Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Wed Apr 28 2021 12:05 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta
By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
04/28/1442 Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83)
04/28/1592 George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral
04/28/1698 Karel Jozef, ruler of Batthy�nyi
04/28/1715 Franz Sparry, composer
04/28/1748 Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer
04/28/1750 Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer
04/28/1753 Franz K Achard, German physicist
04/28/1757 Claus Nielsen Schali, composer
04/28/1758 James Monroe, Westmoreland Va, (D-R) 5th pres (1817-25)
04/28/1774 Francis Baily, describer of 'Baily's Beads' during solar eclipse
04/28/1795 Charles Sturt, England, explorered Australia
04/28/1809 Conradus Leemans, archaeologist
04/28/1810 Daniel Ullmann, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
04/28/1812 Daniel Henry Rucker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910
04/28/1815 Andrew Jackson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
04/28/1825 James Winning McMillan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
04/28/1826 Alexander Stadtfeld, composer
04/28/1838 Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law (Nobel 1911)
04/28/1842 Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Brazil (1870-89)
04/28/1846 Johann E Backlund, Swedish astronomer (planets/asteroids)
04/28/1848 Ludvig Schytte, composer
04/28/1870 Hermann Suter, composer
04/28/1873 Harold Bauer, English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association)
04/28/1874 Sidney Toler, US actor (Madame X, Meeting at Midnight)
04/28/1876 Frank Cavanagh, one of football's coaching greats
04/28/1878 Lionel Barrymore [Blythe], US actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildaire)
04/28/1879 Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher
04/28/1882 Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist
04/28/1886 Erich Salomon, German photographer
04/28/1888 Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland)
04/28/1889 Ant�nio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68)
04/28/1889 Bryant Washburn, acrtor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga)
04/28/1889 Karel WFM Doorman, spy
04/28/1892 Georges Antoine, composer
04/28/1892 John Jacob Niles, composer
04/28/1892 Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger)
04/28/1900 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (hypothesized 'Oort Cloud')
04/28/1900 Maurice Thorez, secretary-general French Communistic Party
04/28/1901 Corry Vonk, [Cornelia D], wife of Wim Kan (ABC-cabaret)
04/28/1906 Bartholomeus J 'Bart' Buck, Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way)
04/28/1906 Kurt G�del, Austria, mathematician (Incompleteness Theorem)
04/28/1907 Marion Coulon, Belgian theoriest (Jeunesse � la d�rive)
04/28/1908 Arnoud Breefield, Suriname bishop
04/28/1908 Michael T Fitzmaurice, actor (Reported Missing, 14 Hours)
04/28/1911 French Vroons, actor/tenor/director (Neth Opera)
04/28/1914 Skuli Halldorsson, composer
04/28/1917 Joop Waasdorp, writer (Cousin Cash, Wallpaper Hanger)
04/28/1917 Robert Anderson, NY, writer (Tea & Sympathy, Never Sang for My Fathe
04/28/1917 Robert Cornthwaite, St Helen Oregon, actor (Thing, War of the Worlds
04/28/1920 Nan Merriman, US/Neth singer
04/28/1921 Rowland Evans, White Marsh Pa, news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak)
04/28/1922 Guillaume Jorissen, Flemish Volksunie politician
04/28/1922 William S Broomfield, (Rep-R-MI, 1956- )
04/28/1923 Adele Mara, Dearborn Mich, actress/singer (Cool Million, Wheels)
04/28/1923 Wolfgang Steffen, composer
04/28/1924 Kenneth David Kaunda, founder/president (Zambia, 1964- )
04/28/1925 Richard C Sarafian, NYC, director/actor (Foley Square)
04/28/1926 Harper Lee, author (To Kill a Mockingbird)
04/28/1928 Yves Klein, French sculptor/painter
04/28/1929 Carolyn Jones, Amarillo Texas, actress (Morticia-Addams Family)
04/28/1930 Christopher Headington, composer
04/28/1930 James Baker 3, Houston, Sec of Treasury (1985-88), Sec State (1989-9
04/28/1932 Marek Kopelent, composer
04/28/1933 Karl Heinz Wahren, composer
04/28/1936 John Martin Tchicai, composer
04/28/1937 Saddam Hussein [At-Takriti], president of Iraq (1979- )
04/28/1938 Madge Sinclair, Kingston Jamaica, actress (Bell-Roots, Trapper John)
04/28/1941 Ann-Margret, Valsjobya Sweden, actress (Carnal Knowledge, Tommy)
04/28/1943 Fantastic Johnny C, [Johnny Corley], US inger (Boogaloo down Broadwa
04/28/1943 John O Creighton, Orange Tx, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 51G, 36, 48)
04/28/1948 Marcia Strassman, NYC, actress (Julle Kotter-Welcome Back Kotter)
04/28/1949 Jerome 'Jay' Apt, Springfield Mass, PhD/astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59)
04/28/1950 Jay Leno, New Rochelle, comedian/talk show host (Tonight Show)
04/28/1950 Willie Colon, Bronx NY, actor (Last Flight)
