April 28th

• 1770

  Captain James Cook first lands in Australia at Botany Bay.

• 1789

  Mutiny on the Bounty: Crew rebels and sets sail to Pitcairn Island. View Post →

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• 1818

  Rush-Bagot treaty demilitarizes US-Canada border, signed by US and Britain.

• 1881

  Billy the Kid makes daring escape from Lincoln County jail, New Mexico.

• 1887

  'Europe's first motoring competition' won by The Marquis de Dion.

• 1914

  181 perish in Eccles, WV, coal mine collapse.

• 1919

  Leslie Irvin makes first premeditated free-fall parachute jump.

• 1924

  Benwood, WV coal mine disaster claims 119 lives.

• 1925

  Netherlands & Great Britain return to gold standard.

• 1965

  US marines invade Dominican Republic, remain until Oct 1966.

• 1973

  Over 6000 bombs detonate in CA railyard, leading to Transportation Safety Act.

• 1989

  Argentina faces severe inflation, runs out of money.

• 1993

  Zambian soccer team perishes in plane crash in Gabon.

• 2019

  Victor Vescovo makes deepest Mariana Trench dive, discovers plastic bag.

• 2019

  'Avengers: Endgame' earns $1.2 billion, first film to exceed 1 billion on opening.

• 2001

  Dennis Tito becomes first space tourist, travels to International Space Station.

• 1969

  Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.

• 1937

  Saddam Hussein, future President of Iraq, is born.

• 1916

  Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian luxury carmaker founder, born.

• 1945

  Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator, executed.