Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense. Date: April 28, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)

CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees. Date: April 28, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)

The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time. Date: April 27, 1906 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1906 📅 On This Day (Today)

Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V. Date: April 27, 1909 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1909 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Second Canton Uprising takes place in Guangzhou, Qing China, but is suppressed. Date: April 27, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day (Today)

Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created. Date: April 27, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)

The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor. Date: April 27, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: German troops enter Athens. Date: April 27, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier. Date: April 27, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken. Date: April 27, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events…