April 28th, 1978

Born on April 28th, 1978

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What happened on April 28th, 1978?

April 28th, 1978

The President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Afghanistan

What else 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.

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

Born on April 28th, 1978

45

Lauren Laverne

English radio DJ, model, television presenter

*April 28th, 1978, Sunderland

45

Drew Scott

Canadian actor, realtor, and entrepreneur

*April 28th, 1978, Vancouver

45

Nate Richert

American actor

*April 28th, 1978, Saint Paul

45

Dave Power

Film actor from the United States

*April 28th, 1978, Rutherford

45

Andreas Jancke

German actor

*April 28th, 1978, Hilden

45

Catalina Aristizábal

Colombian actresses

*April 28th, 1978, Medellín

45

Robert Oliveri

American actor

*April 28th, 1978, Los Angeles

45

Laura Niles

American actress

*April 28th, 1978, Los Angeles

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

43

Bradley Wiggins

British former professional road and track racing cyclist

*April 28th, 1980, Ghent

42

Jessica Alba

American actress and businesswoman (born 1981)

*April 28th, 1981, Pomona

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

44

Sharman Joshi

Indian actor

*April 28th, 1979, Mumbai

56

Kevin Jubinville

Canadian actor

*April 28th, 1967, Kingston

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

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

56

Kari Wuhrer

American actress (b. 1967)

*April 28th, 1967, Brookfield

35

Juan Mata

Spanish football player

*April 28th, 1988, Villafranca Montes de Oca

54

Pier Silvio Berlusconi

Italian entrepreneur in the media business

*April 28th, 1969, Milan

43

Karolina Gočeva

Macedonian singer

*April 28th, 1980, Bitola

50

Roberto Bolaño

Chilean author

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

74

Paul Guilfoyle

American actor (born in 1949)

*April 28th, 1949, Boston

32

Katja Schroffenegger

Italian footballer

*April 28th, 1991, Bolzano

44

Scott Fujita

American football player (born 1979)

*April 28th, 1979, Camarillo

50

Pauleta

Portuguese footballer (born 1973)

*April 28th, 1973, Ponta Delgada

66

Terry Pratchett

English fantasy author (1948–2015)

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

50

Marc Schneider

American rower

*April 28th, 1973, Lubbock

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

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Born on April 28th, 1978
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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