What Happened on 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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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.... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

"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... Read more

"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... Read more

"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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more