TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Saturday, April 28, the 118th day of 2018. There are 247 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History

On April 28, 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. 1940 — Glenn Miller and his Orchestra recorded “Pennsylvania 6-5000” for RCA Victor. 1945 — Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to flee the country. 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. 1988 — A flight attendant was killed and more than 60 persons injured when part of the roof of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 tore off during a flight from Hilo to Honolulu. 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.)