*📰 TODAY IN HISTORY*

_📆 - April 28_

*📜 Events:*

* 1789 — HMS Bounty mutiny: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are left adrift after the crew's rebellion.

* 1945 — World War II: Benito Mussolini and his lover Clara Petacci are executed by members of the Italian resistance.

* 1967 — Muhammad Ali refuses to fight in the Vietnam War and loses his world boxing title.

* 1973 — Pink Floyd’s album *The Dark Side of the Moon* reaches the top of the Billboard charts and begins a record-breaking run on the charts.

* 1986 — High radiation levels from the Chernobyl Disaster are detected outside the Soviet Union, revealing the extent of the accident to the world.

* 1988 — Aloha Airlines Flight 243 suffers explosive decompression mid-flight over Hawaii.

* 2001 — Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by traveling aboard the Soyuz TM-32 spacecraft.

*⭐ Births:*

* 1758 — James Monroe, North American politician (m. 1831).

* 1889 — António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese politician and statesman (m. 1970).

* 1916 — Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian industrialist (m. 1993).

* 1932 — Stênio Garcia, Brazilian actor.

* 1937 — Saddam Hussein, Iraqi politician and military leader (m. 2006).

* 1974 — Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress.

* 1981 — Jessica Alba, American actress.

*🕊️ Deaths:*

* 1918 — Gavrilo Princip, Serbian anarchist (n. 1894).

* 1945 — Benito Mussolini, Italian politician and dictator (n. 1883).

* 1945 — Clara Petacci, young Italian woman (n. 1912).

* 1973 — Jacques Maritain, French philosopher (n. 1882).

* 1992 — Francis Bacon, British painter (n. 1909).

* 2015 — Antônio Abujamra, Brazilian actor, theater director, and presenter (n. 1932).

* 2021 — Michael Collins, North American aviator and astronaut (n. 1930).

*📍 Public Holidays and Recurring Events:*

* World Day for Safety and Health at Work

*Brazil:*

* Caatinga Day

* Education Day

* Mother-in-law Day

* Birdwatcher’s Day

* Anniversary of the city of Santana do Paraíso, Minas Gerais

* Anniversary of the city of Lençóis Paulista - São Paulo

* Anniversary of the city of Carneirinho, Minas Gerais

*Roman mythology:*

* Beginning of the three days of the Floralia Festival, in honor of Flora, goddess of flowers

*Bahá'í Faith:*

* Jámál Month (Beauty) - First day of the third month of the Bahá'í calendar
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