Today In History
Today is Saturday, April 28, the 118th day of 2018. There are 247 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1788: Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
ON THIS DATE
› 1758: The fifth president of the United States, James Monroe, was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
› 1789: There was a mutiny on the HMS Bounty as rebelling crew members of the British ship, led by Fletcher Christian, set the captain, William Bligh, and 18 others adrift in a launch in the South Pacific. (Bligh and most of the men with him reached Timor in 47 days.)
› 1918: Gavrilo Princip, 23, the assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the archduke’s wife, Sophie, died in prison of tuberculosis.
› 1925: The International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts, which gave rise to the term “art deco,” began a six-month run in Paris.
› 1958: The United States conducted the first of 35 nuclear test explosions in the Pacific Proving Ground as part of Operation Hardtack I.
› 1967: Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title after he refused to be inducted into the armed forces.
› 1993: The first “Take Our Daughters to Work Day,” promoted by the New York-based Ms. Foundation, was held in an attempt to boost the self-esteem of girls by having them visit a parent’s place of work. (The event was later expanded to include sons.)
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Former Secretary of State James A. Baker
III is 88. Actress-singer Ann-Margret is 77. Actor Paul Guilfoyle is 69. Former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno is 68. Rock musician Chuck Leavell is 66. Actress Mary McDonnell is 66. Rock singer-musician Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) is 65. Actress Nancy Lee Grahn is 62. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is 58. Rapper Too Short is 52. Actress Bridget Moynahan is 47. Actor Chris Young is 47. Rapper Big Gipp is 45. Actor Jorge Garcia is 45. Actress Elisabeth Rohm is 45. Actress Penelope Cruz is 44. Actor Nate Richert is 40. TV personalities Drew and Jonathan Scott are 40. Actress Jessica Alba is 37. Actress Jenna Ushkowitz is 32. Actress Aleisha Allen is 27.