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Thursday, May 1, 2014

April 28 - This Day in History

April 28 : General Interest
1945: Benito Mussolini executed

On this day in 1945, "Il Duce," Benito Mussolini, and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are shot by Italian partisans who had captured the couple as they attempted to flee to Switzerland... read more


American Revolution
1776 : Colonel McIntosh writes to Washington
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/colonel-mcintosh-writes-to-washington

Automotive
1916 : Ferruccio Lamborghini born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ferruccio-lamborghini-born

Civil War
1810 : Union general who advocated for black troops is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/daniel-ullmann-born

Cold War
1965 : U.S. troops land in the Dominican Republic
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-troops-land-in-the-dominican-republic

Crime
2011 : Jaycee Dugard's kidnappers plead guilty
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jaycee-dugards-kidnappers-plead-guilty

Disaster
1995 : Gas pipe explodes in South Korea
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gas-pipe-explodes-in-south-korea

General Interest
1789 : Mutiny on the HMS Bounty
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mutiny-on-the-hms-bounty
1969 : De Gaulle resigns as leader of France
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/de-gaulle-resigns-as-leader-of-france
1977 : Red Army Faction trial ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/red-army-faction-trial-ends
1996 : Port Arthur Massacre in Australia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/port-arthur-massacre-in-australia

Hollywood
2004 : Comcast abandons bid to buy Disney
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/comcast-abandons-bid-to-buy-disney

Literary
1925 : T.S. Eliot accepts a job at Faber and Faber publishers
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ts-eliot-accepts-a-job-at-faber-and-faber-publishers

Music
1965 : My Name is Barbra is Barbra Streisand's debut television special
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/my-name-is-barbra-is-barbra-streisands-debut-television-special

Old West
1897 : Chickasaw and Choctaw abandon communal lands
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chickasaw-and-choctaw-abandon-communal-lands

Presidential
1758 : President Monroe is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-monroe-is-born

Sports
1967 : Muhammad Ali refuses Army induction
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/muhammad-ali-refuses-army-induction

Vietnam War
1970 : Nixon approves Cambodian incursion
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-approves-cambodian-incursion
1972 : North Vietnamese press South Vietnamese at Hue and Kontum
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-press-south-vietnamese-at-hue-and-kontum

World War I
1915 : International Congress of Women opens at The Hague
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/international-congress-of-women-opens-at-the-hague

World War II
1945 : Mussolini is executed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mussolini-is-executed

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