What Happened On April 28

What Happened On Apr 28 Events

1760 Apr 28 Battle Of Sainte-Foy
The Battle of Sainte-Foy, sometimes called the Battle of Quebec, was fought on April 28, 1760 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada during the Seven Years' War (called the French and Indian War ...
1788 Apr 28 Maryland Ratifies the US Constitution and is the 7th State Admitted to the Union
In Convention of the Delegates of the People of the State of Maryland 28 April 1788. We the Delegates of the people of the State of Maryland having fully considered the Constitution of...
1789 Apr 28 Reveillon riot
The Réveillon Riot occurred on 28 April 1789 in the St. Antoine district of Paris where a factory which produced luxury wallpaper was owned by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon. The factory employe...
1881 Apr 28 Billy The Kid Escapes
Billy the Kid escaped from the Lincoln County, New Mexico jail house on April 28, 1881, killing two deputies on guard. He avoided capture until July 14, when he was ambushed and killed b...
1884 Apr 28 Henry Reed Is Born
Henry Reed, age 19, plays banjo; his older brother Josh plays fiddle. From the collection of James Reed, with permission. Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection ...
1899 Apr 28 Billy Bitzer Films Professor Leonidas And His Troupe Of Dogs And Cats In The Film Stealing A Dinner
Cameraman G. W. "Billy" Bitzer filmed Professor Leonidas and his troupe of dogs and cats in the film short Stealing a Dinner on April 28, 1899. The film was shot on the rooftop of the Bio...
1915 Apr 28 First Battle Of Krithia
The First Battle of Krithia was the first Allied advance of the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I. Starting at Helles on April 28, three days after the initial landings, the attack b...
1925 Apr 28 Winston Churchill Returns Britain To The Gold Standard
Despite his readmission to office in 1917, after a spell commanding an infantry battalion on the Western Front, he failed to re-establish the reputation as a future national statesman he ...
1939 Apr 28 Hitler renounces German-Polish Non-Agression Pact
The German-Polish Non-Aggression Pact was an international treaty between Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic signed on January 26, 1934. In it, both countries pledged to resolve ...
1939 Apr 28 Hitler renounces the Anglo-German Naval Agreement
The Anglo-German Naval Agreement (A.G.N.A) of June 18, 1935 was a bilateral agreement between the United Kingdom and German Reich regulating the size of the Kriegsmarine in relation to th...
1942 Apr 28 German Luftwaffe Bombs York as Part of the Baedeker Blitz
The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids were a series of Vergeltungsangriffe ("retaliatory raids") by the German air force on English cities in response to the bombing of the erstwhile Hanse...
1945 Apr 28 Benito Mussolini is Executed by Italian Partisans
Mussolini's death: On April 27, 1945, as Allied forces closed in on Milan, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was captured by Italian Partisans. He was trying to flee Italy to Switzerland ...
1951 Apr 28 Iranian Majlis (Parliament) elect Mohammad Mosaddeq as Prime Minister
On 28 April 1951, the Majlis (Parliament of Iran) named Mosaddeq as new prime minister by a vote of 79–12. Aware of Mosaddeq's rising popularity and political power, the young Shah appoin...
1952 Apr 28 Pan Am's Clipper Good Hope Crashes, Killing 50
Flight 202 originated at Buenos Aires, destination New York, with en route stops scheduled at Montevideo, Uruguay; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Port of Spain, Trinidad. The flight departed...
1960 Apr 28 Elena Kagan is Born
Kagan was born in New York City, the middle of three children, on the city's Upper West Side. Her mother, Gloria Gittelman Kagan, taught fifth and sixth grade at Hunter College Elementary...
1967 Apr 28 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into the US Army
In 1964, Ali failed the U.S. Armed Forces qualifying test because his writing and spelling skills were sub-par. However, in early 1966, the tests were revised and Ali was reclassified as ...
