April 28
Events
Pre-1600
- 224 - The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V, effectively ending the Parthian Empire.
- 357 - Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
- 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat, 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 Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
- 1294 - Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols with the reigning title Oljeitu.
- 1503 - The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
1601–1900
- 1611 - Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the Catholic University of the Philippines and the largest Catholic university in the world.
- 1625 - A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Portuguese War.
- 1758 - The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city.
- 1788 - Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- 1789 - Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift, and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly before setting sail for Pitcairn Island.
- 1792 - France invades the Austrian Netherlands, beginning the French Revolutionary Wars.
- 1794 - Sardinians, headed by Giovanni Maria Angioy, start a revolution against the Savoy domination, expelling Viceroy Balbiano and his officials from Cagliari, the capital and largest city of the island.
- 1796 - The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
- 1858 - The Bawani Imli massacre, where 52 Indian freedom fighters were hanged to death on a tamarind tree by British colonial forces.
- 1859 - The sailing clipper ship Pomona wrecked on the coast of Ireland with the loss of 424 of the 448 passengers and crew aboard.
- 1869 - Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First transcontinental railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
- 1881 - Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
- 1887 - A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
1901–present
- 1910 - Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
- 1920 - The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic is founded.
- 1923 - Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
- 1930 - The Independence Producers host the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
- 1937 - South African medical researcher Max Theiler develops the yellow fever vaccine at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City.
- 1941 - The Ustaše massacre nearly 200 Serbs in the village of Gudovac, the first massacre of their genocidal campaign against Serbs of the Independent State of Croatia.
- 1944 - World War II: Nine German E-boats attack US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
- 1945 - Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are shot dead by Walter Audisio, a member of the Italian resistance movement.
- 1945 - The Holocaust: Nazi Germany carries out its final use of gas chambers to execute 33 Upper Austrian socialist and communist leaders in Mauthausen concentration camp.
- 1947 - Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
- 1948 - Igor Stravinsky conducts the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
- 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.
- 1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in order to campaign in the 1952 United States presidential election.
- 1952 - The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
- 1952 - The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- 1965 - United States occupation of the [Dominican Republic (1965–66)|United States occupation of the Dominican Republic]: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate US Army troops.
- 1967 - Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
- 1969 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
- 1973 - The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.
- 1975 - General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closes in on victory.
- 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 - The President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
- 1983 - The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.
- 1986 - High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
- 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.
- 1991 - Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of Defense.
- 1994 - Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving US secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
- 1996 - Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
- 1996 - Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
- 2004 - CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.
Births
Pre-1600
- AD 32 - Otho, Roman emperor
- 1402 - Nezahualcoyotl, Acolhuan philosopher, warrior, poet and ruler
- 1442 - Edward IV, king of England
- 1545 - Yi Sun-sin, Korean commander
- 1573 - Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, son of Charles IX
1601–1900
- 1604 - Joris Jansen Rapelje, Dutch settler in colonial North America
- 1623 - Wilhelmus Beekman, Dutch politician
- 1630 - Charles Cotton, English poet and author
- 1676 - Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden
- 1715 - Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and educator
- 1758 - James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States
- 1761 - Marie Harel, French cheesemaker
- 1765 - Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic
- 1819 - Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic
- 1827 - William Hall, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient
- 1838 - Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1848 - Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator
- 1854 - Hertha Marks Ayrton, Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist.
