April 28th, 1928

Born on April 28th, 1928

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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, the building 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, walked into his high school and opened fire, 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 an explosive decompression in flight 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 to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War, seven years after fighting in that conflict 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 1923 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

British troops surrendered the fortress of Bednore in southwestern India to French-Mysore 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 in terms of 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, 1928

69

Eugene Merle Shoemaker

American geologist and astronomer

*April 28th, 1928, Los Angeles †July 18th, 1997, Alice Springs

34

Yves Klein

20th century French visual artist

*April 28th, 1928, Nice †June 6th, 1962, Paris

94

Manuel Muñoz

Chilean footballer

*April 28th, 1928, Tocopilla †December 17th, 2022, Arica

67

Charlene Holt

American actress (1928–1996)

*April 28th, 1928, Snyder †April 5th, 1996, Williamson County

72

Leah Rabin

Wife of Prime Minister of Israel (1928-2000)

*April 28th, 1928, Königsberg †November 12th, 2000, Petah Tikva

90

Vitelio Ruiz Hernández

Cuban linguist

*April 28th, 1928, Santiago de Cuba †April 15th, 2019, Santiago de Cuba

76

Kamalesh Maitra

Indian musician

*April 28th, 1928, British Raj †April 22nd, 2005, Kreischa

93

Heinz Lieven

Actor

*April 28th, 1928, Blankenese †September 27th, 2021, Hamburg

83

Georges Kwaïter

Melkite archbishop of Saida (1928-2011)

*April 28th, 1928, Damascus †July 26th, 2011

91

Ivan Kizimov

Equestrian

*April 28th, 1928, Novocherkassk †September 22nd, 2019

65

Jürgen Frohriep

German actor (1928-1993)

*April 28th, 1928, Rostock †July 13th, 1993, Berlin

69

Jaromír Borek

Austrian actor (1928-1997)

*April 28th, 1928, Vienna †December 15th, 1997, Vienna

89

Hubert Damisch

French philosopher

*April 28th, 1928, 16th arrondissement of Paris †December 14th, 2017, 6th arrondissement of Paris

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Who's birthday is on April 28th?

28

Melanie Martinez

American singer-songwriter

*April 28th, 1995, Astoria

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

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

89

Harper Lee

American author

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

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

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

82

Max Amling

German politician (SPD) (1934-2017)

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

93

Jürgen Ahrend

German organ builder

*April 28th, 1930, Geismar

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

49

Penélope Cruz

Spanish actress

*April 28th, 1974, Alcobendas

50

Roberto Bolaño

Chilean author

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

56

Kevin Jubinville

Canadian actor

*April 28th, 1967, Kingston

66

Terry Pratchett

English fantasy author (1948–2015)

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

71

Kurt Gödel

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

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

88

Evangelina Elizondo

Mexican actress (1929-2017)

*April 28th, 1929, Mexico City †October 2nd, 2017, Mexico City

82

Lucien Aimar

French racing cyclist

*April 28th, 1941, Hyères

56

Kari Wuhrer

American actress (b. 1967)

*April 28th, 1967, Brookfield

91

Bhanu Athaiya

Indian costume designer and painter (1929–2020)

*April 28th, 1929, Kolhapur †October 15th, 2020, Mumbai

42

Ian Murdock

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

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

42

Jessica Alba

American actress and businesswoman (born 1981)

*April 28th, 1981, Pomona

78

Hugh Ross

Scottish actor

*April 28th, 1945, Glasgow

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Born in 1928

89

Egil Monn-Iversen

Norwegian composer, conductor and producer

*April 14th, 1928, Oslo †July 7th, 2017, Oslo

88

Søren Elung Jensen

Actor (1928-2017)

*July 7th, 1928, Odense †January 22nd, 2017, Hellerup

95

Noam Chomsky

American linguist and activist (born 1928)

*December 7th, 1928, East Oak Lane

39

Che Guevara

Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)

*June 14th, 1928, Rosario †October 9th, 1967, La Higuera

86

Maya Angelou

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

*April 4th, 1928, St. Louis †May 28th, 2014, Winston-Salem

95

Aníbal Abreu

Venezuelan composer

*December 14th, 1928, Caracas

77

Heinz Melkus

German racing driver (1928-2005)

*April 20th, 1928, Dresden †September 5th, 2005, Dresden

86

Horst Köbbert

German television presenter (1928-2014)

*February 12th, 1928, Rostock †July 11th, 2014, Rostock

77

Axel Strøbye

Danish film actor

*February 22nd, 1928, Frederiksberg †July 12th, 2005, Copenhagen

80

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

81

Inge Taubert

German historian

*October 11th, 1928, Zwickau †December 19th, 2009, Raschau-Markersbach

71

Rigobert Günther

German historian of classical antiquity (1928-2000)

*May 18th, 1928, Magdeburg †April 2nd, 2000, Leipzig

95

Jean-Marie Le Pen

French politician

*June 20th, 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer

89

Alberto Zedda

Italian conductor (1928-2017)

*January 2nd, 1928, Milan †March 6th, 2017, Pesaro

89

Bengt Gustavsson

Swedish footballer (1928-2017)

*January 13th, 1928, Ringarum †February 16th, 2017, Norrköping

89

Bab Christensen

Norwegian actress (1928-2017)

*January 8th, 1928, Oslo †April 10th, 2017, Oslo

91

Hosni Mubarak

President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011

*May 4th, 1928, Kafr el-Muṣīlḥa †February 25th, 2020, Cairo

95

Frank Borman

American astronaut

*March 14th, 1928, Gary †November 7th, 2023, Billings

58

Andy Warhol

American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

*August 6th, 1928, Pittsburgh †February 22nd, 1987, New York City

96

Paul Dooley

American actor, writer, and comedian

*February 22nd, 1928, Parkersburg

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Public holidays on April 28th

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Leap year

Yes: 1928 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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