April 28
People born on this day are Taurus.
- 1970
Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
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The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.
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General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closes in on victory.
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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.
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The President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
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The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.
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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.
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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.
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Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of Defense.
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Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving US secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
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Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
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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.
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2001Anthony Volpe, American baseball player
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2000Victoria De Angelis, Italian musician
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2000Alek Thomas, American baseball player
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1998Song Yu-bin, South Korean singer and actor
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1997Amaia Aberasturi, Spanish actress
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1997Shane McClanahan, American baseball player
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1997Denzel Ward, American football player
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1995Connor Clifton, American ice hockey player
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1995Mara Sattei, Italian singer-songwriter
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1995Melanie Martinez, American singer
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1994Jakob Butturff, American bowler (died 2026)
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1994Wonpil, South Korean musician
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