High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident. Date: April 28, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This Day (Today)
Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight. Date: April 28, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in…
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of Defense. Date: April 28, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)
Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving US secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia. Date: April 28, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others. Date: April 28, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)