April 28 facts for kids

April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 247 days remain until the end of the year.

April 28th is a day filled with many important moments throughout history, from ancient battles and the founding of new religions to modern scientific breakthroughs and cultural events. Let's explore some of the key happenings and famous people connected to this date.

Historical Events on April 28th

Early History (Before 1600)

• 224 – A big battle called the Battle of Hormozdgan took place. In this battle, Ardashir I won against Artabanus V, which brought an end to the Parthian Empire.
• 357 – Emperor Constantius II visited Rome for the first time. He was celebrating his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
• 1192 – Conrad of Montferrat, who was the King of Jerusalem, was sadly killed in Tyre. This happened just two days after he was officially confirmed as king.
• 1253 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, shared his teachings for the first time. He taught about Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, which became the main idea of Nichiren Buddhism.
• 1294 – Temür Khan, the grandson of Kublai Khan, was chosen as the leader of the Mongols. His ruling name was Oljeitu.
• 1503 – The Battle of Cerignola happened. This battle is known as one of the first in Europe where small firearms using gunpowder helped win the fight.

From 1601 to 1900

• 1611 – The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas was started. This is a very large Catholic university in the Philippines.
• 1625 – A large fleet of 52 ships from Spain and Portugal began to take back the city of Bahia from the Dutch. This was part of the Dutch–Portuguese War.
• 1758 – The Marathas defeated the Afghans in the Battle of Attock. They then took control of the city.
• 1788 – Maryland became the seventh state to agree to the United States Constitution.
• 1789 – The famous mutiny on the Bounty happened. Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors were left adrift in a small boat. The crew who took over the ship sailed to Pitcairn Island.
• 1792 – France began the French Revolutionary Wars by invading the Austrian Netherlands (which are now Belgium and Luxembourg).
• 1794 – People in Sardinia, led by Giovanni Maria Angioy, started a revolution against the Savoy rulers. They forced the Viceroy and his officials out of Cagliari, the main city.
• 1796 – The Armistice of Cherasco was signed by Napoleon Bonaparte. This agreement expanded French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
• 1869 – Workers for the Central Pacific Railroad built ten miles of track in one day. This amazing feat has never been beaten.
• 1881 – The famous outlaw Billy the Kid managed to escape from the Lincoln County jail.
• 1887 – French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé was released from prison. He had been arrested by the Prussian Secret Police. His release, ordered by William I, German Emperor, helped avoid a possible war.

Modern Times (1901–Present)

• 1910 – Frenchman Louis Paulhan won the 1910 London to Manchester air race. This was the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
• 1920 – The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic was created.
• 1923 – Wembley Stadium officially opened. It was first called the Empire Stadium.
• 1930 – The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
• 1937 – South African medical researcher Max Theiler created the yellow fever vaccine. He did this at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York.
• 1944 – During World War II, nine German boats attacked US and UK units. This happened during Exercise Tiger, which was a practice for the Normandy landings. Sadly, 946 people lost their lives.
• 1945 – Benito Mussolini, the former leader of Italy, and his companion Clara Petacci were killed.
• 1945 – In Nazi Germany, the last use of gas chambers happened. This was to execute 33 socialist and communist leaders in Mauthausen concentration camp.
• 1947 – Thor Heyerdahl and five crew members began their journey from Peru on the Kon-Tiki. They wanted to show that ancient Peruvian people could have traveled to Polynesia.
• 1948 – Igor Stravinsky led the first performance of his American ballet, Orpheus, in New York City Center.
• 1949 – The Hukbalahap group was accused of killing Aurora Quezon, the former First Lady of the Philippines. This happened while she was on her way to open a hospital. Her daughter and ten others also died.
• 1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower stepped down as the top commander of NATO. He did this to run for president in the 1952 United States presidential election.
• 1952 – The Treaty of San Francisco became active. This agreement gave Japan its independence back and ended its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
• 1952 – The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty was signed in Taipei, Taiwan. This officially ended the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• 1965 – American troops landed in the Dominican Republic. They said they were there to stop a Communist government from forming and to help American citizens leave.
• 1967 – During the Vietnam War, boxer Muhammad Ali refused to join the United States Army. Because of this, he lost his boxing championship and his license.
• 1969 – Charles de Gaulle resigned as President of France.
• 1970 – During the Vietnam War, U.S. President Richard Nixon officially allowed American combat troops to join the Cambodian campaign.
• 1973 – The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd became the number one album on the US Billboard chart. It stayed on the charts for a record-breaking 741 weeks!
• 1975 – General Cao Văn Viên, the head of the South Vietnamese military, left for the US. This happened as the North Vietnamese Army was close to winning the Ho Chi Minh Campaign.
• 1978 – The President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, was removed from power and killed in a coup.
• 1986 – High levels of radiation were found at a nuclear power plant in Sweden. This was caused by the Chernobyl disaster. Soviet authorities then publicly announced the accident.
• 1988 – Near Maui, Hawaii, a flight attendant named Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing was pulled out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243. This happened when part of the plane's side ripped open during the flight.
• 1994 – Aldrich Ames, a former officer from the Central Intelligence Agency, admitted to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.

