Historical Events In April - 28

1878  On this day in history the birth of Lionel Barrymore, American actor  

1878  Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare) on April - 28.  

1879  On this day in history edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher  

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

1882  Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist on April - 28.  

1886  On this day in history erich Salomon, German photographer  

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

1888  On this day in history 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  1st performance of Antonin Dvorák's overture "Carneval" on this day in history.  

1892  On April - 28 georges Antoine, composer  

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

1900  Bruno Apitz, writer on this day in history.  

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

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

1902  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 on April - 28.  

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

1906  The birth of Kurt Gödel, czech mathematician on this day in history.  

1906  On this day in history bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok, Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way)  

1908  Arnoud Breeveld, Suriname bishop on April - 28.  

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

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

1911  Frans Vroons, actor/tenor/director (Neth Opera) on this day in history.  

1912  Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WW II) on this day in history.  

1913  G Neujmin discovers asteroid #751 Faina on this day in history.  

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

1914  On April - 28 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles WV  

1914  F Kaiser discovers asteroid #788 Hohensteina on this day in history.  

1914  On April - 28 w H Carrier patents air conditioner  

1914  On this day in history skuli Halldorsson, composer  

1916  On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroid #826 Henrika  

1917  On April - 28 joop Waasdorp, Dutch writer (Naked Life)  

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 this day in history.  

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1442  On April - 28 birth of edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83)  

1545  On this day in history birth of yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)  

1592  On this day in history birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral  

1630  Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.  

1686  On April - 28 birth of michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)  

1715  On this day in history birth of franz Sparry, composer  

1748  On this day in history birth of lorenz Justinian Ott, composer  

1750  On April - 28 birth of paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer  

1089  On this day in history dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies  

1109  Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies on April - 28.  

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

1498  Death of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician on April - 28.  

1533  Death of Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461) on April - 28.  

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  On April - 28 death of thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)