The April 28th is the 118e Jour of the Année (119e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian Calendrier.
Events
1 to 1900
20th century
Births
- 32 : Othon, Roman Emperor
- 1442: Edward IV King of England († 1483)
- 1545: Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral († December 16th 1598)
- 1630: Charles Cotton, English poet († 1687)
- 1686: Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor († 1721)
- 1715: Franz Sparry, type-setter († 1767)
- 1758: James Monroe, 5th President of the United States of America († 1831)
- 1819: Ezra Abbot, American specialist in the New Testament († 1884)
- 1838: Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch lawyer, prize winner of the Nobel Prize of Peace († 1913)
- 1870: Antonio Reverte, Spanish Matador († September 13rd 1903).
- 1888 : Jean Benoit-Levy, realizer and producer of French cinema († August 2nd 1959)
- 1889: António de Oliveira Salazar, Dictator and president of the Portuguese council of 1932 with 1968
- 1900: Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer († November 5th 1992)
- 1906: Pierre Boileau, French writer
- 1908: Oskar Schindler, Czechoslovakian industrialist who obtained the title of Juste among the Nations († 1974)
- 1930: Andre Halimi, French journalist
- 1937: Saddam Hussein Al-Tikriti, former president of the Iraq († December 30th 2006)
- 1941: AsMargret, American actress born in Sweden
- 1943: Jacques Dutronc, singer and actor French
- Gerard Majax, French illusisionist
- 1944: Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Walloon Belgian politician
- 1948: Terry Pratchett, British writer
- 1949: Jay Apt, American astronaut
- 1956: Paul Lockhart, American astronaut
- 1957: Léopold Eyharts, French spationaut
- 1960: Walter Zenga, Goalkeeper of the team of Italy of football and currently trainer.
- 1971 : Khaled Kelkal, islamist terrorist († September 29th 1995)
- 1972: Sebastien Cauet, stimulating French TV and radio
- 1973: Pauleta, is a Football or Portuguese evolving/moving at the post of center-forward to the Paris Saint-Germain. The Aigle of the Azores is the best striker of the history of the team of Portugal of football (47 goals) and is the best striker of Ligue 1 in activity (121 goals).
- 1974 : Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
- 1981: Jessica Alba, American actress
Death
Celebrations
Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day
- Vital and Valerie of Milan (Ier century), husband martyrs.
Catholic saints of the day
Orthodoxe saints
- Cyriaque de Kargopol († 1402), higoumene
- Cyrille de Tourov († 1183), bishop
See too
Beats-smg: Balondė 28
Be-X-old: 28 красавіка
Fiu-vro: 28. mahlakuu päiv
Nds-nl: 28 april
Simple: April 28
Zh-yue: 4 月 28 號