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28 April 2028
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2008 - The 1,388-foot-tall (423.2 m) Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, with the world's highest residence above ground level at the time, held its grand opening.Skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Anniversary
1999 - A 14-year-old former student in Taber, Alberta, opened fire at his high school, killing one student and wounding another in Canada's first fatal school shooting in more than two decades.Town in Canada
Anniversary
1996 - A spree shooter carried out the Port Arthur massacre, killing 35 people and injuring 23, in Tasmania, prompting stricter gun laws in Australia.Person killing in multiple locations in a short time
Anniversary
1988 - Aloha Airlines Flight 243 experienced explosive decompression while airborne between Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii, with one fatality as a flight attendant was ejected from the aircraft.1988 aviation accident over the Pacific Ocean
Anniversary
1983 - The West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.German weekly news magazine
Historical events
History
2004 - CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.News division of the American television and radio service CBS
History
1996 - Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.1990s U.S. political controversy
History
1996 - Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.1996 mass shooting in Tasmania, Australia
History
1994 - Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving US secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.U.S. intelligence and covert action agency
History
1991 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of Defense.Space Shuttle orbiter (1984–2011)
History
1988 - Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.Second largest island in Hawaii
History
1986 - High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union
History
1983 - The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.German weekly news magazine
History
1978 - The President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.Former head of state and government
History
1977 - The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.West German far-left militant organisation (1970–1998)
Notable births
Born
2001 - Anthony Volpe, American baseball playerAmerican baseball player (born 2001)
Born
2000 - Alek Thomas, American baseball playerAmerican baseball player (born 2000)
Born
1998 - Song Yu-bin, South Korean singer and actorSouth Korean singer (born 1998)
Born
1997 - Shane McClanahan, American baseball playerAmerican baseball player (born 1997)
Born
1997 - Denzel Ward, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1997)
Born
1995 - Connor Clifton, American ice hockey playerAmerican ice hockey player (born 1995)
Born
1995 - Melanie Martinez, American singerAmerican singer-songwriter (born 1995)
Notable deaths
Died
2024 - Brian McCardie, Scottish actor and writer (born 1965)Scottish actor and writer (1965–2024)
Died
2021 - Michael Collins, American astronaut (born 1930)American astronaut (1930–2021)
Died
2021 - El Risitas, Spanish comedian (born 1956)Spanish comedian and actor (1956–2021)
Died
2019 - Richard Lugar, American politician (born 1932)American politician (1932–2019)
Died
2019 - John Singleton, American film director (born 1968)American filmmaker (1968–2019)
Died
2018 - James Hylton, American race car driver (born 1934)American racing driver (1934–2018)
Died
2017 - Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (born 1929)American missionary and author
Died
2016 - Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (born 1947)English writer
Sky
Moon phase
Waxing Crescent
17.3% illuminated
Lunar age: 4.0 days
Sun zodiac
Taurus
8.72 degrees
Constellation: Aries
Moon zodiac
Gemini
22.95 degrees
Constellation: Taurus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.