28 April
Notable Births
Anthony Volpe
b. 2001
American baseball player (born 2001)
Victoria De Angelis
b. 2000
Italian bassist (born 2000)
Alek Thomas
b. 2000
American baseball player (born 2000)
Song Yuvin
b. 1998
South Korean singer (born 1998)
Shane McClanahan
b. 1997
American baseball player (born 1997)
Denzel Ward
b. 1997
American football player (born 1997)
Connor Clifton
b. 1995
American ice hockey player (born 1995)
Melanie Martinez
b. 1995
American singer-songwriter (born 1995)
Jakob Butturff
b. 1994
American ten-pin bowler (born 1994)
Wonpil
b. 1994
South Korean musician (born 1994)
Matt Chapman
b. 1993
American baseball player (born 1993)
Eva Adamczyková
b. 1993
Czech snowboarder (born 1993)
Blake Bortles
b. 1992
American football player (born 1992)
DeMarcus Lawrence
b. 1992
American football player (born 1992)
Emil Salomonsson
b. 1989
Swedish footballer (born 1989)
Kim Sung-kyu
b. 1989
South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
Jonathan Biabiany
b. 1988
French footballer (born 1988)
Juan Mata
b. 1988
Spanish footballer (born 1988)
Andy Flower
b. 1968
Zimbabwean cricket player/coach
Harper Lee
b. 1926
American novelist (1926–2016)
Notable Deaths
Michael Collins (astronaut)
d. 2021
American astronaut (1930–2021)
El Risitas
d. 2021
Spanish comedian and actor (1956–2021)
Richard Lugar
d. 2019
American politician (1932–2019)
John Singleton
d. 2019
American filmmaker (1968–2019)
James Hylton
d. 2018
American stock car racing driver
Mariano Gagnon
d. 2017
American missionary and author
Jenny Diski
d. 2016
English writer
Antônio Abujamra
d. 2015
Brazilian actor and director
Marcia Brown
d. 2015
American children's illustrator and writer (1918–2015)
Michael J. Ingelido
d. 2015
United States Air Force general
Dennis Kamakahi
d. 2014
Hawaiian musician (1953–2014)
Edgar Laprade
d. 2014
Canadian ice hockey player (1919-2014)
Jack Ramsay
d. 2014
American basketball coach and broadcaster (1925–2014)
Idris Sardi
d. 2014
Frederic Schwartz
d. 2014
American architect
Ryan Tandy
d. 2014
Australian rugby league footballer
Brad Lesley
d. 2013
American baseball player (1958–2013)
John C. Reynolds
d. 2013
American computer scientist (1935–2013)
János Starker
d. 2013
Hungarian-American cellist (1924–2013)
Paulo Vanzolini
d. 2013
Brazilian composer and herpetologist (1924–2013)
On This Day in History
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2004
CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.
CBS News
1996
Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
Whitewater controversy
1996
Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
Port Arthur massacre
1994
Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving US secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
Central Intelligence Agency
1991
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of Defense.
Space Shuttle Discovery
1988
Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
Maui
1986
High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
Chernobyl disaster
1983
The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.
Stern (magazine)
1978
The President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
President of Afghanistan
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.
Red Army Faction
1975
General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closes in on victory.
Cao Văn Viên
1973
The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.
The Dark Side of the Moon
1970
Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
Vietnam War
1969
Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
Charles de Gaulle
1967
Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
Vietnam War
1965
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate US Army troops.
Dominican Civil War
1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in order to campaign in the 1952 United States presidential election.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1952
The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
Treaty of San Francisco
1952
The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Treaty of Taipei
1949
The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
Hukbalahap