Page 3: Historical Events In April - 28

1878  On April - 28 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  On this day in history robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies   

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

1886  On April - 28 erich Salomon, German photographer   

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

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

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  On this day in history georges Antoine, composer   

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

1900  Bruno Apitz, writer on April - 28.   

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

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

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 April - 28.   

1906  On April - 28 the birth of Kurt Gödel, czech mathematician   

1906  On this day in history 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 April - 28.   

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

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 this day in history g Neujmin discovers asteroid #751 Faina   

1913  J Palisa discovers asteroid #750 Oskar on April - 28.   

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  On April - 28 w H Carrier patents air conditioner   

1914  On this day in history skuli Halldorsson, composer   

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

1917  Joop Waasdorp, Dutch writer (Naked Life) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history 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  Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) was born on April - 28.   

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

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

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

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 April - 28.   

1109  Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1192  Death of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s) on this day in history.   

1498  On April - 28 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 April - 28.   

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

1726  On April - 28 death of thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)