April 28th, 1868

Born on April 28th, 1868

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 28th?

April 28th, 2008

The 1,388-foot-tall (423.2 m) Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, with the world's highest residence above ground level at the time, held its grand opening.

April 28th, 1999

A 14-year-old former student in Taber, Alberta, opened fire at his high school, killing one student and wounding another in Canada's first fatal school shooting in more than two decades.

April 28th, 1988

Aloha Airlines Flight 243 experienced explosive decompression while airborne between Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii, with one fatality as a flight attendant was ejected from the aircraft.

April 28th, 1983

The West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.

April 28th, 1973

The album The Dark Side of the Moon by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd entered the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, on which it spent a record 942 weeks.

April 28th, 1971

Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid condemned the capitalist "rat race" in his inaugural address as Rector of the University of Glasgow.

April 28th, 1952

Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei, officially ending the Second Sino-Japanese War seven years after fighting ended due to World War II.

April 28th, 1945

World War II: Benito Mussolini, the deposed fascist dictator of Italy, was executed by partisans in Giulino.

April 28th, 1941

World War II: Presaging a campaign of genocide against the Serbs of Croatia, around 190 people were massacred by members of the Ustaše movement in Gudovac.

April 28th, 1923

The FA Cup final (crowd and police pictured) between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United was held on the opening day of the Empire Stadium in London.

April 28th, 1910

Frenchman Louis Paulhan landed his biplane at Manchester (pictured), having departed from London the previous day, to win the world's first long-distance air race

April 28th, 1789

Fletcher Christian, the acting lieutenant on board the Royal Navy ship Bounty, led a mutiny against the commander William Bligh in the South Pacific.

April 28th, 1783

Second Anglo-Mysore War: British troops surrendered the fortress of Bednore in southwestern India to French and Mysorean forces; many of the prisoners were later murdered.

April 28th, 1611

The University of Santo Tomas in Manila, one of the oldest existing universities in Asia and one of the world's largest Catholic universities by enrollment, was founded.

April 28th, 1253

The Japanese monk Nichiren declared the mantra Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, now a central part of Nichiren Buddhism.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 28th

Born on April 28th, 1868

72

Émile Bernard

French painter (1868-1941)

*April 28th, 1868, Lille †April 16th, 1941, Paris

51

Hermann Lietz

German educationist

*April 28th, 1868, Putbus †June 12th, 1919, Haubinda

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Who's birthday is on April 28th?

28

Melanie Martinez

American singer-songwriter

*April 28th, 1995, Astoria

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

81

António de Oliveira Salazar

Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)

*April 28th, 1889, Vimieiro (Santa Comba Dão) †July 27th, 1970, Lisbon

73

James Monroe

President of the United States from 1817 to 1825

*April 28th, 1758, Monroe Hall †July 4th, 1831, New York City

49

Penélope Cruz

Spanish actress

*April 28th, 1974, Alcobendas

71

Kurt Gödel

Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978)

*April 28th, 1906, Brno †January 14th, 1978, Princeton

56

Kevin Jubinville

Canadian actor

*April 28th, 1967, Kingston

72

Sidney Toler

American actor, playwright and theatre director (1874-1947)

*April 28th, 1874, Warrensburg †February 12th, 1947, Beverly Hills

91

Robert Anderson

American playwright, screenwriter, and theater producer (1917-2009)

*April 28th, 1917, Manhattan †February 9th, 2009, Manhattan

74

Paul Guilfoyle

American actor (born in 1949)

*April 28th, 1949, Boston

89

Harper Lee

American author

*April 28th, 1926, Monroeville †February 19th, 2016, Monroeville

62

Karl Kraus

Austrian playwright and publicist

*April 28th, 1874, Jičín †June 12th, 1936, Vienna

50

Roberto Bolaño

Chilean author

*April 28th, 1953, Santiago †July 15th, 2003, Barcelona

76

Lionel Barrymore

American actor, director, screenwriter (1878–1954)

*April 28th, 1878, Philadelphia †November 15th, 1954, Van Nuys

33

Antonio Reverte

Spanish matador (1870-1903)

*April 28th, 1870, Seville Province †September 13th, 1903, Madrid

82

Max Amling

German politician (SPD) (1934-2017)

*April 28th, 1934, Eibelstadt †April 7th, 2017, Friedberg

66

Terry Pratchett

English fantasy author (1948–2015)

*April 28th, 1948, Beaconsfield †March 12th, 2015, Broad Chalke

42

Jessica Alba

American actress and businesswoman (born 1981)

*April 28th, 1981, Pomona

42

Ian Murdock

American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015)

*April 28th, 1973, Constance †December 28th, 2015, San Francisco

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Born in 1868

72

Eduard Norden

German classical philologist and historian (1868–1941)

*September 21st, 1868, Emden †July 13th, 1941, Zürich

80

Eustace Miles

British real tennis player

*September 22nd, 1868, Hampstead †December 20th, 1948, London

55

Emanuel Hegenbarth

German painter (1868-1923)

*January 14th, 1868, Česká Kamenice †July 18th, 1923, Dresden

95

W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

*February 23rd, 1868, Great Barrington †August 27th, 1963, Accra

58

Gaston Leroux

French author and journalist

*May 6th, 1868, Paris †April 15th, 1927, Nice

86

Paul Claudel

French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955)

*August 6th, 1868, Villeneuve-sur-Fère †February 23rd, 1955, Paris

77

George Arliss

English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker (1868–1946)

*April 10th, 1868, London †February 5th, 1946, London

50

Edmond Rostand

French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)

*April 1st, 1868, Marseille †December 2nd, 1918, Paris

50

Nicholas II of Russia

Emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917

*May 6th, 1868, Pushkin †July 17th, 1918, Yekaterinburg

51

Eleanor H. Porter

American novelist

*December 19th, 1868, Littleton †May 21st, 1920, Cambridge

65

Albrecht von Graefe

German politician (1868-1933)

*January 1st, 1868, Berlin †April 18th, 1933, Goldebee

65

Fritz Haber

German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize

*December 9th, 1868, Wrocław †January 29th, 1934, Basel

43

Robert Falcon Scott

Royal Navy officer and explorer

*June 6th, 1868, Plymouth †March 29th, 1912, Ross Ice Shelf

77

Heinrich Reineke

German politician (1868–1945)

*August 2nd, 1868, Pivitsheide V. L. †October 1st, 1945, Groß Nemerow

75

Karl Landsteiner

Austrian biologist, physician and Nobel Prize laureate

*June 14th, 1868, Vienna †June 26th, 1943, New York City

49

Scott Joplin

American composer, musician, and pianist

*March 31st, 1868, Texarkana †April 1st, 1917, New York City

68

Maxim Gorky

Russian writer (1868–1936)

*March 16th, 1868, Nizhny Novgorod †June 18th, 1936, Gorki-10

76

Paul Otlet

Belgian author, librarian and anti-colonial thinker

*August 23rd, 1868, City of Brussels †December 10th, 1944, City of Brussels

98

John Nance Garner

Vice president of the United States from 1933 to 1941

*November 22nd, 1868, Red River County †November 7th, 1967, Uvalde

85

Robert A. Millikan

American physicist

*March 22nd, 1868, Morrison †December 19th, 1953, San Marino

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Workers' Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work) which are celebrated on April 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1868 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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