Historical Events In April - 28

1878  The birth of Lionel Barrymore, American actor on this day in history.   

1878  On April - 28 lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare)   

1879  On April - 28 edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher   

1881  Robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies on this day in history.   

1882  On April - 28 alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist   

1886  On April - 28 erich Salomon, German photographer   

1887  Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1888  On April - 28 henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland)   

1889  Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68) on this day in history.   

1892  On April - 28 1st performance of Antonin Dvorák's overture "Carneval"   

1892  On this day in history georges Antoine, composer   

1896  On April - 28 heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies   

1900  On April - 28 bruno Apitz, writer   

1901  1st soccer game between Belgium (8) & Netherlands (0) on April - 28.   

1901  On this day in history corry Vonk, [Cornelia D], wife of Wim Kan (ABC-cabaret)   

1902  On April - 28 using the ISO 8601 standard Year Zero definition for the Gregorian calendar preceded by the Julian calendar, the one billionth minute since the start of January 1, Year Zero occurs at 10:40 AM on this date.   

1903  M Wolf discovers asteroid #509 Iolanda on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history the birth of Kurt Gödel, czech mathematician   

1906  Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok, Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way) on April - 28.   

1908  Arnoud Breeveld, Suriname bishop on April - 28.   

1910  The first night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England)   

1911  On April - 28 frans Vroons, actor/tenor/director (Neth Opera)   

1912  On April - 28 odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WW II)   

1913  On April - 28 g Neujmin discovers asteroid #751 Faina   

1913  On April - 28 j Palisa discovers asteroid #750 Oskar   

1914  On this day in history 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles WV   

1914  F Kaiser discovers asteroid #788 Hohensteina on April - 28.   

1914  W H Carrier patents air conditioner on April - 28.   

1914  Skuli Halldorsson, composer on April - 28.   

1916  M Wolf discovers asteroid #826 Henrika on April - 28.   

1917  Joop Waasdorp, Dutch writer (Naked Life) on April - 28.   

1919  On April - 28 the first jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin)   

1919  1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) on April - 28.   

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1442  Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) was born on this day in history.   

1545  Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598) was born on April - 28.   

1592  On April - 28 birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral   

1630  On this day in history birth of charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)   

1686  Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721) was born on April - 28.   

1715  On April - 28 birth of franz Sparry, composer   

1748  On April - 28 birth of lorenz Justinian Ott, composer   

1750  Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer was born on April - 28.   

1089  Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies on this day in history.   

1109  On this day in history hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies   

1192  On April - 28 death of conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s)   

1498  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician   

1533  On this day in history death of nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)   

1710  Death of Thomas Betterton, English actor on this day in history.   

1716  On April - 28 death of louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)   

1726  Death of Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653) on April - 28.