Famous Births on April 28th

Before 1600

• AD 32 – Otho, a Roman emperor.
• 1402 – Nezahualcoyotl, a wise leader, warrior, and poet from Acolhua.
• 1442 – Edward IV, who became king of England.
• 1545 – Yi Sun-sin, a famous Korean commander.
• 1573 – Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, the son of Charles IX.

From 1601 to 1900

• 1604 – Joris Jansen Rapelje, a Dutch settler in early North America.
• 1623 – Wilhelmus Beekman, a Dutch politician.
• 1630 – Charles Cotton, an English poet and author.
• 1676 – Frederick I, who was a prince and later king of Sweden.
• 1715 – Franz Sparry, an Austrian composer and teacher.
• 1758 – James Monroe, an American soldier, lawyer, and politician. He became the 5th President of the United States.
• 1761 – Marie Harel, a French cheesemaker.
• 1765 – Sylvestre François Lacroix, a French mathematician.
• 1819 – Ezra Abbot, an American scholar.
• 1827 – William Hall, a Canadian soldier who received the Victoria Cross.
• 1838 – Tobias Asser, a Dutch lawyer and scholar who won the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1848 – Ludvig Schytte, a Danish pianist and composer.
• 1854 – Hertha Marks Ayrton, a Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist.
• 1855 – José Malhoa, a Portuguese painter.
• 1863 – Josiah Thomas, an English-Australian miner and politician. He was the 7th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
• 1863 – Nikolai von Meck, a Russian engineer.
• 1865 – Charles W. Woodworth, an American entomologist.
• 1868 – Lucy Booth, an English composer.
• 1868 – Georgy Voronoy, a Ukrainian-Russian mathematician.
• 1874 – Karl Kraus, an Austrian journalist and author.
• 1874 – Sidney Toler, an American actor and director.
• 1876 – Nicola Romeo, an Italian engineer and businessman.
• 1878 – Lionel Barrymore, an American actor and director.
• 1886 – Erich Salomon, a German-born news photographer.
• 1886 – Art Shaw, an American hurdler.
• 1888 – Walter Tull, an English footballer and soldier.
• 1889 – António de Oliveira Salazar, a Portuguese economist and politician. He was the 100th Prime Minister of Portugal.
• 1896 – Na Hye-sok, a South Korean journalist, poet, and painter.
• 1896 – Tristan Tzara, a Romanian-French poet and critic.
• 1897 – Ye Jianying, a Chinese general and politician. He was the Head of State of the People's Republic of China.
• 1900 – Alice Berry, an Australian activist.
• 1900 – Jan Oort, a Dutch astronomer.

Modern Times (1901–Present)

