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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