Russian poet (d. 1913)
1889 - António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (d. 1970)
1900 - Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (d. 1992)
1903 - Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
1906 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
1906 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)
1908 - Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman (d. 1974)
1912 - Odette Sansom, French resistance worker (d. 1995)
1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
1921 - Rowland Evans, American journalist (d. 2001)
1924 - Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
1926 - Harper Lee, American author
1928 - Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
1928 - Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
1930 - James Baker, American politician
1930 - Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
1937 - Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq
1938 - Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (d. 1995)
1941 - Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
1941 - K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1943 - Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
1944 - Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician
1944 - Alice Waters, American chef
1948 - Terry Pratchett, English author
1948 - Marcia Strassman, American actress
1949 - Indian Larry, American stuntsman
1950 - Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
1952 - Mary McDonnell, American actress
1953 - Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
1955 - Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
1955 - Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
1956 - Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-born singer
1958 - Hal Sutton, American golfer
1960 - John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
1964 - Barry Larkin, Baseball player
1966 - John Daly, American golfer
1966 - $hort" target="_blank" >^*, American rapper
1968 - Daisy Berkowitz, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
1970 - Nicklas Lidström, Swedish hockey player
1970 - Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer
1973 - Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
1973 - Jorge Garcia, American actor
1974 - Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
1974 - Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
1974 - Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter
1980 - Josh Howard, Basketball player (Dallas Mavericks)
1981 - Jessica Alba, American actress

Deaths

1192 - Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s), fatally stabbed by Hashshashin at Tyre.
1498 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)
1533 - Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
1695 - Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
1710 - Thomas Betterton, English actor
1726 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)
1772 - Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)
1781 - Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)
1813 - Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
1816 - Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)
1841 - Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)
1853 - Ludwig Tieck, German writer (b. 1773)
1858 - Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)
1905 - Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)
1926 - Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
1936 - King Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868)
1944 - Frank Knox, Former Secretary of the Navy and vice presidential candidate (b. 1874)
1945 - Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (b. 1882)
1945 - Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (shot) (b. 1912)
1945 - Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist (b. 1892)
1954 - Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879)
1973 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
1978 - Sardar Mohammed Daoud, President of Afghanistan (shot) (b. 1909)
1992 - Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (b. 1909)
1992 - Iceberg Slim, American writer (b. 1918)
1993 - Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (b. 1946)
1999 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (b. 1922)
1999 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
1999 - Sir Alf Ramsey, English football manager, World Cup winning manager 1966
2000 - Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (b. 1916)
2002 - Alexander Lebed, Russian general (b. 1950)
2002 - Lou Thesz, American wrestler (b. 1916)
2005 - Chris Candido, professional wrestler (b. 1972)

Holidays and observances

Roman Empire - first day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.
Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Jamál (Beauty) - First day of the third month of the Bahá'í Calendar.
National Day of Mourning in Canada to commemorate workers killed, injured, or suffering illness due to occupational hazards and accidents.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work, which developed from the Canadian observance.
Arbor Day - legal state holiday in Nebraska, USA.
Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
National Heroes Day - public holiday in Barbados in honor of men and women who played a significant role in the island nation's history, such as Sir Garfield Sobers.

External links

BBC: On This Day

April 27 - April 29 - March 28 - May 28 – listing of all days

Gourt Home::Gourt :: April 28

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