Page 3: Historical Events In April - 28

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

1878  On this day in history lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare)   

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  On this day in history alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist   

1886  Erich Salomon, German photographer on April - 28.   

1887  On April - 28 carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67   

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

1889  On this day in history antonio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68)   

1892  1st performance of Antonin Dvorák's overture "Carneval" on this day in history.   

1892  Georges Antoine, composer on April - 28.   

1896  On this day in history heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies   

1900  Bruno Apitz, writer on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) & Netherlands (0)   

1901  On April - 28 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 this day in history.   

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

1906  The birth of Kurt Gödel, czech mathematician on April - 28.   

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

1908  Arnoud Breeveld, Suriname bishop on this day in history.   

1910  The first night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England) on April - 28.   

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

1911  Frans Vroons, actor/tenor/director (Neth Opera) on April - 28.   

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

1913  G Neujmin discovers asteroid #751 Faina on April - 28.   

1913  On this day in history j Palisa discovers asteroid #750 Oskar   

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

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

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  The first jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) on April - 28.   

1919  1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) on this day in history.   

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

1630  Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687) was born on April - 28.   

1686  On this day in history birth of michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)   

1715  On April - 28 birth of franz Sparry, composer   

1748  Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer was born on April - 28.   

1750  Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of thomas Betterton, English actor   

1716  Death of Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673) on April - 28.   

1726  On this day in history death of thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)