April 28th, 1976

Born on April 28th, 1976

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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, 1976

47

Jamal Williams

American football player, defensive lineman, nose tackle

*April 28th, 1976, Washington, D.C.

47

Promoe

Swedish rapper

*April 28th, 1976, Västerås

47

Shane Jurgensen

Australian cricketer

*April 28th, 1976, Redcliffe

47

Milton Rodríguez

Colombian footballer

*April 28th, 1976, Cali

47

Joseph N'Do

Cameroonian footballer

*April 28th, 1976, Yaoundé

47

Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse

American actor

*April 28th, 1976, South Dakota

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

28

Melanie Martinez

American singer-songwriter

*April 28th, 1995, Astoria

49

Penélope Cruz

Spanish actress

*April 28th, 1974, Alcobendas

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

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

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

43

Bradley Wiggins

British former professional road and track racing cyclist

*April 28th, 1980, Ghent

56

Kevin Jubinville

Canadian actor

*April 28th, 1967, Kingston

56

Kari Wuhrer

American actress (b. 1967)

*April 28th, 1967, Brookfield

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

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

54

Pier Silvio Berlusconi

Italian entrepreneur in the media business

*April 28th, 1969, Milan

35

Juan Mata

Spanish football player

*April 28th, 1988, Villafranca Montes de Oca

44

Sharman Joshi

Indian actor

*April 28th, 1979, Mumbai

50

Roberto Bolaño

Chilean author

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

50

Pauleta

Portuguese footballer (born 1973)

*April 28th, 1973, Ponta Delgada

74

Paul Guilfoyle

American actor (born in 1949)

*April 28th, 1949, Boston

50

Marc Schneider

American rower

*April 28th, 1973, Lubbock

53

Diego Pablo Simeone

Argentine association football player and manager

*April 28th, 1970, Buenos Aires

48

Houda Rihani

Moroccan actress

*April 28th, 1975, Casablanca

66

Terry Pratchett

English fantasy author (1948–2015)

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

32

Katja Schroffenegger

Italian footballer

*April 28th, 1991, Bolzano

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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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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Born on April 28th, 1976
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Leap year

Yes: 1976 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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