• 1901 – H. B. Stallard, an English runner and surgeon.
• 1902 – Johan Borgen, a Norwegian author.
• 1906 – Kurt Gödel, a Czech-American mathematician and philosopher.
• 1906 – Paul Sacher, a Swiss conductor.
• 1908 – Ethel Catherwood, an American-Canadian high jumper.
• 1908 – Jack Fingleton, an Australian cricketer and journalist.
• 1908 – Oskar Schindler, a Czech-German businessman.
• 1909 – Arthur Võõbus, an Estonian-American theologian.
• 1910 – Sam Merwin, Jr., an American author.
• 1911 – Lee Falk, an American director and playwright.
• 1912 – Odette Hallowes, a French soldier and spy.
• 1912 – Kaneto Shindō, a Japanese director and screenwriter.
• 1913 – Rose Murphy, an American singer.
• 1914 – Michel Mohrt, a French author and historian.
• 1916 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, an Italian businessman who created Lamborghini cars.
• 1917 – Robert Cornthwaite, an American actor.
• 1921 – Rowland Evans, an American journalist and author.
• 1921 – Simin Daneshvar, an Iranian author.
• 1923 – Carolyn Cassady, an American author.
• 1923 – William Guarnere, an American sergeant.
• 1924 – Dick Ayers, an American author and illustrator.
• 1924 – Blossom Dearie, an American singer and pianist.
• 1924 – Kenneth Kaunda, a Zambian educator and politician. He was the first president of Zambia.
• 1925 – T. John Lesinski, an American judge and politician.
• 1925 – John Leonard Thorn, an English lieutenant and academic.
• 1926 – James Bama, an American artist.
• 1926 – Bill Blackbeard, an American historian.
• 1926 – Harper Lee, an American novelist.
• 1928 – Yves Klein, a French painter.
• 1928 – Eugene Merle Shoemaker, an American geologist and astronomer.
• 1930 – James Baker, an American lawyer and politician. He was the 61st United States Secretary of State.
• 1930 – Carolyn Jones, an American actress.
• 1933 – Miodrag Radulovacki, a Serbian-American neuropharmacologist.
• 1934 – Lois Duncan, an American author.
• 1935 – Pedro Ramos, a Cuban baseball player.
• 1935 – Jimmy Wray, a Scottish boxer and politician.
• 1936 – Tariq Aziz, an Iraqi journalist and politician.
• 1937 – Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi general and politician. He was the 5th President of Iraq.
• 1937 – Jean Redpath, a Scottish singer-songwriter.
• 1937 – John White, a Scottish international footballer.
• 1938 – Madge Sinclair, a Jamaican-American actress.
• 1941 – Ann-Margret, a Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer.
• 1941 – Lucien Aimar, a French cyclist.
• 1941 – John Madejski, an English businessman.
• 1941 – Karl Barry Sharpless, an American chemist who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• 1941 – Iryna Zhylenko, a Ukrainian poet.
• 1942 – Mike Brearley, an English cricketer.
• 1943 – Aryeh Bibi, an Israeli politician.
• 1944 – Elizabeth LeCompte, an American director.
• 1944 – Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, a Belgian politician.
• 1944 – Alice Waters, an American chef and author.
• 1946 – Nour El-Sherif, an Egyptian actor.
• 1946 – Ginette Reno, a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress.
• 1947 – Christian Jacq, a French historian and author.
• 1947 – Nicola LeFanu, an English composer.
• 1947 – Steve Khan, an American jazz guitarist.
• 1948 – Terry Pratchett, an English author and screenwriter.
• 1948 – Marcia Strassman, an American actress and singer.
• 1949 – Jeremy Cooke, an English lawyer and judge.
• 1949 – Paul Guilfoyle, an American actor.
• 1949 – Bruno Kirby, an American actor.
• 1950 – Willie Colón, a Puerto Rican-American trombonist.
• 1950 – Jay Leno, an American comedian and talk show host.
• 1950 – Steve Rider, an English journalist and sportscaster.
• 1951 – Tim Congdon, an English economist and politician.
• 1951 – Larry Smith, a Canadian football player and politician.
• 1952 – Chuck Leavell, an American singer-songwriter and keyboard player.
• 1952 – Mary McDonnell, an American actress.
• 1953 – Roberto Bolaño, a Chilean novelist and poet.
• 1953 – Kim Gordon, an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1953 – Brian Greenhoff, an English footballer.
• 1954 – Timothy Curley, an American educator.
• 1954 – Michael P. Jackson, an American politician.
• 1954 – Vic Sotto, a Filipino actor and television personality.
• 1954 – Ron Zook, an American football coach.
• 1955 – Saeb Erekat, a chief Palestinian negotiator.
• 1955 – Eddie Jobson, an English keyboard player and violinist.
