April 28
Today in America's Present Past
1758 | POTUS: President James Monroe was born.
1781 | Politician Cornelius Harnett died.
1788 | Statehood: Maryland was granted statehood.
1818 | POTUS: President Monroe signed the Rush-Bagot Treaty, demilitarizing the US-Canada border.
1878 | Actor Lionel Barrymore was born.
1881 | Outlaw Billy the Kid escaped from the Lincoln County jail in New Mexico.
1926 | Novelist Harper Lee was born.
1944 | Politician Frank Knox died.
1950 | Comedian Jay Leno was born.
1952 | General Dwight D. Eisenhower announced his retirement as Supreme Commander of NATO.
1960 | SCOTUS: Justice Elena Kagan was born.
1967 | Civil Rights: Muhammad Ali refused the military draft on religious objections.
1973 | Clifford Glover riot in New York City.
1994 | CIA Agent Aldrich Ames pled guilty to spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.
2019 | Director John Singleton died.
2024 | Army officer William Calley Jr., American war criminal, died.