April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar , with 247 days remaining.
- 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 Japan ese 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.
- David Farragut captures New Orleans, Louisiana .
- 1867 - Pi Beta Phi Fraternity For Women founded at Monmouth College in Monmouth , Illinois
- 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 Human s.
- 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 - 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 .
- 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 Assassin ated in a Coup led by pro- Communist rebels.
- 1980 - Nintendo releases their first Game & Watch game, Ball .
- 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 US -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.
- 1990 - After 6,137 performances, the Broadway musical '' A Chorus Line '' closes.
- 1994 - Former Central Intelligence Agency Official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia .
- Bill Clinton gives 4 1/2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
- 1996 - 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 - Millionnaire 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.
- 1442 - King Edward IV Of England (d. 1483 )
- 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, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (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 and anti-Nazi resistance worker (d. 1974 )
- 1912 - Odette Sansom , French resistance worker (d. 1995 )
- 1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini , Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993 )
- 1921 - Rowland Evans , American journalist and commentator (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 Prize laureate
- 1943 - Jacques Dutronc , French singer and actor
- 1944 - Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe , Belgian politician
- 1948 - Terry Pratchett , English author
- 1948 - Marcia Strassman , American actress
- 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 )
- 1966 - John Daly , American golfer
- 1966 - Too , 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
- 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 )
- 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 )
- 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 )
April 27 - April 29 - March 28 - May 28 – Listing Of All Days
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