• 1955 – Dieter Rubach, a German bass player.
• 1956 – Jimmy Barnes, a Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter.
• 1957 – Wilma Landkroon, a Dutch singer.
• 1958 – Hal Sutton, an American golfer.
• 1960 – Tom Browning, an American baseball player.
• 1960 – Elena Kagan, an American lawyer and judge.
• 1960 – Phil King, an English bass player.
• 1960 – Ian Rankin, a Scottish author.
• 1960 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, an Icelandic strongman.
• 1960 – Walter Zenga, an Italian footballer and manager.
• 1963 – Sandrine Dumas, a French actress and director.
• 1963 – Lloyd Eisler, a Canadian figure skater.
• 1963 – Marc Lacroix, a Belgian biochemist.
• 1964 – Stephen Ames, a Trinidadian golfer.
• 1964 – Noriyuki Iwadare, a Japanese composer.
• 1964 – Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar, an English surgeon.
• 1964 – Barry Larkin, an American baseball player.
• 1964 – L'Wren Scott, an American model and fashion designer.
• 1965 – Jennifer Rardin, an American author.
• 1966 – John Daly, an American golfer.
• 1966 – Too Short, an American rapper and actor.
• 1967 – Chris White, an English engineer and politician.
• 1968 – Howard Donald, an English singer-songwriter.
• 1968 – Andy Flower, a South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer.
• 1969 – LeRon Perry Ellis, an American basketball player.
• 1970 – Richard Fromberg, an Australian tennis player.
• 1970 – Nicklas Lidström, a Swedish ice hockey player.
• 1970 – Diego Simeone, an Argentinian footballer and manager.
• 1971 – Brad McEwan, an Australian journalist.
• 1971 – Bridget Moynahan, an American actress.
• 1972 – Violent J, an American rapper.
• 1972 – Helena Tulve, an Estonian composer.
• 1972 – Jean-Paul van Gastel, a Dutch footballer.
• 1973 – Jorge Garcia, an American actor.
• 1973 – Earl Holmes, an American football player.
• 1973 – Andrew Mehrtens, a South African-New Zealand rugby player.
• 1974 – Penélope Cruz, a Spanish actress.
• 1974 – Margo Dydek, a Polish basketball player.
• 1974 – Richel Hersisia, a Dutch boxer.
• 1974 – Vernon Kay, an English radio and television host.
• 1974 – Dominic Matteo, a Scottish footballer.
• 1975 – Michael Walchhofer, an Austrian skier.
• 1976 – Shane Jurgensen, an Australian cricketer.
• 1977 – Titus O'Neil, an American wrestler.
• 1977 – Gary Winter, an Australian rugby league player.
• 1978 – Lauren Laverne, an English singer and host.
• 1978 – Robert Oliveri, an American actor.
• 1978 – Nate Richert, an American actor.
• 1979 – Scott Fujita, an American football player.
• 1980 – Bradley Wiggins, an English cyclist.
• 1981 – Jessica Alba, an American actress.
• 1981 – Pietro Travagli, an Italian rugby player.
• 1982 – Nikki Grahame, an English model and journalist.
• 1982 – Chris Kaman, an American basketball player.
• 1983 – Josh Brookes, an Australian motorcycle racer.
• 1983 – David Freese, an American baseball player.
• 1983 – Roger Johnson, an English footballer.
• 1983 – Graham Wagg, an English cricketer.
• 1983 – Thomas Waldrom, a New Zealand-English rugby player.
• 1984 – Dmitri Torbinski, a Russian footballer.
• 1985 – Lucas Jakubczyk, a German sprinter.
• 1985 – Deividas Stagniūnas, a Lithuanian ice dancer.
• 1986 – Roman Polák, a Czech ice hockey player.
• 1986 – Jenna Ushkowitz, a Korean-American actress and singer.
• 1987 – Ryan Conroy, a Scottish footballer.
• 1987 – Daequan Cook, an American basketball player.
• 1987 – Drew Gulak, an American wrestler.
• 1987 – Samantha Ruth Prabhu, an Indian actress.
• 1987 – Bradley Johnson, an English footballer.
• 1987 – Zoran Tošić, a Serbian footballer.
• 1988 – Jonathan Biabiany, a French footballer.
• 1988 – Juan Manuel Mata, a Spanish footballer.
• 1988 – Katariina Tuohimaa, a Finnish tennis player.
• 1989 – Emil Salomonsson, a Swedish footballer.
• 1989 – Kim Sung-kyu, a South Korean singer.
• 1990 – Niels-Peter Mørck, a Danish footballer.
• 1992 – Blake Bortles, an American football player.
• 1992 – DeMarcus Lawrence, an American football player.
• 1993 – Matt Chapman, an American baseball player.
• 1993 – Craig Garvey, an Australian rugby league player.
• 1993 – Eva Samková, a Czech snowboarder.
• 1994 – Jakob Butturff, an American bowler.
• 1995 – Jonathan Benteke, a Belgian footballer.
• 1995 – Melanie Martinez, an American singer.
• 1997 – Denzel Ward, an American football player.
• 1998 – Song Yu-bin, a South Korean singer and actor.

