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100 years anniversary | ||||
28 Apr 1924 | Kenneth David Kaunda: Founder / President (Zambia, 1964-91) | |||
28 Apr 1924 | 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster | |||
28 Apr 1924 | Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, 1st President of Zambia | |||
28 Apr 1924 | Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist, (d. 2009) | |||
28 Apr 1924 | Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor (d. 2014) | |||
28 Apr 1924 | Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (d. 2014) | |||
28 Apr 1924 | Kenneth David Kaunda founder/President (Zambia, 1964-91) | |||
28 Apr 1924 | 119 die in Benwood WV coal mine disaster | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
28 Apr 1949 | Jerome "Jay" Apt: Springfield, Massachusetts -- Astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59, 79) | |||
28 Apr 1949 | Brooklyn, Commish Chandler suspends Durocher but he is absolved on May 3 New York fan charges Leo Durocher with assault after Giants lose 15-2 to | |||
28 Apr 1949 | The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed. | |||
28 Apr 1949 | Aurora Quezon, Filipino wife of Manuel Quezon, 2nd First Lady of the Philippines (b. 1888) | |||
28 Apr 1949 | Indian Larry, American motorcycle rider and engineer (d. 2004) | |||
28 Apr 1949 | Bruno Kirby, American actor and director (d. 2006) | |||
28 Apr 1949 | Paul Guilfoyle, American actor | |||
28 Apr 1949 | Jeremy Cooke, English lawyer and judge | |||
28 Apr 1949 | Jerome "Jay" Apt Springfield MA, PhD/astronaut (STS 37, 47, 59, 79) | |||
28 Apr 1949 | Brooklyn's Commish Chandler suspends Durocher but he is absolved on May 3 New York fan charges Leo Durocher with assault after Giants lose 15-2 to | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
28 Apr 1974 | Sergei Stas: NHL defenseman (Team Belarus, Olympics - 1998) | |||
28 Apr 1974 | Paul Page: Actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70 | |||
28 Apr 1974 | Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic | |||
28 Apr 1974 | Dominic Matteo, Scottish footballer and journalist | |||
28 Apr 1974 | Vernon Kay, English radio and television host | |||
28 Apr 1974 | Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer | |||
28 Apr 1974 | Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player and coach (d. 2011) | |||
28 Apr 1974 | Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer | |||
28 Apr 1974 | Sergei Stas NHL defenseman (Team Belarus, Olympics-98) | |||
28 Apr 1974 | Paul Page actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at 70 | |||
28 Apr 1974 | Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
28 Apr 1999 | Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921) | |||
28 Apr 1999 | Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (b. 1920) | |||
28 Apr 1999 | Rolf Landauer, German-American physicist and engineer (b. 1927) | |||
28 Apr 1999 | Rory Calhoun, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) | |||
28 Apr 1999 | The tour bus carrying The Clint Boon Experience was involved in a near fatal accident when it was involved in a crash outside Glasgow. Members of the band had to be airlifted to hospital. | |||
28 Apr 1999 | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. | |||
28 Apr 1999 |
death Arthur L. Schawlow Died 28 Apr 1999 at age 77 (born 5 May 1921). American physicist who shared (with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn) the 1981 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work in developing the laser and in laser spectroscopy. |
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28 Apr 1999
Arthur Leonard Schawlow |
death Arthur Leonard Schawlow Arthur Leonard Schawlow (b. 1921), American physicist, Nobel laureate in Physicist. |
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15 years anniversary | ||||
28 Apr 2009 | Valeria Peter Predescu, Romanian singer (b. 1947) | |||
28 Apr 2009 | Richard Pratt, Polish-Australian businessman (b. 1934) | |||
28 Apr 2009 | Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1939) | |||
28 Apr 2009 | A TV commercial for insurance featuring Iggy Pop was ruled as misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority. In the advert, the singer was seen exclaiming that he had an insurance policy with Swiftcover but the company did not cover musicians at the time of the ad being shown. Swiftcover had since started to offer policies to musicians, and stated that Mr Pop would continue to endorse the company. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
28 Apr 2014 | Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby player (b. 1981) | |||
28 Apr 2014 | Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky (b. 1951) | |||
28 Apr 2014 | Idris Sardi, Indonesian violinist and composer (b. 1938) | |||
28 Apr 2014 | Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925) | |||
28 Apr 2014 | Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919) | |||
28 Apr 2014 | Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (b. 1953) | |||
28 Apr 2014 | William Honan, American journalist and author (b. 1930) | |||
28 Apr 2014 | Scorpions drummer James Kottak was sentenced to one month in jail in Dubai for offensive behaviour after an incident at Dubai airport on 3 April of this year. He was convicted of insulting Islam, raising his middle finger and being under the influence of alcohol. | |||
28 Apr 2014 | Paul Simon and his wife Edie Brickell appeared in court after being arrested over a domestic dispute. The arrest came after a caller from the singers' home phoned the emergency services and then hung up. Simon told a Superior Court judge in Norwalk, Connecticut, he had a rare argument with his wife on Saturday night at their home and they were now fine. |