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 118^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 247 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 15, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 484,944 hours 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 ‘hectadecaoctagon’ 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 295 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 4,511 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

April 28 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1789 –
  Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
• 1792 –
  France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium), beginning the French Revolutionary War.
• 1920 –
  Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Nine German S-boots attacked US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
• 1947 –
  Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
• 1977 –
  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.
• 1978 –
  President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
• 1996 –
  In Tasmania, Australia, Martin Bryant goes on a shooting spree, killing 35 people and seriously injuring 21 more.
• 1999 –
  In Alberta, Canada, 14-year-old Todd Cameron Smith fires upon three students, killing one and wounding another in the W. R. Myers High School shooting.

Who were born on April 28?

• 32 –
  Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman emperor (d. 69 AD)
• 1868 –
  Lucy Booth, the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1953)
• 1870 –
  August Schmierer, German rugby player
• 1902 –
  Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
• 1924 –
  Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor
• 1941 –
  Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
• 1949 –
  Indian Larry, American stuntman (d. 2004)
• 1960 –
  Walter Zenga, Italian footballer
• 1974 –
  Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
• 1978 –
  Lauren Laverne, English disc jockey and television presenter

Who died on April 28?

• 1695 –
  Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (b. 1621)
• 1841 –
  Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)
• 1858 –
  Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)
• 1865 –
  Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787)
• 1964 –
  Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (b. 1888)
• 1973 –
  Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater (b. 1893)
• 2000 –
  Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician (b. 1925)
• 2007 –
  René Mailhot, Canadian journalist (b. 1942)
• 2007 –
  Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (b. 1929)
• 2009 –
  Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina (b. 1939)