What Happened In April 1928 In History

Historical Events for April, 1928

• 12th » The Bremen (aircraft) or Bremen, a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• 14th » The Bremen (aircraft) e.g Bremen, a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• 19th » The 125th and final fascicle of the 'Oxford English Dictionary' is published.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1928

• 1st » George Grizzard, American actor (d. 2007)
• 2nd » Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
• 2nd » Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (d. 1991)
• 2nd » Roy Masters (commentator) known as Roy Masters, English-born American broadcaster
• 2nd » David Robinson (horticulturist) called David Robinson, Irish horticulturist (d. 2004)
• 3rd » Don Gibson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
• 3rd » Kevin Hagen, American actor (d. 2005)
• 3rd » Emmett Johns, Canadian priest, founded Dans la Rue
• 3rd » Jennifer Paterson, English chef and actress (d. 1999)
• 4th » Maya Angelou, American author, poet, and actress (d. 2014)
• 4th » Estelle Harris, American actress
• 4th » Jimmy Logan, Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 2001)
• 4th » Monty Norman, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 5th » Fernand Dansereau, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 5th » Tony Williams (singer) named Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (d. 1992)
• 6th » James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate
• 7th » James Garner, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2014)
• 7th » Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
• 7th » James White (author) named James White, Irish author (d. 1999)
• 8th » Leah Rabin, German-Israeli wife of Yitzhak Rabin (d. 2000)
• 8th » Monty Sunshine, English clarinet player (d. 2010)
• 9th » Paul Arizin, American basketball player (d. 2006)
• 9th » Tom Lehrer, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and mathematician
• 9th » Aubrey Woods, English actor and singer (d. 2013)
• 11th » Ethel Kennedy, American wife of Robert F. Kennedy
• 11th » Edwin Pope, American journalist
• 11th » Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)
• 12th » Hardy Krüger, German actor
• 12th » Jean-François Paillard, French conductor (d. 2013)
• 13th » Alan Clark, English politician (d. 1999)
• 17th » Cynthia Ozick, American author
• 17th » Heinz Putzl, Austrian fencer
• 17th » Fabien Roy, Canadian politician
• 17th » Victor Lownes, American film producer and executive for Playboy Enterprises called HMH Publishing
• 18th » Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (d. 2014)
• 19th » John Horlock, English engineer and academic
• 19th » Alexis Korner, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blues Incorporated and Collective Consciousness Society) (d. 1984)
• 19th » Azlan Shah of Perak (d. 2014)
• 20th » Robert Byrne (chess player) named Robert Byrne, American chess player and author (d. 2013)
• 20th » Johnny Gavin (footballer) known as Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (d. 2007)
• 20th » Arvo Kruusement, Estonian actor and director
• 21st » Jack Evans (ice hockey) called Jack Evans, Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1996)
• 23rd » Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (d. 2014)
• 24th » Ralph Brown (sculptor) or Ralph Brown, English sculptor (d. 2013)
• 24th » Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and manager
• 25th » Vassar Clements, American fiddler (Old and in the Way) (d. 2005)
• 25th » Cy Twombly, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2011)
• 28th » Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
• 28th » Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist (d. 1997)
• 29th » Carl Gardner, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2011)
• 29th » Heinz Wolff, German-English scientist and academic
• 30th » Hugh Hood, Canadian author (d. 2000)

Famous Deaths for April 1928

• 2nd » Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 5th » Roy Kilner, English cricketer (b. 1890)
• 7th » Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1873)
• 16th » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 16th » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
• 25th » Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (b. 1878)

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