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This Day In History: April 28th

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Communication
 
 
Crime and Corruption
1635
Virginia Governor John Harvey was accused of treason and removed from office.
1945
Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country.
1946
The Allies indicted Tojo with 55 counts of war crimes.
1977
Christopher Boyce was convicted of selling U.S. secrets.
1994
Former CIA official Aldrich Ames, who had given U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia, pled guilty to espionage and tax evasion. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Defence
1818
U.S. President James Monroe proclaimed naval disarmament on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
 
Disasters
 
 
Discovery
 
 
Education
 
 
Film, Television and Radio
1937
The first animated-cartoon electric sign was displayed on a building on Broadway in New York City. It was created by Douglas Leight.
1957
Mike Wallace was seen on TV for the first time. He was the host of "Mike Wallace Interviews."
1959
Arthur Godfrey was seen for the last time in the final broadcast of "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" on CBS-TV.
2000
Jay Leno received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Heads of State
0357
Constantius II visited Rome for the first time.
1996
U.S. President Clinton gave a 4 1/2 hour videotaped testimony as a defense witness in the criminal trial of his former Whitewater business partners.
Health and Social Welfare
1992
The U.S. Agriculture Department unveiled a pyramid-shaped recommended-diet chart.
 
Industry
 
 
Law
1788
Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the U.S. constitution.
1916
The British declared martial law throughout Ireland.
Motor Sport
 
 
People
1789
A mutiny on the British ship Bounty took place when a rebel crew took the ship and set sail to Pitcairn Island. The mutineers left Captain W. Bligh and 18 sailors adrift.
1974
The last Americans were evacuated from Saigon.
1988
In Maui, HI, one flight attendant was killed when the fuselage of a Boeing 737 ripped open in mid-flight.
Politics
1282
  Villagers in Palermo led a revolt against French rule in Sicily.
1902
A revolution broke out in the Dominican Republic.
1919
The League of Nations was founded.
1920
Azerbaijan joined the USSR.
1952
The U.S. occupation of Japan officially ended when a treaty with the U.S. and 47 other countries went into effect.
1969
Charles de Gaulle resigned as president of France.
1999
The U.S. House of Representatives rejected (on a tie vote of 213-213) a measure expressing supprot for NATO's five-week-old air campaign in Yugoslavia. The House also voted to limit the president's authority to use ground forces in Yugoslavia.
Publishing
1686
The first volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia Mathamatic" was published.
 
Religion
1967
Muhammad Ali refused induction into the U.S. Army and was stripped of boxing title. He sited religious grounds for his refusal.
 
Science
1932
  The yellow fever vaccine for humans was announced.
2001
A Russian rocket launched from Central Asia with the first space tourist aboard. The crew consisted of California businessman Dennis Tito and two cosmonauts. The destination was the international space station.
Sport
1930
The first organized night baseball game was played in Independence, Kansas.
 
Technology
1896
The Addressograph was patented by J.S. Duncan.
1910
First night air flight was performed by Claude Grahame-White in England.
1914
W.H. Carrier patented the design of his air conditioner.
The Arts
1985
The largest sand castle in the world was completed near St. Petersburg, FL. It was four stories tall.
 
The Environment
1997
A worldwide treaty to ban chemical weapons took effect. Russia and other countries such as Iraq and North Korea did not sign.
 
The Law
 
 
The Workforce
 
 
Trade and Economy
1989
Mobil announced that they were divesting from South Africa because congressional restrictions were too costly.
 
Transport
1947
Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl and five others set out in a balsa wood craft known as Kon Tiki to prove that Peruvian Indians could have settled in Polynesia. The trip began in Peru and took 101 days to complete the crossing of the Pacific Ocean.
 
War
1953
France
French troops evacuated northern Laos.
1965
The U.S. Army and Marines invaded the Dominican Republic to evacuate Americans.
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