Notable Deaths on April 28th

Before 1600

• 224 – Artabanus IV of Parthia, a Parthian king.
• 948 – Hu Jinsi, a Chinese general.
• 988 – Adaldag, an archbishop.
• 992 – Jawhar as-Siqilli, a statesman from the Fatimid Caliphate.
• 1109 – Abbot Hugh of Cluny, a French abbot.
• 1192 – Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem.
• 1197 – Rhys ap Gruffydd, a Welsh prince.
• 1257 – Shajar al-Durr, a powerful sultana of Egypt.
• 1260 – Luchesius Modestini, a founding member of a religious order.
• 1400 – Baldus de Ubaldis, an Italian legal expert.
• 1489 – Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, an English politician.
• 1533 – Nicholas West, an English bishop and diplomat.

From 1601 to 1900

• 1643 – Francisco de Lucena, a Portuguese politician.
• 1710 – Thomas Betterton, an English actor.
• 1716 – Louis de Montfort, a French priest and saint.
• 1726 – Thomas Pitt, an English merchant and politician.
• 1741 – Magnus Julius De la Gardie, a Swedish general.
• 1772 – Johann Friedrich Struensee, a German physician and politician.
• 1781 – Cornelius Harnett, an American merchant and politician.
• 1813 – Mikhail Kutuzov, a Russian field marshal.
• 1816 – Johann Heinrich Abicht, a German philosopher.
• 1841 – Peter Chanel, a French priest and missionary.
• 1853 – Ludwig Tieck, a German author and poet.
• 1858 – Johannes Peter Müller, a German physiologist.
• 1865 – Samuel Cunard, a Canadian-English businessman who founded Cunard Line.
• 1881 – Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, a French sculptor and photographer.
• 1883 – John Russell, an English hunter and dog breeder.

Modern Times (1901–Present)

