A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests. Date: April 29, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia β π …
Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom. Date: April 28, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 28 π Events on this day in 1910 π On This Day (Today)
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic is founded. Date: April 28, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 28 π Events on this day in 1920 π On This Day (Today)
Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium. Date: April 28, 1923 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 28 π Events on this day in 1923 π On This Day (Today)
The Independence Producers host the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas. Date: April 28, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 28 π Events on this day in 1930 π On This Day (Today)
South African medical researcher Max Theiler develops the yellow fever vaccine at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City. Date: April 28, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 28 π Events on this day in 1937 π On This Day (Today)
The UstaΕ‘e massacre nearly 200 Serbs in the village of Gudovac, the first massacre of their genocidal campaign against Serbs of the Independent State of Croatia. Date: April 28, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 28 π Events on this day in 1941 π On This Day (Today)
World War II: Nine German E-boats attack US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946. Date: April 28, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 28 π Events on this day in 1944 π On This Day (Today)
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. Date: April 28, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 28 π Events on this day in 1945 π On This Day (Today)
Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are shot dead by Walter Audisio, a member of the Italian resistance movement. Date: April 28, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 28 π Events on this day in 1945 π On This Day (Today)