Tukuk-OS📅 April 28
20 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on April 28? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 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.
- 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.
- 1996 — A spree shooter carried out the Port Arthur massacre, killing 35 people and injuring 23, in Tasmania, prompting stricter gun laws in Australia.
- 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.
Aloha Airlines Flight 243Uncontrolled decompressionHilo, Hawaii
- 1983 — The West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.
- 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.
- 1972 — Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid condemned the capitalist "rat race" in his inaugural address as Rector of the University of Glasgow.
- 1960 — The Sibley Commission issued their final report, urging the government of the U.S. state of Georgia to abandon its strategy of massive resistance and legalize some instances of school integration.
- 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.
- 1945 — World War II: Benito Mussolini, the deposed fascist dictator of Italy, was executed by partisans in Giulino.
- 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.
World War IIGenocide of Serbs in the Independent State of CroatiaSerbs of Croatia
- 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.
- 1910 — Frenchman Louis Paulhan landed his biplane at Manchester, having departed from London the previous day, to win the world's first long-distance air race.
- 1887 — A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé (pictured) was released on the order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
- 1858 — Indian Rebellion of 1857: The Bawani Imli massacre saw 52 Indian freedom fighters hanged by British forces.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1611 — The University of Santo Tomas (seminary building pictured) in Manila, one of the oldest existing universities in Asia and one of the world's largest Catholic universities by enrollment, was founded.
- 1253 — The Japanese monk Nichiren declared the mantra Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, now a central part of Nichiren Buddhism.
- 224 — The ancient Iranian Parthian Empire fell to the Sasanids after its forces were defeated at the Battle of Hormozdgan.
Births
- 2001 — Anthony Volpe, American baseball player
- 2000 — Victoria De Angelis, Italian musician
- 2000 — Alek Thomas, American baseball player
- 1998 — Song Yu-bin, South Korean singer and actor
- 1997 — Amaia Aberasturi, Spanish actress
- 1997 — Shane McClanahan, American baseball player
- 1997 — Denzel Ward, American football player
- 1995 — Connor Clifton, American ice hockey player
- 1995 — Mara Sattei, Italian singer-songwriter
- 1995 — Melanie Martinez, American singer
- 1994 — Jakob Butturff, American bowler (died 2026)
- 1994 — Wonpil, South Korean musician
Deaths
- 2024 — Brian McCardie, Scottish actor and writer (born 1965)
- 2021 — Michael Collins, American astronaut (born 1930)
- 2021 — El Risitas, Spanish comedian (born 1956)
- 2019 — Richard Lugar, American politician (born 1932)
- 2019 — John Singleton, American film director (born 1968)
- 2018 — James Hylton, American race car driver (born 1934)
- 2017 — Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (born 1929)
- 2016 — Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (born 1947)
- 2015 — Antônio Abujamra, Brazilian actor and director (born 1932)
- 2015 — Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator (born 1918)
- 2015 — Michael J. Ingelido, American general (born 1916)
- 2014 — Barbara Fiske Calhoun, American cartoonist and painter (born 1919)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Aphrodisius and companions
- Christian feast day: Gianna Beretta Molla
- Christian feast day: Kirill of Turov (Orthodox, added to Roman Martyrology in 1969)
- Christian feast day: Louis de Montfort
- Christian feast day: Blessed Marie Louise Trichet
- Christian feast day: Pamphilus of Sulmona
- Christian feast day: Peter Chanel
- Christian feast day: Vitalis and Valeria of Milan
- Christian feast day: April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Mujahideen Victory Day (Afghanistan)
- National Heroes Day (Barbados)
- Restoration of Sovereignty Day (Japan)
- Sardinia Day (Sardinia)
- Workers' Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work (international) National Day of Mourning (Canada)
- Ed Balls Day
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