04/28/1955 Eddie Jobson, rock violinist (Zappa, UK, Roxy Music-For Your Pleasur
04/28/1958 Hal Sutton, Shreveport La, PGA golfer (PGA 1983)
04/28/1958 Kathy Willets, nymphomaniac (1991 Florida Sex Scandal)
04/28/1959 Nancy Grahn, actress (Santa Barbara)
04/28/1960 Wally Langdon, bassist (Bob Color)
04/28/1964 Barry Larkin, shortstop (Cincinnati Reds)
04/28/1964 Helen Marina Lucy Windsor, England, daughter of Prince Edward
04/28/1967 Monique Noel, Salem Oregon, playmate (May, 1989)
04/28/1971 Chris Young, Penn, actor (Bryce Lynch-Max Headroom, Great Outdoors)
Deaths:
04/28/1089 Dirk, the Great, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies
04/28/1109 Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies
04/28/1770 Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60
04/28/1799 Francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62
04/28/1804 Hans Gram, composer, dies at 49
04/28/1843 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies
04/28/1860 Isaac da Costa, poet/writer (R�veil, Wachter!), dies at 62
04/28/1881 Robert W Ollinger, US warden (Billy the Kid), dies
04/28/1887 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67
04/28/1896 Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies
04/28/1925 Louis FJ Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies
04/28/1933 Robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31
04/28/1935 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer, dies at 87
04/28/1936 Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies
04/28/1945 Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader & mistress captured, tried, & shot
04/28/1945 Claretta Petacci, wife of Mussolini, executed
04/28/1965 Ferdinand Bordew�k, lawyer/writer (Character), dies
04/28/1966 Ralph Bunker, actor (Ghost Goes West), dies
04/28/1969 Johannes Rontgen, composer, dies at 70
04/28/1970 Ed Begley, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69
04/28/1973 Pat Henning, actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies
04/28/1974 Paul Page, actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70
04/28/1975 John A de Young, historian, dies at 48
04/28/1977 Ricardo Cortez, actor/director (Bad Company, Flesh), dies at 87
04/28/1979 Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer, dies at 86
04/28/1980 Dee Carroll, actress, dies
04/28/1980 Tommy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
04/28/1981 Mickey 'Toy Bulldog' Walker, welterweight champ (1922-26) dies at 79
04/28/1982 Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], singer/actor, dies at 66
04/28/1984 Glen H Taylor, US senator/VP candidate (1948), dies at 80
04/28/1987 Ben Linder, development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua
04/28/1989 Olaff J the Landell [JB Wemmerslager of Sparwoude], writer, dies
04/28/1990 Jean Blazer Baney, entertainer, dies
04/28/1991 Floyd B McKissick, US founder (CORE), dies
04/28/1991 Ken Curtis, actor (Festus-Gunsmoke), dies at 74
04/28/1992 Francis Bacon, British painter, dies
04/28/1992 Olivier Messiaen, French composer (St Fran�ois d'Assise), dies at 82
04/28/1993 Jim Valvano, basketball coach (NC State), dies of cancer at 47
Significant Events:
04/28/1202 King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France
04/28/1253 -May 7th) Utrecht destroyed by fire
04/28/1376 English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay
04/28/1635 Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason & removed from office
04/28/1686 1st volume of Isaac Newton's 'Principia' published
04/28/1788 Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution
04/28/1789 Mutiny on HMS Bounty
04/28/1796 Ceasefire of Cherasco
04/28/1804 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony
04/28/1818 Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes & Lake Champlain
04/28/1829 Dutch parliament accepts new press laws
04/28/1847 George B Vashon becomes 1st black to enter NY State Bar
04/28/1848 Free last slaves in French colonies
04/28/1855 1st veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston
04/28/1865 Opera 'L'Africaine' is produced (Paris)
04/28/1901 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) & Netherland (0)
04/28/1903 M Wolf discovers asteroid #509 Iolanda
04/28/1910 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England)
04/28/1913 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #751 Faina
04/28/1913 J Palisa discovers asteroid #750 Oskar
04/28/1914 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles WV
04/28/1914 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #788 Hohensteina
04/28/1914 W H Carrier patents air conditioner
04/28/1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #826 Henrika
04/28/1919 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin)
04/28/1920 Azerbaijan SSR joins USSR (1st time)
04/28/1922 WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station
04/28/1923 Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup)
