April 28th, 1898

Born on April 28th, 1898

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, 1898

72

Ernst Lemmer

German journalist and politician (1898-1970)

*April 28th, 1898, Remscheid †August 18th, 1970, Berlin

47

August Hirt

German anatomist and SS officer (1898-1945)

*April 28th, 1898, Mannheim †June 2nd, 1945, Schluchsee

73

Grantley Herbert Adams

Barbadian politician (1898-1971)

*April 28th, 1898, Saint Michael †November 28th, 1971, Saint Michael

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 28th?

29

Melanie Martinez

American singer-songwriter

*April 28th, 1995, Astoria

71

Kurt Gödel

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

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

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

45

Heinrich Müller

German police official and head of the Gestapo (1900–1945)

*April 28th, 1900, Munich †May 1st, 1945, Berlin

64

Maurice Thorez

French politician (1900-1964)

*April 28th, 1900, Noyelles-Godault †July 11th, 1964, Black Sea

91

Robert Anderson

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

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

92

Jan Hendrik Oort

Dutch astronomer (1900–1992)

*April 28th, 1900, Franeker †November 5th, 1992, Leiden

50

Penélope Cruz

Spanish actress

*April 28th, 1974, Alcobendas

89

Harper Lee

American author

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

57

Kevin Jubinville

Canadian actor

*April 28th, 1967, Kingston

73

James Monroe

President of the United States from 1817 to 1825

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

75

Paul Guilfoyle

American actor (born in 1949)

*April 28th, 1949, Boston

82

Max Amling

German politician (SPD) (1934-2017)

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

50

Roberto Bolaño

Chilean author

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

66

Terry Pratchett

English fantasy author (1948–2015)

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

66

Oskar Schindler

German industrialist and Holocaust rescuer

*April 28th, 1908, Svitavy †October 9th, 1974, Hildesheim

57

Kari Wuhrer

American actress (b. 1967)

*April 28th, 1967, Brookfield

42

Ian Murdock

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

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

Same year
Born in 1898

83

Marta Linz

Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor

*December 21st, 1898, Budapest †January 11th, 1982, Berlin

72

Johannes S. Andersen

Norwegian criminal, businessman and resistance fighter during the Second World War

*July 9th, 1898, Oslo †July 29th, 1970, Horten

78

Franz Altheim

German historian (1898-1976)

*October 6th, 1898, Frankfurt †October 17th, 1976, Münster

77

Ernst Meyer

German historian of classical antiquity (1898-1975)

*February 21st, 1898, Pinneberg †November 18th, 1975, Zürich

50

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

*January 10th, 1898, Riga †February 11th, 1948, Moscow

77

Paul Robeson

American singer, actor, and political activist (1898–1976)

*April 9th, 1898, Princeton †January 23rd, 1976, Philadelphia

58

Bertolt Brecht

German poet, playwright, theatre director (1898-1956)

*February 10th, 1898, Augsburg †August 14th, 1956, East Berlin

94

Shirley Booth

American actress (1898–1992)

*August 30th, 1898, Brooklyn †October 16th, 1992, Chatham

38

Federico García Lorca

Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director (1898–1936)

*June 5th, 1898, Fuente Vaqueros †July 31st, 1936, Víznar

78

Alvar Aalto

Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)

*February 3rd, 1898, Kuortane †May 11th, 1976, Helsinki

80

Golda Meir

Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974

*April 21st, 1898, Ukraine †December 8th, 1978, Jerusalem

89

Giuseppe Saragat

5th President of Italy (1898-1988)

*September 19th, 1898, Turin †June 11th, 1988, Rome

42

Agnes Ayres

American actress (1892–1940)

*April 4th, 1898, Carbondale †December 25th, 1940, Los Angeles

38

George Gershwin

American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

*September 26th, 1898, Brooklyn †July 11th, 1937, Hollywood

44

Stephen Vincent Benét

American poet, short story writer, novelist

*July 22nd, 1898, Bethlehem †March 13th, 1943, New York City

71

Helene Wessel

German politician (1898-1969)

*July 6th, 1898, Hörde †October 13th, 1969, Bonn

76

Umm Kulthum

Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress

*December 31st, 1898, Tamay Ez-Zahayra †February 3rd, 1975, Cairo

72

Theodor Lohrmann

German association football player

*September 7th, 1898, Heidelberg †September 4th, 1971

70

Marianne von Angern

German author

*August 24th, 1898, Sopron †January 1st, 1969, Aachen

81

Herbert Marcuse

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)

*July 19th, 1898, Berlin †July 29th, 1979, Starnberg

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.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1898 is a normal year and no leap year.

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