April 28th
Today in America's Past
1758 | POTUS: President James Monroe is born.
1781 | Politician Cornelius Harnett died.
1788 | Statehood: Maryland granted statehood.
1818 | POTUS: President Monroe signed the Rush-Bagot Treaty, demilitarizing the US-Canada border.
1847 | Civil Rights: George B. Vashon becomes the first African American to enter the New York State Bar.
1878 | Actor Lionel Barrymore was born.
1881 | Outlaw Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in New Mexico.
1926 | Novelist Harper Lee is born.
1934 | POTUS: Democrat President Roosevelt signs the Home Owners Loan Act.
1944 | Politician Frank Knox died.
1950 | Comedian Jay Leno was born.
1952 | General Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO.
1960 | SCOTUS: Justice Elena Kagan was born.
1994 | CIA Agent Aldrich Ames plead guilty to spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.
2024 | William Calley Jr., American war criminal, died.