1971 Apr 28 "Murmur Of The Heart" Is Released
Murmur of the Heart (French: Le souffle au cœur) is a 1971 French motion picture by French director Louis Malle that tells a coming of age story about a 14-year-old boy who is growing up ...
1980 Apr 28 Alice Cooper releases Flush the Fashion
Flush the Fashion is an album by Alice Cooper, released in 1980. Musically the album was a drastic change of style for Alice Cooper, leaning towards a new wave influence. Though the lead ...
1980 Apr 28 Grateful Dead Release Go to Heaven
Go to Heaven is the eleventh studio album by the Grateful Dead. It was released on April 28, 1980. The album was released for the first time on CD in 1990 by Arista Records before bein...
1994 Apr 28 "The Raincoats, Part 1" - Season 5 Episode 18 of Seinfeld First Airs
"The Raincoats" is a two-part episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld. It is the 82nd and 83rd episode. This was the 18th and 19th episode for the 5th season. The episode was first shown ...
1994 Apr 28 "The Raincoats, Part 2" - Season 5 Episode 19 of Seinfeld Premiers
"The Raincoats" is a two-part episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld. It is the 82nd and 83rd episode. This was the 18th and 19th episode for the 5th season. The episode was first shown ...
1995 Apr 28 "Crumb" Is Released
Crumb is a 1994 documentary film about the noted underground comic artist Robert Crumb (R. Crumb) and his family. Directed by Terry Zwigoff and produced by Lynn O'Donnell, it won widespre...
1995 Apr 28 FDA Approves Merck's Hyzaar to Lower Hypertension
Hyzaar is a combination of losartan and hydrochlorothiazide prescribed to treat patients with high blood pressure. It is in a class of medications called angiotensin II receptor antagonis...
1995 Apr 28 Taegu Gas Explosion
At about 7:30 a.m., during a busy rush hour, a large explosion rumbled beneath the streets, blasting the metal sheets high into the air. Flames shot out from underground, some 150 feet hi...
1997 Apr 28 Duke Nukem Forever Announced, "In Development"
Duke Nukem Forever (DNF) is a first-person shooter video game that has been in development since 1997 by 3D Realms. The publishing rights for the game still remain owned by Take-Two Inter...
2001 Apr 28 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec released
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec is a racing game, the first in the Gran Turismo series to be released for the PlayStation 2. Gran Turismo 2000 was the working name used when demonstrated at E3 200...
2004 Apr 28 Boston Red Sox defeat Tampa Bay Rays, 6-0
Curt Schilling is the leading man on the day he pitches. Virtually every camera shot is recording his every emotion. Between innings, the lens focuses on him in deep thought, or when he's...
2004 Apr 28 South Park Episode 807 - "Goobacks"
Humans from the year 4035 are arriving in droves in South Park! Everything gets a little too crowded when people from the future arrive through a recently discovered time portal. When the...
2005 Apr 28 FDA Approves Amylin's Byetta
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus BYETTA is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Important Limitations of Use ...
2005 Apr 28 Guild Wars Launches
Guild Wars is an episodic series of multiplayer online role-playing games developed by ArenaNet and published by NCsoft. Although often defined as an MMORPG, the developers define it as a...
2006 Apr 28 Hannah Montana Season 1 Episode 6
Miley receives visits from both British royalty and her paternal grandmother, who ends up hurting Miley by giving all of her attention to Jackson, who's playing in an volleyball tournamen...
2006 Apr 28 Tampa Bay Rays defeat Boston Red Sox, 5-2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Three throwing errors in a week? That doesn't compute for Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell, not after a season in which he made just five errors. ''I don't kno...
2007 Apr 28 Baltimore Orioles defeat Cleveland Indians, 7-4
CLEVELAND -- This we know: Closer Chris Ray pitched a scoreless ninth inning last night and the game ended with the Orioles celebrating a 7-4 comeback victory over the Cleveland Indians a...
2007 Apr 28 New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 3-1
NEW YORK -- When Daisuke Matsuzaka arrived at Yankee Stadium before his start Friday, he was stopped twice by security guards who evidently didn't recognize him. The way things have be...
