Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
Benito Mussolini executed
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World War II monument opens in Washington, D.C.
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his underground bunker
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Empire State Building Dedicated
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Loch Ness "Monster" sighted for the first time, igniting the modern legend
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Italian philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli born
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National Guard kills four students in Kent State shootings
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Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space
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English Channel tunnel opens
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Edvard Munch’s "The Scream" recovered after theft
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V-E Day is Celebrated
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FDA approves "the pill"
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Transcontinental railroad completed, unifying United States
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Dust storm sweeps from Great Plains across Eastern states
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Kidnapped Lindbergh baby found dead
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U.S. Congress declares war on Mexico
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Lewis and Clark depart to explore the Northwest
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Madeleine Albright, America's first female secretary of state, is born
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First Academy Awards ceremony
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Brown v. Board of Ed is decided
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Pope John Paul II born
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Lawrence of Arabia dies
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Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans
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American Red Cross founded
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A thousand pioneers head West as part of the Great Emigration
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Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde
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Brooklyn Bridge opens
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Constitutional Convention begins
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"Dracula" goes on sale in London
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Ship carrying 937 Jewish refugees, fleeing Nazi Germany, is turned away in Cuba
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Appeal for Amnesty campaign launches
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Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach Everest summit
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Joan of Arc is burned at the stake for heresy
| Special Interest | see moreLincoln Memoria Dedicated in Washington DC
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Tulsa Race Massacre begins
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CNN Launches
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Babe Ruth Retires
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Zoot Suit Riots Begin in Los Angeles
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Chinese crackdown on protests that lead to Tiananmen Square Massacre
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Assassination of Robert Kennedy
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D-Day: Allies storm Normandy's coast
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First Successful ascent of Denali
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James Earl Ray, suspect in Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, is arrested
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Secretariat wins Triple Crown in breathtaking style
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Benjamin Franklin flies kite during thunderstorm
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University of Alabama desegregated
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President Reagan challenges Gorbachev to “Tear down this wall”
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The Miranda rights are established
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Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes
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King John puts his seal on Magna Carta
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First roller coaster in America opens
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The Watergate Scandal
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War of 1812 begins
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Abolition of slavery announced in Texas on “Juneteenth”
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“Jaws” released in theaters
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U.S. Constitution ratified
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FDR signs G.I. Bill
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Mafia boss John Gotti, aka “Teflon Don,” sentenced to life
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U.S. Air Force reports on Roswell
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Battle of the Little Bighorn
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U.S. begins Berlin Airlift
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President Truman orders U.S. forces to Korea
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The Stonewall Riots begin in NYC’s Greenwich Village
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U.S. space shuttle docks with Russian space station
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Spanish retreat from Aztec capital
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Hong Kong returned to China
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President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act
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Battle of Gettysburg ends
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Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence
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Bikini introduced
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Althea Gibson is first African American to win Wimbledon
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Building of Hoover Dam begins
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Liberty Bell tolls to announce Declaration of Independence
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Scopes Monkey Trial begins
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Aaron Burr slays Alexander Hamilton in duel
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Geraldine Ferraro named vice presidential candidate
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The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter first appears, sparking a movement
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French revolutionaries storm the Bastille
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Twitter Launches
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The first atomic bomb test is successfully exploded
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Disneyland Opens
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FDR nominated for unprecedented third term
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Rosetta Stone found
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Neil Armstrong walks on moon
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The First Battle of Bull Run
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Jessica Lynch gets hero's welcome
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Former president Ulysses S. Grant dies
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American archeologist encounters Machu Picchu ruins
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World’s first "test tube" baby born
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U.S. postal system established
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House begins impeachment of Nixon
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14th Amendment adopted
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NASA Created
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President Johnson signs Medicare into law
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Labor leader Jimmy Hoffa is reported missing
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Operation Tidal Wave: U.S. forces attempt risky air raid on Axis oil refineries
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