April 28 - UncleWoody.org - What happened on the day I was born?

Send This Page To A Friend \| Home What happened today in history? Uncle Woody's Almanac for April 28
2000	Five people die when a man goes on an apparent racially-motivated shooting spree in a Pittsburgh suburb.
1996	As a witness for the defense, US president Bill Clinton provides 4.5 hours of videotaped testimony in the Whitewater criminal trial of his former business associates.
1995	Over a hundred are killed when a gas main explodes on a busy street in Taegu, South Korea.
1990	The Broadway musical A Chorus Line ends its run after 6,137 performances.
1969	French President Charles de Gaulle resigns from office.
1967	Heavyweight boxing champ Cassius Clay (now Mohhammed Ali) refuses to be inducted into US Army, citing religious reasons.
1959	Arthur Godfrey's TV talk show ends after 10 years on CBS.
1947	Thor Heyerdahl's balsa log raft, Kon-Tiki, with a crew of six, embarks on a 4300-mile journey from Peru to Polynesia.
1945	Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator and leader of the Fascist party, is executed.
1789	The mutiny aboard the HMS Bounty occurs, as Captain William Bligh and 18 crewmembers are set adrift in a launch in the South Pacific.
1788	Maryland joins six other states in ratifying the US Constitution.