What are the important events that happened on April 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

April 28: Facts & Myths About This Day

April 28 is the 119^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 247 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 15, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,571,040 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecaenneagon’ day.

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 276 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,146 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

April 28 Historical Events

• 357 –
  Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
• 1192 –
  Assassination 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.
• 1253 –
  Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
• 1792 –
  France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium), beginning the French Revolutionary War.
• 1796 –
  The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
• 1920 –
  Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
• 1932 –
  A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
• 1948 –
  Igor Stravinsky conducted the premier of his American ballet, Orpheus, in New York City at New York City Center.
• 1952 –
  Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends as the Treaty of San Francisco, ratified September 8, 1951, comes into force.
• 1996 –
  Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.

Who were born on April 28?

• 1758 –
  James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
• 1870 –
  August Schmierer, German rugby player
• 1906 –
  Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
• 1908 –
  Oskar Schindler, Austro-Hungarian (Sudeten German) industrialist (d. 1974)
• 1914 –
  Philip E. High, Science fiction author (d. 2006)
• 1924 –
  Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
• 1937 –
  Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq 1979-2003; Prime Minister of Iraq 1979-1991; 1994-2003 (d. 2006)
• 1960 –
  John Cerutti, American baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
• 1973 –
  Elisabeth Röhm, German/American actress
• 1982 –
  Harry Shum, Jr., American dancer and actor

Who died on April 28?

• 1716 –
  Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)
• 1813 –
  Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
• 1853 –
  Ludwig Tieck, German writer (b. 1773)
• 1954 –
  Léon Jouhaux, French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879)
• 1973 –
  Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
• 1991 –
  Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive (b. 1905)
• 1992 –
  Iceberg Slim, American writer (b. 1918)
• 2000 –
  Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer (b. 1916)
• 2002 –
  Alexander Lebed, Russian general (b. 1950)
• 2009 –
  Valeria Peter Predescu, Romanian singer (b. 1947)