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 April - 28.   

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  Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrialist on April - 28.   

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

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

1888  Henry DG Crerar, Canadian general (WW I/Italy/Netherland) on this day in history.   

1889  Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, premier/dictator Portugal (1932-68) on this day in history.   

1892  On April - 28 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  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 April - 28.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history frans Vroons, actor/tenor/director (Neth Opera)   

1912  On this day in history odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France (WW II)   

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

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

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

1914  On this day in history f Kaiser discovers asteroid #788 Hohensteina   

1914  W H Carrier patents air conditioner on April - 28.   

1914  On this day in history skuli Halldorsson, composer   

1916  On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroid #826 Henrika   

1917  On April - 28 joop Waasdorp, Dutch writer (Naked Life)   

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

1919  1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) on April - 28.   

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

1715  Franz Sparry, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On April - 28 hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies   

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

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