Historical Events In April - 28

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

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 April - 28.   

1882  Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history erich Salomon, German photographer   

1887  On this day in history carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67   

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

1889  Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68) on April - 28.   

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

1892  Georges Antoine, composer on April - 28.   

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

1900  On this day in history bruno Apitz, writer   

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

1901  Corry Vonk, [Cornelia D], wife of Wim Kan (ABC-cabaret) on April - 28.   

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

1906  Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok, Dutch/US astronomer (Milky Way) on this day in history.   

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

1910  On April - 28 the first night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England)   

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

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

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

1913  On this day in history g Neujmin discovers asteroid #751 Faina   

1913  On this day in history 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 April - 28 skuli Halldorsson, composer   

1916  M Wolf discovers asteroid #826 Henrika on this day in history.   

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

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1442  On this day in history 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 April - 28 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  Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer was born on April - 28.   

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

1089  On April - 28 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 this day in history.   

1533  Death of Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461) on this day in history.   

1710  On April - 28 death of thomas Betterton, English actor   

1716  Death of Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673) on this day in history.   

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