TODAY IN HISTORY

• World Hypertension Day • World Information Society Day

• 2018 - Nigeria

Video of Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, struggling to read a speech at the commissioning of the Police Technical Intelligence unit in Kano where he was severally repeating transmission transmission went viral. Many described it as shameful.

• 2016 - Nigeria

Civilian JTF rescued the first Chibok girl abducted by Boko Haram in 2014, Amina Ali. She was found wandering with a baby in Sambisa forest raising hopes of the release of 218 others.

• 2015 - Nigeria

Pres. Goodluc Jonathan’s wife, Patience said she survived 13 surgeries after being secretely sneaked to Germany many times. She said during the campaigns she pretended everything was fine in the morning, attending rallies, but by evening she was discreetly flown to Germany on the day’s last flight. Surprisingly, the strange ailment left her after Jonathan lost the election.

• 2004 - USA

The first same- sex marriages in the U. S. were performed in Massachusetts. The first law enacting gay marriage was in 2001 in the Netherlands. As of 28 April 2016, 15 countries ( Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and Uruguay) and some parts of Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States allowed same- sex couples to marry.

• 2000 - Denmark

Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clashed in the UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen.

• 1997 - Congo

Troops of Laurent Kabila marched into Kinshasa. Zaire was officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• 1992 - Thailand

Three days of protests against the Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon began in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that resulted in 52 deaths, many disappearances and injuries and 3,500 arrests.

• 1990 - USA

General Assembly of the World Health Organisation ( WHO) eliminated homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.

• 1815 - USA

The National Baptist Convention was chartered.