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April 28: Day of the Week
April 28, 2024 is the 119th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 247 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
April 28 Historical Event(s)
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.
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.
1977
The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.
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.
1988
Near 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.
2008
A train collision in Shandong, China, kills 72 people and injures 416 more.
Who were born on April 28?
1827
William Nelson Hall, Canadian sailor (d. 1904)
1908
Oskar Schindler, Austro-Hungarian (Sudeten German) industrialist (d. 1974)
1928
Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
1941
Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
1944
Alice Waters, American chef
1950
Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
1961
Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer
1964
Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
1966
Too Short, American rapper
1974
Vernon Kay, English disc jockey and television presenter
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