Today in History 28 April: What Happened on this Day? – 28 April 2023 is Friday and is one day close to the weekend.
Historical Events On 28 April
357 AD | Emperor Constantius II visited Rome |
1202 | King John of England was expelled from France by King Philip II. |
1376 | English parliament demanded the supervision of royal spending. |
1550 | Powers of the Dutch Inquisition were extended. |
1635 | Virginia Governor John Harvey was removed from office |
1788 | Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution. |
- 1910 – Frenchman Louis Paulhan won the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
- 1941 – The Ustaše massacre nearly 200 Serbs in the village of Gudovac, the first massacre of their genocidal campaign against Serbs of the Independent State of Croatia.
- 1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO to campaign in the 1952 United States presidential election.
- 1952 – The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) was signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- 1969 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.