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Events from History on April 28

1996 : "Big," opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 193 performances
1988 : "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 68 performances
1990 : "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 6,137 performances
1960 : "Christine" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances
1991 : "Gypsy" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 105 performances
1997 : "Jekyll & Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
1984 : "La Tragedie de Carmen" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 187 perfs
1991 : "Taking Steps" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 78 perfs
1993 : "Tango Passion" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 5 performances
1942 : "WW II" titled so, as result of Gallup Poll
1968 : 11 year-old Mary Bell strangles 4 year-old
1924 : 119 die in Benwood West Virginia coal mine disaster
1963 : 17th Tony Awards: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? & A Funny
1914 : 181 die in coal mine collapse at Eccles WV
1937 : 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (NYC)
1932 : 1st broadcast of "One Man's Family" on NBC-radio
1937 : 1st commercial flight across Pacific, Pan Am
1919 : 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin)
1994 : 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days]
1910 : 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England)
1892 : 1st performance of Antonin Dvor k's overture "Carneval"
1943 : 1st performance of Marc Blitzstein's "Freedom Morning"
1855 : 1st veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston
1686 : 1st volume of Isaac Newton's "Principia" published
1804 : 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony
1944 : after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats
1994 : Aldrich Ames, former CIA officer & wife Rosario plead guilty to spying
1988 : Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess
1977 : Andreas Baader & members of Baader-Meinhoff jailed for life after a
1521 : Arch duke of Neth-Austria
1983 : Argentine govt declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead
1993 : attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot
1920 : Azerbaijan SSR joins USSR (1st time)
1965 : Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS
1503 : Battle at Cerignalo: Spanish army under G C¢rdoba beats France
1901 : beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1
1985 : Billy Martin named NY Yankee manager for 4th time
1949 : Bkln, Commish Chandler suspends Durocher but he is absolved on May 3
1990 : Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-128
1992 : Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings
1945 : British commands attack Elbe & occupies Lauenburg
1983 : Bruins 4-Isles 1-Wales Conf Championship-Series tied 1-1
1770 : Capt James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia
1993 : Carlo Ciampi forms Italian govt with ex-communists
1796 : Cease fire of Cherasco
1969 : Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France
1986 : Chernobyl, USSR site of world's worst nuclear power plant disaster
1977 : Christopher Boyce convicted for selling secrets
1901 : Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox
1972 : Courts awarded Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place
1980 : Cyrus Vance, Carter's Secretary of State, resigns
1829 : Dutch parliament accepts new press laws
1655 : English admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet
1376 : English parliament demands supervision on royal outlay
1944 : Exercise "Tiger" ends with 750 US soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal
1967 : Expo 67 opens in Montr‚al
1934 : FDR signs Home Owners Loan Act
1985 : Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season
1990 : Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro
1789 : Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty & Capt William Bligh
1994 : Freddy Thielemans sworn in as mayor of Brussels Belgium
1848 : Free last slaves in French colonies
1995 : Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die
1847 : George B Vashon becomes 1st black to enter NY State Bar
1943 : German-Italian counter offensive in North-Africa
1865 : Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris
1940 : Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
1958 : Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1990 : Guns & Roses' Axl marries Erin Everly (annulled same year)
1939 : Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect
1989 : Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie
1992 : Italian President Francesco Cossiga formally resigns
1964 : Japan joins OECO
1975 : John Lennon appears on "Tonight" & Ringo on "Smother Brothers"
1969 : King Crismson with Greg Lake & Ian McDonald debuts
1202 : King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France
1938 : King Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary
1959 : KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 : KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting
1925 : Kurd rebels surrender to Turkish army
1941 : Last British troops in Greece surrenders
1956 : Last French troop leave Vietnam
1990 : Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth)
1994 : Lisa Marie Presley separates from Danny Keough
1961 : Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude
1996 : Martin Bryant shoots & kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania
1788 : Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution
1253 : -May 7th) Utrecht destroyed by fire
1987 : Minneapolis Minn & Orlando Fla in 1989
1818 : Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes & Lake Champlain
1935 : Moscow underground opens (81 km long)
1967 : Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title
1983 : NASA launches Geos-F
1987 : NBA announces expansion to Charlotte NC & Miami Fla in 1988 &
1925 : Netherlands & Great Britain return to gold standard
1942 : Nightly "dim-out" begins along East Coast
1988 : NJ Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes
1949 : NY fan charges Leo Durocher with assault after Giants lose 15-2 to
1993 : NY Islanders beat Wash Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter
1966 : OCAM, Common Afro-Mauritian Organization forms
1865 : Opera "L'Africaine" is produced (Paris)
1550 : Powers of Dutch inquisition extends
1956 : Reds Frank Robinson hits his 1st of 586 HRs
1980 : Reunion Arena in Dallas opens
1965 : Richard Helms replaces Marshall S Carter as deputy director of CIA
1940 : Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz
1971 : Samuel Lee Gravely Jr becomes 1st black admiral in US Navy
1934 : Soccer team Blue White '34 forms
1975 : South-Vietnam Gen Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30
1991 : Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) launched
1934 : Spanish govt of Samper forms
1995 : Sri Lankaan BAE748 crashes at Palaly, 52 die
1952 : St Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan
1944 : Stalin meets Polish/US priest S Orlemanski
1947 : Thor Heyerdahl & "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia
1934 : Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays
1521 : Treaty of Worms: Emperor Charles names his brother Ferdinand
1977 : trial lasting nearly 2 years in Stuttgart, Germany
1943 : US 34th Division occupies Djebel el Hara North Tunisia
1945 : US 5th army reaches Swiss border
1965 : US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966
1958 : Vanguard TV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1958 : Vice Pres Richard Nixon begins goodwill tour of Latin America
1635 : Virginia Gov John Harvey accused of treason & removed from office
1914 : W H Carrier patents air conditioner
1961 : Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats SF Giants, 1-0
1955 : WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1923 : Wembley Stadium opens-Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham United (FA Cup)
1965 : William F Raborn Jr replaces John A McCone as 7th head of CIA
1960 : WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1922 : WOI (Ames, Iowa) country's 1st licensed educational radio station
1957 : WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1952 : WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect
1932 : Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced
1993 : Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die

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