Thursday, April 28, 2011

April 28

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1503 The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as the first battle in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder. The Wrens Faster Gun Meadowlands
2 1869 Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay 10 miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched. Michael Jackson Workin' Day and Night Off the Wall
3 1930 The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas. Stereolab Come and Play in the Milky Night Cobra and Phases Group Play in the Milky Night
4 1932 A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans. Van Der Graaf Generator Cat's Eye / Yellow Fever (Running) The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome
5 1977 The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed. Rilo Kiley Small Figures in a Vast Expanse Takeoffs & Landings
6 1988 Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight. Broadcast You Can Fall The Noise Made By People
7 1994 Former Central Intelligence Agency counter-intelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to giving U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and later Russia. Yo La Tengo All Your Secrets Popular Songs
8 2001 Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist. El Guapo Space Tourist Fake French

(Historical facts about April 28 are from Wikipedia.)

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