- 1855 - José Malhoa, Portuguese painter
- 1863 - Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician, 7th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
- 1863 - Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer
- 1865 - Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist and academic
- 1868 - Lucy Booth, English composer
- 1868 - Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic
- 1874 - Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author
- 1874 - Sidney Toler, American actor and director
- 1876 - Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman
- 1878 - Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director
- 1886 - Erich Salomon, German-born news photographer
- 1886 - Art Shaw, American hurdler
- 1888 - Walter Tull, English footballer and soldier
- 1889 - António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal
- 1896 - Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter
- 1896 - Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and critic
- 1897 - Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China
- 1900 - Alice Berry, Australian activist
- 1900 - Heinrich Müller, German SS officer
- 1900 - Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer and academic
1901–present
- 1901 - H. B. Stallard, English runner and surgeon
- 1902 - Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic
- 1906 - Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic
- 1906 - Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and philanthropist
- 1908 - Ethel Catherwood, American-Canadian high jumper and javelin thrower
- 1908 - Jack Fingleton, Australian cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster
- 1908 - Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman
- 1909 - Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American theologist and orientalist
- 1910 - Sam Merwin, Jr., American author
- 1911 - Lee Falk, American director, producer, and playwright
- 1912 - Odette Hallowes, French soldier and spy
- 1912 - Kaneto Shindō, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1913 - Rose Murphy, American singer
- 1914 - Michel Mohrt, French author, historian
- 1916 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, created Lamborghini
- 1917 - Robert Cornthwaite, American actor
- 1921 - Rowland Evans, American soldier, journalist, and author
- 1921 - Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic
- 1922 - Barbara Lüdemann, German politician
- 1923 - Carolyn Cassady, American author
- 1923 - William Guarnere, American sergeant
- 1924 - Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator
- 1924 - Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist
- 1924 - Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia
- 1925 - T. John Lesinski, American judge and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
- 1925 - John Leonard Thorn, English lieutenant, author, and academic
- 1926 - James Bama, American artist and illustrator
- 1926 - Bill Blackbeard, American historian and author
- 1926 - Harper Lee, American novelist
- 1926 - Hulusi Sayın, Turkish general
- 1928 - Yves Klein, French painter
- 1928 - Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist and astronomer
- 1930 - James Baker, American lawyer and politician, 61st United States Secretary of State
- 1930 - Carolyn Jones, American actress
- 1933 - Miodrag Radulovacki, Serbian-American neuropharmacologist and academic
- 1934 - Lois Duncan, American journalist and author
- 1935 - Pedro Ramos, Cuban baseball player
- 1936 - Tariq Aziz, Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1937 - Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, 5th President of Iraq
- 1937 - Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter
- 1937 - John White, Scottish international footballer
- 1938 - Madge Sinclair, Jamaican-American actress
- 1941 - Ann-Margret, Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1941 - Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
- 1941 - John Madejski, English businessman and academic
- 1941 - Karl Barry Sharpless, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1941 - Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet and author
- 1942 - Mike Brearley, English cricketer and psychoanalyst
- 1943 - Aryeh Bibi, Iraqi-born Israeli politician
- 1944 - Elizabeth LeCompte, American director and producer
- 1944 - Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician, 10th Minister-President of Wallonia
- 1944 - Alice Waters, American chef and author
- 1946 - Nour El-Sherif, Egyptian actor and producer
- 1946 - Ginette Reno, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1946 - Larissa Grunig, American theorist and activist
- 1947 - Steve Khan, American jazz guitarist
- 1948 - Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter
- 1948 - Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer
- 1949 - Jeremy Cooke, English lawyer and judge
- 1949 - Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
- 1949 - Bruno Kirby, American actor and director
- 1950 - Willie Colón, Puerto Rican-American trombonist and producer
- 1950 - Jay Leno, American comedian, talk show host, and producer
- 1950 - Steve Rider, English journalist and sportscaster
- 1951 - Tim Congdon, English economist and politician
- 1951 - Larry Smith, Canadian football player and politician
- 1952 - Chuck Leavell, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1952 - Mary McDonnell, American actress
- 1953 - Roberto Bolaño, Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist
- 1953 - Kim Gordon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1953 - Brian Greenhoff, English footballer and coach
- 1954 - Timothy Curley, American educator
- 1954 - Michael P. Jackson, American politician, 3rd Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
- 1954 - Vic Sotto, Filipino actor-producer, singer-songwriter, comedian and television personality
- 1954 - Ron Zook, American football player and coach
- 1955 - Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian negotiator
- 1955 - Eddie Jobson, English keyboard player and violinist
- 1956 - Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1958 - Hal Sutton, American golfer
- 1960 - Tom Browning, American baseball player
- 1960 - Elena Kagan, American lawyer and jurist, Associate [Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]
- 1960 - Phil King, English bass player
- 1960 - Ian Rankin, Scottish author
- 1960 - Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman and weightlifter
- 1960 - Walter Zenga, Italian footballer and manager
- 1963 - Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater and coach
- 1963 - Marc Lacroix, Belgian biochemist and academic
- 1964 - Stephen Ames, Trinidadian golfer
- 1964 - Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
- 1964 - Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar, English surgeon and academic
- 1964 - Barry Larkin, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
- 1964 - L'Wren Scott, American model and fashion designer
- 1966 - John Daly, American golfer
- 1966 - Too Short, American rapper, producer and actor
- 1967 - Chris White, English engineer and politician
- 1968 - Petra Bayr, Austrian politician
- 1968 - Howard Donald, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1968 - Andy Flower, South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
- 1969 - LeRon Perry Ellis, American basketball player
- 1970 - Richard Fromberg, Australian tennis player
- 1970 - Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player and scout
- 1970 - Diego Simeone, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1971 - Bridget Moynahan, American actress
- 1972 - Violent J, American rapper
- 1972 - Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1973 - Jorge Garcia, American actor and producer
- 1973 - Andrew Mehrtens, South African-New Zealand rugby player
- 1974 - Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer
- 1974 - Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player and coach
- 1974 - Vernon Kay, English radio and television host
- 1974 - Dominic Matteo, Scottish footballer and journalist
- 1975 - Michael Walchhofer, Austrian skier
- 1977 - Titus O'Neil, American wrestler and football player
- 1978 - Lauren Laverne, English singer and television and radio host
- 1979 - Scott Fujita, American football player and sportscaster
- 1980 - Bradley Wiggins, English cyclist
- 1981 - Jessica Alba, American model and actress
- 1982 - Nikki Grahame, English model and journalist
- 1982 - Chris Kaman, American basketball player
- 1983 - Josh Brookes, Australian motorcycle racer
- 1983 - David Freese, American baseball player
- 1983 - Roger Johnson, English footballer
- 1983 - Thomas Waldrom, New Zealand-English rugby player
- 1984 - Dmitri Torbinski, Russian footballer
- 1985 - Lucas Jakubczyk, German sprinter and long jumper
- 1985 - Deividas Stagniūnas, Lithuanian ice dancer
- 1986 - Roman Polák, Czech ice hockey player
- 1986 - Jenna Ushkowitz, Korean-American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1987 - Daequan Cook, American basketball player
- 1987 - Drew Gulak, American wrestler
- 1987 - Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Indian actress and model
- 1987 - Bradley Johnson, English footballer
- 1987 - Zoran Tošić, Serbian footballer
- 1988 - Jonathan Biabiany, French footballer
- 1988 - Juan Mata, Spanish footballer
- 1989 - Emil Salomonsson, Swedish footballer
- 1989 - Kim Sung-kyu, South Korean singer
- 1992 - Blake Bortles, American football player
- 1992 - DeMarcus Lawrence, American football player
- 1993 - Matt Chapman, American baseball player
- 1993 - Eva Samková, Czech snowboarder
- 1994 - Jakob Butturff, American bowler
- 1994 - Wonpil, South Korean musician
- 1995 - Connor Clifton, American ice hockey player
- 1995 - Melanie Martinez, American singer
- 1997 - Shane McClanahan, American baseball player
- 1997 - Denzel Ward, American football player
- 1998 - Song Yu-bin, South Korean singer and actor
- 2000 - Victoria De Angelis, Italian musician
- 2000 - Alek Thomas, American baseball player
- 2001 - Anthony Volpe, American baseball player
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 224 - Artabanus IV of Parthia
- 948 - Hu Jinsi, Chinese general and prefect
- 988 - Adaldag, archbishop of Bremen
- 992 - Jawhar as-Siqilli, Fatimid statesman
- 1109 - Abbot Hugh of Cluny
- 1192 - Conrad of Montferrat
- 1197 - Rhys ap Gruffydd, prince of Deheubarth
- 1257 - Shajar al-Durr, sovereign sultana of Egypt
- 1260 - Luchesius Modestini, founding member of the Third Order of St. Francis
- 1400 - Baldus de Ubaldis, Italian jurist
- 1489 - Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician
- 1533 - Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat
1601–1900
- 1643 - Francisco de Lucena, Portuguese politician
- 1710 - Thomas Betterton, English actor and manager
- 1716 - Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint
- 1726 - Thomas Pitt, English merchant and politician
- 1741 - Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician
- 1772 - Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician and politician
- 1781 - Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician
- 1813 - Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal
- 1816 - Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic
- 1841 - Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr
- 1853 - Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet
- 1858 - Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist
- 1865 - Samuel Cunard, Canadian-English businessman, founded Cunard Line
