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What happened in history on this day: April 28?
On April 28 in ...
- 1788 - Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the constitution.
- 1818 - US President James Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
- 1855 - First veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1881 - Robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies.
- 1914 - 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles, West Virginia, USA.
- 1919 - First jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin).
- 1922 - WOI in Ames, Iowa, goes on air as country's first licensed educational radio station.
- 1924 - 119 die in Benwood, West Virginia, USA coal mine disaster.
- 1933 - US Senate approves Nellie Tayloe Ross as US Mint director.
- 1934 - US President Franklin Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act.
- 1937 - First animated cartoon electric sign displayed (New York City, New York).
- 1937 - First commercial flight across the Pacific, by Pan Am.
- 1942 - "World War II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll.
- 1942 - Nightly "dim-out" begins along the US East Coast.
- 1943 - US President Franklin Roosevelt inspects the Fort Knox Bullion Depository, the first and only time the vault is opened for inspection for anyone other than authorized personnel.
- 1943 - US 34th Division occupies Djebel el Hara North Tunisia.
- 1944 - Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 US soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats.
- 1945 - US 5th army reaches Swiss border.
- 1951 - US-Japan peace treaty takes effect.
- 1952 - Japan and the United States sign a formal peace treaty.
- 1958 - Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed).
- 1958 - US Vice President Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America.
- 1963 - 17th Tony Awards: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum win.
- 1965 - Richard Helms replaces Marshall S Carter as deputy director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1965 - US marines invade Dominican Republic.
- 1965 - William F Raborn Junior replaces John A McCone as 7th head of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1966 - 38th Academy Awards - The Sound of Music, Julie Christie and Lee Marvin win.
- 1968 - Hair opens at Biltmore Theater in New York City for 1750 performances.
- 1972 - Congressman John Rarick declares in House of Representatives "The Council on Foreign Relations is the Establishment." The CFR uses pressure from above and below "to justify the high-level decisions for converting the United States from a sovereign constitutional Republic into a servile member-state of a One-World dictatorship.".
- 1977 - Christopher Boyce convicted for selling US secrets to the Russians.
- 1980 - Cyrus Vance, US President Jimmy Carter's Secretary of State, resigns.
- 1988 - Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 Flight 243 roof partially tears off in flight; kills stewardess.
- 1990 - Chorus Line closes at Shubert Theater in New York City after 6,137 performances (15 years).
- 1994 - Aldrich Ames, former US Central Intelligence Agency officer and wife Rosario plead guilty to spying.
- 2001 - Soyuz TM-32 lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the first space tourist, American Dennis Tito.
- 2004 - Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse in Iraq is revealed on the US television show 60 Minutes II.
- 2008 - Mars Incorporated and Berkshire Hathaway team up to buy chewing gum manufacturer Wm Wrigley Junior Company for US$23 billion, creating the world's largest confectionery company. Warren Buffet will loan US$4.4 billion for 20 percent stake in Wrigley.
- 2009 - Republican Senator Arlen Specter announces his is switching to the Democratic Party, helping give the Democrats a super-majority of 60 senators.
- 2014 - United States President Barack Obama's new economic sanctions against Russia go into effect, targeting companies and individuals close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Births on April 28
- 1758 - Birth of James Monroe in Westmoreland County, Virginia; member of Virginia Assembly, US Senator, US Secretary of State, US Secretary of War, 5th US President (1817-25, Democratic Republican).
- 1874 - Birth of Sidney Toler in Warrensburg, Missouri, USA; actor (Madame X, Meeting at Midnight).
- 1878 - Birth of Lionel [Herbert Blythe] Barrymore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; actor (A Free Soul, David Cooperfield, Dr Kildare).
- 1889 - Birth of Bryant Washburn in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga).
- 1892 - Birth of Joseph Dunninger in New York City, New York, USA; mentalist (Amazing Dunninger).
- 1908 - Birth of Michael T Fitzmaurice in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Reported Missing, 14 Hours).
- 1917 - Birth of Robert Anderson in New York City, New York, USA; writer (Tea and Sympathy, Never Sang for My Father).
- 1917 - Birth of Robert Cornthwaite in Saint Helen, Oregon, USA; actor (The Thing, War of the Worlds).
- 1921 - Birth of Rowland Evans in White Marsh, Pennsylvania, USA; news reporter (CNN - Evans and Novak).
- 1923 - Birth of Adele Mara in Dearborn, Michigan, USA; actress/singer (Cool Million, Wheels).
- 1925 - Birth of Richard C Sarafian in New York City, New York, USA; director/actor (Foley Square).
- 1929 - Birth of Carolyn Jones in Amarillo, Texas, USA; actress (Morticia - Addams Family).
- 1930 - Birth of James Baker III in Houston, Texas, USA; Secretary of Treasury (1985-88), Secretary of State (1989-92).
- 1943 - Birth of John Oliver Creighton in Orange, Texas, USA; Captain US Navy/astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48).
- 1948 - Birth of Marcia Strassman in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Julle Kotter - Welcome Back Kotter).
- 1949 - Birth of Jerome "Jay" Apt in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59, 79).
- 1950 - Birth of Jay Leno in New Rochelle, New York, USA; comedian/talk show host (The Tonight Show).
- 1950 - Birth of Willie Colon in the Bronx, New York, USA; actor (The Last Flight).
- 1952 - Birth of Mary McDonnell in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Sneakers, Independence Day).
- 1956 - Birth of Paul S Lockhart in Amarillo, Texas, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut.
- 1958 - Birth of Hal Evan Sutton in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; PGA golfer (1982 Walt Disney, PGA 1983).
- 1958 - Birth of Nancy Lee Grahn in Skokie, Illinois, USA; actress (Julia - Santa Barbara).
- 1961 - Birth of Cathy Gerring in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA; LPGA golfer (1990 Lady Keystone Open).
- 1964 - Birth of Barry Larkin in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; shortstop (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1966 - Birth of Jim Poole in Rochester, New York, USA; pitcher (Cleveland Indians).
- 1966 - Birth of John Patrick Daly in Sacramento, California, USA; PGA golfer (1995 British Open).
- 1971 - Birth of Chris[topher Tyler] Young in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Bryce Lynch - Max Headroom, Great Outdoors).
- 1971 - Birth of Meredith McGrath in Midland, Michigan, USA; tennis star (1996 Essen doubles).
- 1973 - Birth of Marc[us] Blake Schneider in Lubbock, Texas, USA; rower (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1978 - Birth of Nate Richert in Saint Paul, Minnesota; musician, actor (Harvey - Sabrina).
Deaths on April 28
- 1881 - Robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies.
- 1984 - Glen H Taylor, US Senator/vice presidential candidate (1948), dies at age 80.
- 1987 - Ben Linder, American development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua (born 1959).
- 1991 - Floyd B McKissick, US founder (CORE), dies.
- 1991 - Death of Johnny Eck, American sideshow performer (born 1911).
- 1993 - Jim Valvano, basketball coach (North Carolina State), dies of cancer at age 47.
- 1996 - William E Colby, director of US Central Intelligence Agency (1973-76), dies at age 76.
- 1999 - Death of Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921).
- 2007 - Death of Dabbs Greer, American actor (Little House on the Prairie) (born 1917).
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