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Saturday, April 28, 2012

April 28th

April 28 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 237 days remaining until the end of time.




1789 Due to intense sexual tension and rivalry between Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian, a mutiny occurs on the HMS Bounty
1910 Claude Grahame-White makes 1st night air flight, England, in an experiment to determine if he would still be as hot in the dark as during the day.
1937 1st commercial flight across Pacific, Pan Am, with limited in-flight entertainment provided
1947 Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki sail from Peru to Polynesia
1965 Barbra Streisand stars on "My Name is Barbra" special on CBS
1967 Cassius Clay refuses induction into army and is stripped of boxing title in public, but not his shorts
1989 Iran protests sale of "Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie. Honestly, has anyone actually read this book?
 
1990 "A Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 6,137 performances
2001 Dennis Tito overcompensates for having a small penis by becoming the first space tourist after paying $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.



1908 Oskar Schindler, German industrialist/hero 
1926 Harper Lee, maybe gay US novelist/To Kill a Mockingbird 
1937 Saddam Hussein, Iraqi president/bad man
1949 Bruno Kirby, US actor 
1968 Howard Donald, English singer/songwriter/dancer (Take That) 
1970 Bobby Deen, maybe gay restaurateur/eligible bachelor son of Paula Deen/Road Tested 
1970 Diego Simeone, Argentine soccer player/coach 
1970 Arturo Paglia, Italian actor

1981 Ryan LeBar, Canadian model 
1982 Michael Carbonaro, US actor 
1982 Drew Daniel, US reality show contestant/winner (US Big Brother 5) 
1983 Andrew Blake Ames, US actor/dancer/singer/Naked Boys Singing 
1986 George Nozuka, US-Canadian singer songwriter/Kevin Bacon’s nephew 
1986 Tom Taus, Filipino actor/model 



1926 Zip the Pinhead, US sideshow 'freak', discovers he was created in the image of God
1945 Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta Petacci are hung out to dry
2002 Lou Thesz, US pro wrestler/hero of my childhood, is pinned but not lavaliered.
2007 Dabbs Greer, maybe gay US actor (Seven Angry Men), gets a little plot on the prairie.




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