• 1902 – Cyprien Tanguay, a Canadian priest and historian.
• 1903 – Josiah Willard Gibbs, an American scientist.
• 1905 – Fitzhugh Lee, an American general and politician.
• 1921 – Maurice Moore (Irish republican), a member of the Irish Republican Army.
• 1925 – Richard Butler, an English-Australian politician.
• 1928 – May Jordan McConnel, an Australian trade unionist.
• 1929 – Hendrik van Heuckelum, a Dutch footballer.
• 1936 – Fuad I of Egypt, a king of Egypt.
• 1939 – Anne Walter Fearn, an American physician.
• 1944 – Mohammed Alim Khan, a ruler from Manghud.
• 1944 – Frank Knox, an American journalist and politician.
• 1945 – Roberto Farinacci, an Italian soldier and politician.
• 1945 – Hermann Fegelein, a German general.
• 1945 – Benito Mussolini, the former Prime Minister of Italy.
• 1946 – Louis Bachelier, a French mathematician.
• 1954 – Léon Jouhaux, a French union leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1956 – Fred Marriott, an American race car driver.
• 1957 – Heinrich Bär, a German colonel and pilot.
• 1962 – Bennie Osler, a South African rugby player.
• 1963 – Wilhelm Weber, a German gymnast.
• 1970 – Ed Begley, an American actor.
• 1973 – Clas Thunberg, a Finnish speed skater.
• 1976 – Richard Hughes, an American author.
• 1977 – Ricardo Cortez, an American actor.
• 1977 – Sepp Herberger, a German footballer and coach.
• 1978 – Mohammed Daoud Khan, the first President of Afghanistan.
• 1980 – Tommy Caldwell, an American bass player.
• 1987 – Ben Linder, an American engineer and activist.
• 1989 – Esa Pakarinen, a Finnish actor and musician.
• 1991 – Steve Broidy, an American film producer.
• 1992 – Francis Bacon, an Irish painter.
• 1993 – Diva Diniz Corrêa, a Brazilian zoologist.
• 1993 – Jim Valvano, an American basketball coach.
• 1994 – Berton Roueché, an American journalist and author.
• 1996 – Lester Sumrall, an American minister.
• 1997 – Ann Petry, an American novelist.
• 1998 – Jerome Bixby, an American author and screenwriter.
• 1999 – Rory Calhoun, an American actor.
• 1999 – Rolf Landauer, a German-American physicist.
• 1999 – Alf Ramsey, an English footballer and manager.
• 1999 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, an American physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 2000 – Jerzy Einhorn, a Polish-Swedish physician and politician.
• 2000 – Penelope Fitzgerald, an English author.
• 2002 – Alexander Lebed, a Russian general and politician.
• 2002 – Lou Thesz, an American wrestler.
• 2005 – Percy Heath, an American bassist.
• 2005 – Chris Candido, an American wrestler.
• 2005 – Taraki Sivaram, a Sri Lankan journalist.
• 2006 – Steve Howe, an American baseball player.
• 2007 – Dabbs Greer, an American actor.
• 2007 – René Mailhot, a Canadian journalist.
• 2007 – Tommy Newsom, an American saxophonist and bandleader.
• 2007 – Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, a German physicist and philosopher.
• 2007 – Bertha Wilson, a Scottish-Canadian lawyer and judge.
• 2009 – Ekaterina Maximova, a Russian ballerina.
• 2009 – Richard Pratt, a Polish-Australian businessman.
• 2011 – Erhard Loretan, a Swiss mountaineer.
• 2012 – Fred Allen, a New Zealand rugby player and coach.
• 2012 – Matilde Camus, a Spanish poet.
• 2012 – Al Ecuyer, an American football player.
• 2012 – Patricia Medina, an English actress.
• 2012 & Milan N. Popović, a Serbian psychiatrist.
• 2012 – Aberdeen Shikoyi, a Kenyan rugby player.
• 2013 – Brad Lesley, an American baseball player.
• 2013 – Fredrick McKissack, an American author.
• 2013 – John C. Reynolds, an American computer scientist.
• 2013 – Jack Shea, an American director.
• 2013 – János Starker, a Hungarian-American cellist.
• 2013 – Paulo Vanzolini, a Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist.
• 2013 – Bernie Wood, a New Zealand journalist.
• 2014 – Barbara Fiske Calhoun, an American cartoonist.
• 2014 – William Honan, an American journalist.
• 2014 – Dennis Kamakahi, an American guitarist.
• 2014 – Edgar Laprade, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 2014 – Jack Ramsay, an American basketball coach.
• 2014 – Idris Sardi, an Indonesian violinist.
• 2014 – Frederic Schwartz, an American architect.
• 2014 – Ryan Tandy, an Australian rugby player.
• 2015 – Antônio Abujamra, a Brazilian actor and director.
• 2015 – Marcia Brown, an American author and illustrator.
• 2015 – Michael J. Ingelido, an American general.
• 2016 – Jenny Diski, an English author.
• 2017 – Mariano Gagnon, an American Catholic priest.
• 2018 – James Hylton, an American race car driver.
• 2019 – Richard Lugar, an American politician.
• 2019 – John Singleton, an American film director.
• 2021 – Michael Collins, an American astronaut.
• 2021 – El Risitas, a Spanish comedian.

Holidays and Observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Aphrodisius and companions
  • Gianna Beretta Molla
  • Kirill of Turov (Orthodox, added to Roman Martyrology in 1969)
  • Louis de Montfort
  • Pamphilus of Sulmona
  • Peter Chanel
  • Vitalis and Valeria of Milan
  • April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Mujahideen Victory Day (Afghanistan)
• National Heroes Day (Barbados)
• Restoration of Sovereignty Day (Japan)
• Sardinia Day (Sardinia)
• Workers' Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work (international)
  • National Day of Mourning (Canada)

See also

In Spanish: 28 de abril para niños