04/28/1924 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster
04/28/1924 J Hartmann discovers asteroid #1029 La Plata
04/28/1925 Kurdish rebels surrender to Turkish army
04/28/1925 Netherlands & Great Britain return to gold standard
04/28/1930 1st night organized baseball game (Independence KS)
04/28/1932 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1242 Zambesia
04/28/1932 Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced
04/28/1934 Spanish govt of Samper forms
04/28/1934 Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays
04/28/1935 Moscow underground opens (81 km long)
04/28/1937 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (NYC)
04/28/1937 1st commercial flight across Pacific, Pan Am
04/28/1938 King Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary
04/28/1939 Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect
04/28/1940 Glenn Miller records 'Pennsylvania 6-5000'
04/28/1940 Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz
04/28/1942 'WW II' titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
04/28/1942 Nightly 'dim-out' begins along East Coast
04/28/1943 German-Italian counter offensive in North-Africa
04/28/1944 Stalin meets Polish/US priest S Orlemanski
04/28/1945 US 5th army reaches Swiss border
04/28/1947 Thor Heyerdahl & 'Kon-Tiki' sail from Peru to Polynesia
04/28/1952 WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect
04/28/1955 WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
04/28/1956 Last French troop leave Vietnam
04/28/1957 WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
04/28/1958 Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
04/28/1958 Vice Pres Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America
04/28/1959 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
04/28/1959 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
04/28/1959 KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting
04/28/1960 WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
04/28/1961 Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude
04/28/1961 Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats SF Giants, 1-0
04/28/1964 Japan joins OECD
04/28/1965 Barbra Striesand stars on 'My Name is Barbra' special on CBS
04/28/1965 US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966
04/28/1966 Boston beats LA, 4 games to 3, for 8th straight NBA championship
04/28/1966 OCAM, Common Afro-Mauritian Organization forms
04/28/1967 Expo 67 opens in Montr�al
04/28/1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title
04/28/1968 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old
04/28/1968 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2422 Perovskaya
04/28/1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France
04/28/1969 King Crismson with Greg Lake & Ian McDonald debuts
04/28/1971 Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election
04/28/1971 Samuel Lee Gravely Jr becomes 1st black admiral in US Navy
04/28/1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2093 Genichesk
04/28/1974 Last Americans evacuated from Saigon
04/28/1975 John Lennon appears on 'Tonight' & Ringo on 'Smother Brothers'
04/28/1975 South-Vietnam Gen Duong Van Minh sworn in as president
04/28/1977 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets
04/28/1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
04/28/1982 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2956 Yeomans & #3253 Gradie
04/28/1982 L G Taff discovers asteroid #3343 Nedzel
04/28/1983 Argentine govt declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead
04/28/1983 Bruins 4-Isles 1-Wales Conf Championship-Series tied 1-1
04/28/1983 NASA launches Goes-F
04/28/1985 Billy Martin named Yankee manager for 4th time
04/28/1985 Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season
04/28/1985 Flyers ?-Isles 1-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers win series 4-1
04/28/1986 Chernobyl, USSR site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster
04/28/1988 Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess
04/28/1988 Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row
04/28/1988 NJ Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes
04/28/1990 'Chorus Line' closes on Broadway after 6,137 performances (15 yrs)
04/28/1990 Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-12
04/28/1990 Guns & Roses' Axl marries Erin Everly (annulled same year)
04/28/1990 Last copy of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth)
04/28/1991 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) launched
04/28/1992 Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings
04/28/1993 Carlo Ciampi forms Italian govt with ex-communists
04/28/1993 Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die
04/28/1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days]
04/28/1994 Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium
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