Event:
Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by paying $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.
More Notable Events on April 28:
1989 Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money
1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title
1947 Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki sail from Peru to Polynesia
1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act
1914 W. H. Carrier patents air conditioner
