EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
April 28
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Day 117 of 2026 | Week 18 | 242 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
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.
Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
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.
Former Central Intelligence Agency counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving US secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia.
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-39, the first unclassified shuttle mission for the United States Department of Defense.
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.
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.
The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.
The President of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
born in Ghent
American football cornerback (Pro Bowl 2018
South Korean golfer (Women's British Open 2008
Spanish footballer (Manchester United
Indian actress (Neethaane En Ponvasantham)
American basketball head coach (Minnesota Timberwolves 2019)
American Major League Baseball third baseman (St. Louis Cardinals Los Angeles Dodgers; All-Star
English footballer (Cardiff City) and coach
English TV personality (Big Brother)
British cyclist (Olympic gold 2004
Iranian actor (The Passion of Love)
Canadian TV personality (Property Brothers)
Canadian TV personality (Property Brothers)
American actor (Harvey-Sabrina)
American convicted murderer
🎯 yow.com Connection
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