Page 3: Historical Events In April - 28

1878  The birth of Lionel Barrymore, American actor on April - 28.   

1878  Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Free Soul, Dr Kildare) on this day in history.   

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

1881  On this day in history robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies   

1882  Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist on April - 28.   

1886  Erich Salomon, German photographer on this day in history.   

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

1888  Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland) on April - 28.   

1889  On April - 28 antonio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68)   

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

1892  Georges Antoine, composer on this day in history.   

1896  On April - 28 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  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  On April - 28 m Wolf discovers asteroid #509 Iolanda   

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

1906  On April - 28 bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok, Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way)   

1908  On April - 28 arnoud Breeveld, Suriname bishop   

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

1910  1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England) on April - 28.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history skuli Halldorsson, composer   

1916  On April - 28 m Wolf discovers asteroid #826 Henrika   

1917  On this day in history joop Waasdorp, Dutch writer (Naked Life)   

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

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

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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  On April - 28 birth of charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)   

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

1715  Franz Sparry, composer was born on April - 28.   

1748  Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history death of louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)   

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