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April 28, 2001 Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by paying $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. April 28, 1997 "Jekyll and Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City April 28, 1996 "Big," opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 193 performances April 28, 1996 Martin Bryant shoots and kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania April 28, 1996 Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic April 28, 1995 Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die April 28, 1995 Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die April 28, 1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days] April 28, 1994 Aldrich Ames, former CIA officer and wife Rosario plead guilty to spying April 28, 1994 Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium April 28, 1994 Lisa Marie Presley separates from Danny Keough April 28, 1993 "Tango Passion" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 5 performances April 28, 1993 Carlo Ciampi forms Italian government with ex-communists April 28, 1993 Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die April 28, 1993 New York Islanders beat Washington Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot April 28, 1992 Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings April 28, 1992 Italian President Francesco Cossiga formally resigns April 28, 1991 "Gypsy" opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 105 performances April 28, 1991 "Taking Steps" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 78 performances April 28, 1991 Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) launched April 28, 1990 "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 6,137 performances April 28, 1990 Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat New York Knicks 157-128 April 28, 1990 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro April 28, 1990 Guns and Roses' Axl marries Erin Everly (annulled same year) April 28, 1990 Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth) April 28, 1989 Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money April 28, 1989 Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie April 28, 1988 "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 68 performances April 28, 1988 Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess April 28, 1988 Baltimore Orioles lose AL record 21 games in a row April 28, 1988 New Jersey Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes April 28, 1987 NBA announces expansion to Charlotte North Carolina and Miami Florida in 1988 and Minneapolis Minnesota and Orlando Florida in 1989 April 28, 1986 Chernobyl, U.S.S.R. site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster April 28, 1985 Alice Miller wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic April 28, 1985 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 4th time April 28, 1985 Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season April 28, 1984 "La Tragedie de Carmen" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 187 performances April 28, 1983 Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead April 28, 1983 Bruins 4-Isles 1-Wales Conf Championship-Series tied 1-1 April 28, 1983 NASA launches Geos-F April 28, 1980 Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns April 28, 1980 Reunion Arena in Dallas opens April 28, 1977 Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets April 28, 1977 Andreas Baader and members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart, Germany April 28, 1975 John Lennon appears on "Tonight" and Ringo on "Smother Brothers" April 28, 1975 South-Vietnam Gen Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30 April 28, 1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic April 28, 1972 Courts awarded Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because winner was given drugs before race April 28, 1971 Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election April 28, 1971 Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes 1st black Admiral in U.S. Navy April 28, 1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France April 28, 1969 King Crismson with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald debuts April 28, 1968 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old April 28, 1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies' Golf Invitational April 28, 1967 Expo 67 opens in Montreal April 28, 1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title April 28, 1966 20th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3 April 28, 1966 38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music," Julie Christie and L Marvin win April 28, 1966 Cleveland ties record with 10th straight win since Opening Day April 28, 1966 OCAM, Common Afro-Mauritian Organization forms April 28, 1965 Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS April 28, 1965 Lindsey Nelson broadcasts game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola April 28, 1965 Richard Helms replaces Marshall S. Carter as deputy director of CIA April 28, 1965 U.S. Marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966 April 28, 1965 William F. Raborn, Jr. replaces John A. McCone as 7th head of CIA April 28, 1964 Japan joins OECO April 28, 1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship April 28, 1963 17th Tony Awards: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum win April 28, 1961 Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude April 28, 1961 Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats San Francisco Giants, 1-0 April 28, 1960 "Christine" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 12 performances April 28, 1960 WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting April 28, 1959 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting April 28, 1959 KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting April 28, 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island April 28, 1958 Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed) April 28, 1958 Vice President Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America April 28, 1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open April 28, 1957 WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting April 28, 1956 Last French troop leave Vietnam April 28, 1956 Reds Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 HRs April 28, 1955 WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting April 28, 1952 Patty Berg wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open April 28, 1952 St. Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan April 28, 1952 WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect April 28, 1947 Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki sail from Peru to Polynesia April 28, 1945 British commands attack Elbe and occupies Lauenburg April 28, 1945 U.S. 5th army reaches Swiss border April 28, 1944 Stalin meets Polish/U.S. priest S Orlemanski April 28, 1944 Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 U.S. soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats April 28, 1943 1st performance of Marc Blitzstein's "Freedom Morning" April 28, 1943 German-Italian counter offensive in North-Africa April 28, 1943 U.S. 34th Division occupies Djebel el Hara North Tunisia April 28, 1942 "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll April 28, 1942 Nightly "dim-out" begins along East Coast April 28, 1941 Last British troops in Greece surrenders April 28, 1940 Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000" April 28, 1940 Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz April 28, 1939 Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect April 28, 1938 King Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary April 28, 1937 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (New York City) April 28, 1937 1st commercial flight across Pacific, Pan Am April 28, 1935 Moscow underground opens (81 km long) April 28, 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act April 28, 1934 Soccer team Blue White '34 forms April 28, 1934 Spanish government of Samper forms April 28, 1934 Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays April 28, 1932 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio April 28, 1932 Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced April 28, 1931 Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track and field April 28, 1930 1st night organized baseball game Independence. Kansas April 28, 1925 Kurd rebels surrender to Turkish army April 28, 1925 Netherlands and Great Britain return to gold standard April 28, 1924 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster April 28, 1923 Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup) April 28, 1922 WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station April 28, 1920 Azerbaijan SSR joins U.S.S.R. (1st time) April 28, 1919 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) April 28, 1914 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles, West Virginia April 28, 1914 W. H. Carrier patents air conditioner April 28, 1910 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England) April 28, 1901 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) and Netherlands (0) April 28, 1901 Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1 April 28, 1892 1st performance of Antonin Dvorak's overture "Carneval" April 28, 1865 Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris April 28, 1865 Opera "L'Africaine" is produced (Paris) April 28, 1855 1st veterinary college in U.S. incorporated in Boston April 28, 1848 Free last slaves in French colonies April 28, 1847 George B. Vashon becomes 1st black to enter New York State Bar April 28, 1829 Dutch parliament accepts new press laws April 28, 1818 Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain April 28, 1804 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony April 28, 1796 Cease fire of Cherasco April 28, 1789 Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty and Capt William Bligh April 28, 1788 Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution April 28, 1770 Capt James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia April 28, 1686 1st volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia" published April 28, 1655 English Admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet April 28, 1635 Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason and removed from office April 28, 1550 Powers of Dutch inquisition extends April 28, 1521 Treaty of Worms: Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand Arch duke of Neth-Austria April 28, 1503 Battle at Cerignalo: Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France April 28, 1376 English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay April 28, 1202 King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France April 28, 585 War between Lydia and Media ended by solar eclipse April 28, 357 Emperor Constantius II visits Rome |