On a day like today on 04/28/2019, to be celebrated Early general elections in Spaincalled by the PSÖ due to the impossibility of approving the general state budget for 2019 in Congress. PSOE wins elections with Pedro Sánchez as candidate but without an absolute majority; the PP collapses, Pablo Casado achieves the worst result in its history and the extreme right enters the institutions for the first time with VOX and Santiago Abascal.
Likewise on April 28, but in 2004, the US television channel CBS broadcasts in its 60-minute program images of alleged torture suffered by Iraqi prisoners in Abu Grahib prison; The dissemination of photos of military personnel harassing detainees sparked controversy, and as a result, US soldiers and officers were expelled and prosecuted. The events also damaged the United States’ international image and questioned its role in the Iraq war.
You want to know more? Discover the ephemeris of April 28th and see what happened, who was born on a day like today and who died. Also, don’t miss what’s celebrated, today’s horoscope and saints.
What happened on April 28th?
1919: The victorious powers of World War I accept American President Woodrow Wilson’s plan to found a League of Nations, an organization to keep the peace.
[1945:[1945: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his lover Clara Petacci are executed in Dongo (northern Italy).
1952: The peace treaty between the United States and Japan signed in September 1951 comes into effect.
1969: General de Gaulle resigns as French President and leaves politics.
1981: Promulgation of the Statute of Galicia.
2014: An Egyptian court has sentenced more than 700 Islamists to death, including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badía.
2015: Nigerian army rescues 293 women and girls kidnapped by Boko Haram.
2021: The European Parliament ratifies the trade deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom to complete Brexit.
Who was born on April 28?
1851: Vital Aza, Spanish playwright.
1889: Antonio Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese ruler.
1937: Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq.
1941: Ann Margret, Swedish actress.
1970: Diego Pablo Simeone, “Cholo Simeone”, former football player and coach, Argentine.
1974: Penelope Cruz, Spanish actress.
Who died on April 28?
1973: Jacques Maritain, French philosopher.
1989: Raúl Sendic, founder and leader of the Uruguayan Tupamaros.
1992: Francis Bacon, British painter, born in Dublin.
2003: Ildefonso Manuel Gil, Spanish poet.
2020: Michael Robinson, former footballer, presenter and television commentator, British.
2021: Michael Collins, American astronaut.
What is celebrated on April 28?
Today, April 28th World Day for Safety and Health at Work and International Noise Abatement Day.
Horoscope for April 28th
Those born on April 28 are among the Star sign Taurus.
Santoral from April 28th
Today is celebrated Saints Pedro Chanel, Teodora, Valeria, Marcos, Eusebio and Prudencio.