April 28
1788 - Maryland became the 7th state.
1789 - Fletcher Christian led the mutiny aboard the British ship Bounty against Capt. William Bligh.
1945 - Former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country.
1947 - Thor Heyerdahl and five others began their Pacific Ocean crossing on the raft, Kon-Tiki.
1952 - War with Japan officially ended as a treaty signed in San Francisco the year before took effect.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered U.S. Marines to the Dominican Republic to protect American citizens and interests in the face of a civil war.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter accepted the resignation of Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, who had opposed the failed rescue mission aimed at freeing American hostages in Iran.
1986 - The Soviet Union informed the world of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl that began two days earlier.
1992 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled its first "food pyramid."
1994 - Former CIA official Aldrich Ames, who had passed U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia, pleaded guilty to espionage and tax evasion, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
2001 - Dennis Tito became the first space tourist.
2004 - The Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal first comes to light when graphic photos of U.S. soldiers physically abusing and humiliating Iraqi prisoners were shown on CBS's "60 Minutes II."
2011 - Convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping a California girl, Jaycee Dugard, who was abducted in 1991 at the age of 11 and rescued 18 years later. (Phillip Garrido was sentenced to 431 years to life in prison; Nancy Garrido was sentenced to 36 years to life in prison.)
2013 - Mohammed Sohel Rana, the fugitive owner of an illegally constructed building in Bangladesh that collapsed and killed more than 1,100 people, was captured by a commando force as he tried to flee into India.
2015 - Urging Americans to “do some soul-searching,” President Barack Obama expressed deep frustration over recurring Black deaths at the hands of police, rioters who responded with senseless violence and a society that would only “feign concern” without addressing the root causes.
2021 - Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their first steps on the lunar surface, died of cancer in Florida at age 90.
Birthdays
33 - Aleisha Allen (actress)
38 - Jenna Ushkowitz (actress)
42 - Harry Shum Jr. (actor)
43 - Jessica Alba (actress)
46 - Drew Scott (TV personality)
46 - Jonathan Scott (TV personality)
46 - Nate Richert (actor)
50 - Penelope Cruz (actress)
51 - Elisabeth Rohm (actress)
51 - Jorge Garcia (actor)
53 - Chris Young (actor)
53 - Bridget Moynahan (actress)
64 - Elena Kagan (Supreme Court Justice)
72 - Mary McDonnell (actress)
74 - Jay Leno (comedian/talk show host)
75 - Paul Guilfoyle (actor)
83 - Ann-Margret (actress/singer)
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Today in Sports History - April 28
1961 - The NFL chose Canton, Ohio, as the site for the Professional Football Hall of Fame.
1966 - The Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1967 - Boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the U.S. Army and was stripped of his heavyweight championship.
1971 - Hank Aaron hit his 600th career home run.
1985 - Billy Martin was named manager of the New York Yankees for the fourth time.
1987 - The NBA announced expansion franchises in Charlotte and Miami to begin in 1988 and for Orlando and Minneapolis to begin in 1989.
1987 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Miami quarterback Vinny Testaverde with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1988 - The Baltimore Orioles set a major league record with their 21st consecutive loss to start the season.
2007 - The Oakland Raiders select LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2016 - The Los Angeles Rams select California quarterback Jared Goff with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2022 - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer was suspended for two full seasons without pay by Major League Baseball for violating the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy, which he denied doing.
1788 - Maryland became the 7th state.
1789 - Fletcher Christian led the mutiny aboard the British ship Bounty against Capt. William Bligh.
1945 - Former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country.
1947 - Thor Heyerdahl and five others began their Pacific Ocean crossing on the raft, Kon-Tiki.
1952 - War with Japan officially ended as a treaty signed in San Francisco the year before took effect.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered U.S. Marines to the Dominican Republic to protect American citizens and interests in the face of a civil war.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter accepted the resignation of Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance, who had opposed the failed rescue mission aimed at freeing American hostages in Iran.
1986 - The Soviet Union informed the world of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl that began two days earlier.
1992 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled its first "food pyramid."
1994 - Former CIA official Aldrich Ames, who had passed U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia, pleaded guilty to espionage and tax evasion, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
2001 - Dennis Tito became the first space tourist.
2004 - The Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal first comes to light when graphic photos of U.S. soldiers physically abusing and humiliating Iraqi prisoners were shown on CBS's "60 Minutes II."
2011 - Convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping a California girl, Jaycee Dugard, who was abducted in 1991 at the age of 11 and rescued 18 years later. (Phillip Garrido was sentenced to 431 years to life in prison; Nancy Garrido was sentenced to 36 years to life in prison.)
2013 - Mohammed Sohel Rana, the fugitive owner of an illegally constructed building in Bangladesh that collapsed and killed more than 1,100 people, was captured by a commando force as he tried to flee into India.
2015 - Urging Americans to “do some soul-searching,” President Barack Obama expressed deep frustration over recurring Black deaths at the hands of police, rioters who responded with senseless violence and a society that would only “feign concern” without addressing the root causes.
2021 - Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their first steps on the lunar surface, died of cancer in Florida at age 90.
Birthdays
33 - Aleisha Allen (actress)
38 - Jenna Ushkowitz (actress)
42 - Harry Shum Jr. (actor)
43 - Jessica Alba (actress)
46 - Drew Scott (TV personality)
46 - Jonathan Scott (TV personality)
46 - Nate Richert (actor)
50 - Penelope Cruz (actress)
51 - Elisabeth Rohm (actress)
51 - Jorge Garcia (actor)
53 - Chris Young (actor)
53 - Bridget Moynahan (actress)
64 - Elena Kagan (Supreme Court Justice)
72 - Mary McDonnell (actress)
74 - Jay Leno (comedian/talk show host)
75 - Paul Guilfoyle (actor)
83 - Ann-Margret (actress/singer)
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Today in Sports History - April 28
1961 - The NFL chose Canton, Ohio, as the site for the Professional Football Hall of Fame.
1966 - The Boston Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1967 - Boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the U.S. Army and was stripped of his heavyweight championship.
1971 - Hank Aaron hit his 600th career home run.
1985 - Billy Martin was named manager of the New York Yankees for the fourth time.
1987 - The NBA announced expansion franchises in Charlotte and Miami to begin in 1988 and for Orlando and Minneapolis to begin in 1989.
1987 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Miami quarterback Vinny Testaverde with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1988 - The Baltimore Orioles set a major league record with their 21st consecutive loss to start the season.
2007 - The Oakland Raiders select LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2016 - The Los Angeles Rams select California quarterback Jared Goff with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2022 - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer was suspended for two full seasons without pay by Major League Baseball for violating the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy, which he denied doing.