On This Day for April 28 - Benito Mussolini executed, Saddam Hussein is featured, and more

Created: 2020-04-28 10:03 Updated: 2020-04-28 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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April 28

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Saddam Hussein

FEATURED EVENT

1945

Benito Mussolini executed

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2004: American television network CBS broadcast photographs depicting harsh treatment of Iraqi inmates at the Abu Ghraib prison in U.S.-occupied Iraq, initiating a national debate on torture and the Geneva Conventions.

2003: Apple launched the iTunes Store, which gave users the ability to purchase and download music from the Internet directly to their iTunes library; in 2010 the store sold its 10 billionth song. [Test your knowledge of companies and technology.]

2001: American businessman Dennis Tito became the first space tourist when he was launched into orbit aboard a Russian supply mission to the International Space Station ; he paid approximately $20 million for the six-day trip. [ Take our space exploration quiz.]

1996: Australian gunman Martin Bryant began a killing spree that left 35 people dead and some 18 others wounded in the Port Arthur area of Tasmania , Australia; it was the country's worst mass shooting and led to stricter gun controls .

1952: The Allied occupation of Japan came to an end after seven years of rapid social and economic change following the country's surrender in World War II. [Test your knowledge of Japanese history .]

1947: Norwegian ethnologist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl and a small crew set sail from Peru aboard the primitive raft Kon-Tiki and arrived in Polynesia three and a half months later.

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1937

Saddam Hussein
president of Iraq

1974

Penélope Cruz
Spanish actress

1926

Harper Lee
American writer

1948

Terry Pratchett
English author

1442

Edward IV
king of England