- 1881 - Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer
- 1883 - John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder
1901–present
- 1902 - Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian
- 1903 - Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist
- 1905 - Fitzhugh Lee, American general and politician, 40th Governor of Virginia
- 1921 - Maurice Moore (Irish republican), executed member of the Irish Republican Army
- 1925 - Richard Butler, English-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of South Australia
- 1928 - May Jordan McConnel, Australian trade unionist and suffragist
- 1929 - Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer
- 1936 - Fuad I of Egypt
- 1939 - Anne Walter Fearn, American physician
- 1944 - Mohammed Alim Khan, Manghud ruler
- 1944 - Frank Knox, American journalist and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy
- 1945 - Roberto Farinacci, Italian soldier and politician
- 1945 - Hermann Fegelein, German general
- 1945 - Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy
- 1946 - Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and academic
- 1954 - Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1956 - Fred Marriott, American race car driver
- 1957 - Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot
- 1962 - Bennie Osler, South African rugby player
- 1963 - Wilhelm Weber, German gymnast
- 1970 - Ed Begley, American actor
- 1973 - Clas Thunberg, Finnish speed skater
- 1976 - Richard Hughes, American author and poet
- 1977 - Ricardo Cortez, American actor
- 1977 - Sepp Herberger, German footballer and coach
- 1978 - Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan
- 1980 - Tommy Caldwell, American bass player
- 1987 - Ben Linder, American engineer and activist
- 1989 - Esa Pakarinen, Finnish actor and musician
- 1991 - Steve Broidy, American film producer
- 1992 - Francis Bacon, Irish painter
- 1993 - Diva Diniz Corrêa, Brazilian zoologist
- 1993 - Jim Valvano, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1994 - Berton Roueché, American journalist and author
- 1996 - Lester Sumrall, American minister, founded LeSEA
- 1997 - Ann Petry, American novelist
- 1998 - Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter
- 1999 - Rory Calhoun, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1999 - Rolf Landauer, German-American physicist and engineer
- 1999 - Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager
- 1999 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 2000 - Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish physician and politician
- 2000 - Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet
- 2002 - Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician
- 2002 - Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer
- 2005 - Percy Heath, American bassist
- 2005 - Chris Candido, American wrestler
- 2005 - Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author
- 2006 - Steve Howe, American baseball player
- 2007 - Dabbs Greer, American actor
- 2007 - René Mailhot, Canadian journalist
- 2007 - Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist and bandleader
- 2007 - Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher
- 2007 - Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist
- 2009 - Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina and actress
- 2009 - Richard Pratt, Polish-Australian businessman
- 2011 - Erhard Loretan, Swiss mountaineer
- 2012 - Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach
- 2012 - Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author
- 2012 - Al Ecuyer, American football player
- 2012 - Patricia Medina, English actress
- 2012 - Milan N. Popović, Serbian psychiatrist and author
- 2012 - Aberdeen Shikoyi, Kenyan rugby player
- 2013 - Brad Lesley, American baseball player
- 2013 - Fredrick McKissack, American author
- 2013 - John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist and academic
- 2013 - Jack Shea, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 2013 - János Starker, Hungarian-American cellist and educator
- 2013 - Paulo Vanzolini, Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist
- 2013 - Bernie Wood, New Zealand journalist and author
- 2014 - Barbara Fiske Calhoun, American cartoonist and painter
- 2014 - William Honan, American journalist and author
- 2014 - Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer
- 2014 - Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2014 - Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 2014 - Idris Sardi, Indonesian violinist and composer
- 2014 - Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky
- 2014 - Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby player
- 2015 - Antônio Abujamra, Brazilian actor and director
- 2015 - Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator
- 2015 - Michael J. Ingelido, American general
- 2016 - Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter
- 2017 - Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author
- 2018 - James Hylton, American race car driver
- 2019 - Richard Lugar, American politician
- 2019 - John Singleton, American film director
- 2021 - Michael Collins, American astronaut
- 2021 - El Risitas, Spanish comedian
- 2024 - Brian McCardie, Scottish actor and writer
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- *Aphrodisius and companions
- *Gianna Beretta Molla
- *Kirill of Turov
- *Louis de Montfort
- *Pamphilus of Sulmona
- *Peter Chanel
- *Vitalis and Valeria of Milan
- *April 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Mujahideen Victory Day
- National Heroes Day (Barbados)
- Restoration of Sovereignty Day
- Sardinia Day
- Workers' Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work
- *National [Day of Mourning (Canada)|National Day of Mourning]