Historical Events In April - 28

1878  The birth of Lionel Barrymore, American actor on this day in history.   

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

1879  Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history erich Salomon, German photographer   

1887  Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67 on April - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1892  Georges Antoine, composer on April - 28.   

1896  Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies on April - 28.   

1900  On April - 28 bruno Apitz, writer   

1901  On April - 28 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 April - 28.   

1903  On April - 28 m Wolf discovers asteroid #509 Iolanda   

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

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

1908  On April - 28 arnoud Breeveld, Suriname bishop   

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

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

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

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

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

1914  F Kaiser discovers asteroid #788 Hohensteina on April - 28.   

1914  On April - 28 w H Carrier patents air conditioner   

1914  Skuli Halldorsson, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 April - 28 birth of yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)   

1592  George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral was born on April - 28.   

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

1686  Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.   

1715  On April - 28 birth of franz Sparry, composer   

1748  On April - 28 birth of lorenz Justinian Ott, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

1192  Death of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s) on April - 28.   

1498  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician   

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

1710  On this day in history death of thomas Betterton, English actor   

1716  On this day in history death of louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)   

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