TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

April 28, 1967 Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title after he refused to be inducted into the armed forces. ALSO ON THIS DATE 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.)

1942

Pollster George Gallup said most Americans preferred to call the then current global conflict “World War II” or “The Second World War” (other suggestions included “Survival War” or “War of World Freedom”).

1952

War with Japan officially ended as a treaty signed in San Francisco the year before took effect. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Supreme Allied commander in Europe; he was succeeded by Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway.