Today In History - April 28

585 War between Lydia and Media ended by solar eclipse
1202 King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France
1376 English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay
1503 Battle at Cerignalo: Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France
1550 Powers of Dutch inquisition extends
1635 Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason and removed from office
1655 English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet
1686 1st volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia" published
1770 Capt James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia
1788 Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution
1789 Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty and Capt William Bligh
1804 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony
1818 Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain
1829 Dutch parliament accepts new press laws
1847 George B. Vashon becomes 1st black to enter New York State Bar
1848 Free last slaves in French colonies
1855 1st veterinary college in U.S. incorporated in Boston
1892 1st performance of Antonin Dvorak's overture "Carneval"
1914 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles, West Virginia
1914 W. H. Carrier patents air conditioner
1924 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster
1925 Kurd rebels surrender to Turkish army
1925 Netherlands and Great Britain return to gold standard
1930 1st night organized baseball game Independence. Kansas
1931 Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track and field
1932 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio
1932 Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced
1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act
1934 Soccer team Blue White '34 forms
1934 Spanish government of Samper forms
1934 Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays
1937 1st commercial flight across Pacific, Pan Am
1938 King Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary
1939 Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect
1940 Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
1940 Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz
1941 Last British troops in Greece surrenders
1942 "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
1942 Nightly "dim-out" begins along East Coast
1943 1st performance of Marc Blitzstein's "Freedom Morning"
1943 German-Italian counter offensive in North-Africa
1943 U.S. 34th Division occupies Djebel el Hara North Tunisia
1944 Stalin meets Polish/U.S. priest S Orlemanski
1945 British commands attack Elbe and occupies Lauenburg
1945 U.S. 5th army reaches Swiss border
1947 Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki sail from Peru to Polynesia
1952 Patty Berg wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open
1952 St. Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan
1952 WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect
1956 Last French troop leave Vietnam
1956 Reds Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 HRs
1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958 Vice President Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America
1965 Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS
1965 Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola
1965 Richard Helms replaces Marshall S. Carter as deputy director of CIA
1965 U.S. Marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966
1965 William F. Raborn, Jr. replaces John A. McCone as 7th head of CIA
1966 20th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3
1966 38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music," Julie Christie and L Marvin win
1966 Cleveland ties record with 10th straight win since Opening Day
1966 OCAM, Common Afro-Mauritian Organization forms
1967 Expo 67 opens in Montreal
1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title
1968 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies' Golf Invitational
1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France
1969 King Crismson with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald debuts
1971 Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election
1971 Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes 1st black Admiral in U.S. Navy
1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1975 John Lennon appears on "Tonight" and Ringo on "Smother Brothers"
1975 South-Vietnam Gen Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30
1977 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets
1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
1980 Reunion Arena in Dallas opens
1983 Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead
1983 Bruins 4-Isles 1-Wales Conf Championship-Series tied 1-1
1983 NASA launches Geos-F
1985 Alice Miller wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
1985 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 4th time
1985 Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season
1986 Chernobyl, U.S.S.R. site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster
1988 "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 68 performances
1988 Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess
1988 Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row
1988 New Jersey Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes
1989 Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money
1989 Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie
1990 "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 6,137 performances
1990 Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat New York Knicks 157-128
1990 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro
1991 "Gypsy" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 105 performances
1991 "Taking Steps" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 78 performances
1992 Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings
1992 Italian President Francesco Cossiga formally resigns
1993 "Tango Passion" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 5 performances
1993 Carlo Ciampi forms Italian government with ex-communists
1993 Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die
1994 Aldrich Ames, former CIA officer and wife Rosario plead guilty to spying
1994 Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium
1994 Lisa Marie Presley separates from Danny Keough
1995 Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die
1995 Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die
1996 "Big," opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 193 performances
1996 Martin Bryant shoots and kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania
1996 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1997 "Jekyll and Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City

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