April 28
April 28 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 247 days remain until the year's end. It falls in spring (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Taurus.
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Astronomy
On April 28 the Sun's declination is approximately +14.3°. At this latitude the Sun is north of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere longer days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a April 28.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
No widely-observed holidays catalogued for this day in our base set. See the external almanacs above for region-specific observances.
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
1789 — Mutiny on the Bounty: Captain William Bligh and 18 loyal sailors were set adrift in a launch by mutineers. ↗(237 years ago)more
The Mutiny on the Bounty occurred in the Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of HMS Bounty from the captain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and set him and eighteen loyalists adrift in the ship's open launch. The reasons behind the mutiny are still debated.
1945 — Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress were executed by Italian partisans. ↗(81 years ago)more
Benito Mussolini, the deposed Italian Fascist dictator, was summarily executed by an Italian partisan in the village of Giulino di Mezzegra in northern Italy on 28 April 1945, in the final days of World War II in Europe. The generally accepted version of events is that Mussolini was shot by Walter Audisio, a communist partisan.
1969 — Charles de Gaulle resigned as President of France. ↗(57 years ago)more
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France.
- 1996 — In Tasmania, a gunman killed 35 people at Port Arthur — Australia's deadliest mass shooting. ↗(30 years ago)
more
The Port Arthur massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 28 April 1996 at Port Arthur, a tourist town in the Australian state of Tasmania. The perpetrator, Martin Bryant, murdered 35 people and wounded 23 others, in the deadliest massacre in modern Australian history. The attack led to fundamental changes in Australia's gun laws.
Notable births
1758 — James Monroe, 5th U.S. President. ↗(268 years ago)more
James Monroe was an American Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. He was the last Founding Father to serve as president as well as the last president of the Virginia dynasty.
1908 — Oskar Schindler, German industrialist who saved Jewish lives. ↗(118 years ago)more
Oskar Schindler was a German industrialist and humanitarian who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories in German-occupied Poland and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Notable deaths
1945 — Benito Mussolini. ↗(81 years ago)more
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and dictator who led Italy as Il Duce from 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. He founded the fascist movement in 1919, with the creation of the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, which became the National Fascist Party (PNF) in 1921.
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (119) | 7 × 17 · composite (no) |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (247) | 13 × 19 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 28042026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | +14.26° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 53 days |