On This Very Day
April 28th
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- 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.
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