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What Happened On April 28

Q: What happened on April 28?

1869: Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the first transcontinental railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched. 1738: Pope Clement XII issues the first papal condemnation of Freemasonry and formally prohibits Catholics from becoming Freemasons. 1949: The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed. 1611: The University of Santo Tomas (seminary building pictured) in Manila, one of the oldest existing universities in Asia and one of the world's largest Catholic universities by enrollment, was founded. 1881: Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico. 1611: Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the Catholic University of the Philippines and the largest Catholic university in the world. 1503: The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder. 1253: Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism. 357: Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius. 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.

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1869 Weird
Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the first transcontinental railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
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1738 First ever
Pope Clement XII issues the first papal condemnation of Freemasonry and formally prohibits Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1949 First ever
The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1611 Oddly true
The University of Santo Tomas (seminary building pictured) in Manila, one of the oldest existing universities in Asia and one of the world's largest Catholic universities by enrollment, was founded.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1881 Oddly true
Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1611 Oddly true
Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the Catholic University of the Philippines and the largest Catholic university in the world.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1503 First ever
The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1253 First ever
Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
357 First ever
Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1999 First ever
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.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Observed today

2004CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees. Wikipedia →
1996Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense. Wikipedia →
1996Port 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. Wikipedia →
1994Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving US secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia. Wikipedia →
1991Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of Defense. Wikipedia →
1988Near 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. Wikipedia →
1986High 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. Wikipedia →
1983The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries. Wikipedia →
1978The President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels. Wikipedia →
1977The 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. Wikipedia →
1975General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closes in on victory. Wikipedia →
1973The 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. Wikipedia →
1970Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign. Wikipedia →
1969Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France. Wikipedia →
1967Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license. Wikipedia →
1965United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate US Army troops. Wikipedia →
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in order to campaign in the 1952 United States presidential election. Wikipedia →
1952The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II. Wikipedia →
1952The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War. Wikipedia →
1949The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed. Wikipedia →
1948Igor Stravinsky conducts the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center. Wikipedia →
1947Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia. Wikipedia →
1945Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are shot dead by Walter Audisio, a member of the Italian resistance movement. Wikipedia →
1945The Holocaust: Nazi Germany carries out its final use of gas chambers to execute 33 Upper Austrian socialist and communist leaders in Mauthausen concentration camp. Wikipedia →
1944World War II: Nine German E-boats attack US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946. Wikipedia →
1941The Ustaše massacre nearly 200 Serbs in the village of Gudovac, the first massacre of their genocidal campaign against Serbs of the Independent State of Croatia. Wikipedia →
1937South African medical researcher Max Theiler develops the yellow fever vaccine at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City. Wikipedia →
1930The Independence Producers host the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas. Wikipedia →
1923Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium. Wikipedia →
1920The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic is founded. Wikipedia →
1910Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom. Wikipedia →
1887A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of Wilhelm I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war. Wikipedia →
1881Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico. Wikipedia →
1869Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the first transcontinental railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched. Wikipedia →
1859The sailing clipper ship Pomona is wrecked on the coast of Ireland with the loss of 424 of the 448 passengers and crew aboard. Wikipedia →
1858The Bawani Imli massacre, where 52 Indian freedom fighters are hanged to death on a tamarind tree by British colonial forces. Wikipedia →
1796The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast. Wikipedia →
1794Sardinians, headed by Giovanni Maria Angioy, start a revolution against the Savoy domination, expelling Viceroy Balbiano and his officials from Cagliari, the capital and largest city of the island. Wikipedia →
1792France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium and Luxembourg), beginning the French Revolutionary Wars. Wikipedia →
1789The Mutiny on the Bounty occurs, with the ship's captain, Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors, set adrift, and the rebel crew setting sail for Tahiti. Eventually the majority of rebels sail for Pitcairn Island. Wikipedia →
1788Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution. Wikipedia →
1758The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city. Wikipedia →
1738Pope Clement XII issues the first papal condemnation of Freemasonry and formally prohibits Catholics from becoming Freemasons. Wikipedia →
1625A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Portuguese War. Wikipedia →
1611Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the Catholic University of the Philippines and the largest Catholic university in the world. Wikipedia →
1503The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder. Wikipedia →
1294Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols with the reigning title Oljeitu. Wikipedia →
1253Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism. Wikipedia →
1192Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin. Wikipedia →
357Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius. Wikipedia →
224The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V, effectively ending the Parthian Empire. Wikipedia →

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