2008 Apr 28 71 Die in a Train Crash in Shandong, China
The 2008 Shandong train collision (Chinese: “4·28”胶济铁路特别重大交通事故) was a major train collision that occurred on the morning of April 28, 2008, near the city of Zibo, in Shandong province, Pe...
2008 Apr 28 Apple Releases iMac with Intel Penryn Processor
Apple has updated the iMac with Intel's more efficient Penryn processor, which has a larger level 2 cache and includes the SSE4 instruction set. The iMac has also moved from an 800 MHz sy...
2008 Apr 28 Atlanta Hawks defeat Boston Celtics, 97-92
ATLANTA - Joe Johnson was hemmed in by the Celtics' double teams throughout the third quarter last night and there was not a safe spot on the floor for the Atlanta swingman. The only bask...
2008 Apr 28 Baltimore Orioles defeat Chicago White Sox, 4-3
CHICAGO -- The madness started with a 2-hour, 6-minute rain delay. Before it was pronounced over, both closers had blown saves, two players who started the game on the bench had hit extra...
2008 Apr 28 FDA Approves Medtronic's OneTouch UltraLink Meter
Medtronic, Inc. today announced that the FDA has cleared the OneTouch® UltraLink™ Meter as the new wireless meter exclusively certified by Medtronic to wirelessly communicate with Medtron...
2008 Apr 28 Shandong Train Collision
Train T195 was an express passenger train from Beijing to Sifang railway station in Qingdao. It derailed at 04:38 China Standard Time (CST) on the inside (left) track around a bend due to...
2009 Apr 28 Atlanta Braves defeat St. Louis Cardinals, 2-1
ATLANTA - Kyle Lohse showed up for Tuesday's start five days removed from having an MRI performed on his right knee. Within hours Lohse was fighting a losing battle against nausea. ...
2009 Apr 28 Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 106-104
The Celtics' Big Three were reduced to one last night. But it was the Bulls who ended up staggering at the end of the game, the finishing blows a result of finesse shooting from Paul Pier...
2009 Apr 28 Bruce Springsteen in concert at Philadelphia Spectrum
"Is there anybody alive out there?" Bruce Springsteen asked the sold-out crowd toward the end of his show-opening "Badlands" at the Spectrum last night. Not satisfied with the response...
2009 Apr 28 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Briefing on the Investigation of Swine Flu
Before I start, I wanted to call the media's attention to three new e-mail addresses that we have brought online today to help us manage, as you can imagine, a relatively high volume of m...
2009 Apr 28 Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Red Sox, 9-8
CLEVELAND - Both Jonathan Papelbon and Javier Lopez were warming. The easy choice would have been the closer, at least for most teams. But Red Sox manager Terry Francona rarely uses Papel...
2009 Apr 28 Cuba and Argentina Suspend Flights From Mexico
Cuba suspended flights to and from Mexico on Tuesday for the next 48 hours, becoming the first country to impose a travel ban in face of the fast-moving swine flu strain. The United St...
2009 Apr 28 Florida Marlins defeat New York Mets, 7-4
Shortly after he took over as Mets manager last season, Jerry Manuel expressed that he was "gangsta." It suggested that he had an attitude and approach to the game that his predecessor...
2009 Apr 28 Illinois Reform Commission releases its recommendations
The Illinois Reform Commission (IRC) issued its 100-day report today, recommending a wide range of ethics reforms in six key areas: campaign finance; procurement; enforcement; government...
2009 Apr 28 Los Angeles Angels defeat Baltimore Orioles, 7-5
Nonstarters With the loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday, the Orioles' rotation again failed to notch a win. After winning five of the team's first seven games, Orioles starters ...
2009 Apr 28 Milwaukee Brewers defeat Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-5
This time, there would be no five-run cushion for new Milwaukee Brewers closer Trevor Hoffman.   This time, it really was "Trevor Time," and AC/DC's "Hells Bells" meant something as...