What are the important events that happened on April 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 28: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 28 is the 118th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 247 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 15, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,745,798,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecaoctagon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 295 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,511 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 28 Historical Events
- 357 –Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
- 1253 –Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
- 1503 –The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as the first battle in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
- 1611 –Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.
- 1792 –France invades the Austrian Netherlands (present day Belgium), beginning the French Revolutionary War.
- 1949 –Former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and 10 others are also killed.
- 1952 –Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
- 1952 –Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends as the Treaty of San Francisco, ratified September 8, 1951, comes into force.
- 1969 –Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
- 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.
Who were born on April 28?
- 1874 –Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
- 1910 –Sam Merwin, Jr., American mystery fiction writer (d. 1996)
- 1916 –Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
- 1924 –Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor
- 1934 –Lois Duncan, American novelist
- 1943 –Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
- 1954 –Vic Sotto, Filipino actor, host, comedian, and film producer
- 1968 –Scott Putesky, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
- 1977 –Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (d. 2006)
- 1989 –Emil Salomonsson, Swedish footballer
Who died on April 28?
- 1772 –Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)
- 1944 –Mohammed Alim Khan, the last Emir of the Emirate of Bukhara (b. 1880)
- 1964 –Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector (b. 1888)
- 1988 –B. W. Stevenson, American country singer (b. 1949)
- 1998 –Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (b. 1939)
- 2000 –Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor, researcher and politician (b. 1925)
- 2005 –Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923)
- 2007 –Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (b. 1929)
- 2009 –Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina (b. 1939)
- 2009 –Richard Pratt, Australian businessman (b.1934)
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