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Historical events & facts — April 28
What happened on April 28?
On April 28, 1789, the crew of the brigantine HMS Bounty under boatswain Fletcher Christian mutinied against Captain William Bligh in the South Seas. The mutineers set Bligh adrift in a small boat with 18 loyalists and sailed 6,700 km to Timor. The mutineers settled in Tahiti and Pitcairn Island. The Mutiny on the Bounty is the most famous in naval history.
On April 28, 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was captured by Communist partisans while trying to cross the Swiss border disguised as a German soldier, near Como. He was summarily executed along with his mistress Clara Petacci and other Fascist leaders. Their bodies were hung upside down at a petrol station in Milan, where crowds insulted and spat on them. Two days later, Hitler committed suicide.
On April 28, 1952, the Treaty of Peace with Japan came into force, officially ending the state of war between Japan and the Allied powers. The treaty, signed in San Francisco on September 8, 1951, restored full sovereignty to Japan but established the basis for the American military presence in the country. It is also the day Japan recovered its independence after seven years of Allied occupation.
Notable birthdays — April 28
Famous people born on April 28
AD 32
The 30s decade ran from January 1, AD 30, to December 31, AD 39.
Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, composer and film director, he was known best for being one of the founders and central figures of the anti-establishment Dada movement.
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer, who directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note.
Bill Blackbeard
William Elsworth Blackbeard, better known as Bill Blackbeard, was a writer-editor and the founder-director of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art, a comprehensive collection of comic strips and cartoon art from American newspapers.
Alice Waters
Alice Louise Waters is an American chef, restaurateur, food writer, and author. In 1971, she opened Chez Panisse, a restaurant in Berkeley, California, famous for its role in pioneering the farm-to-table movement and for pioneering California cuisine.
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