On this day in 2025 - 4/28/2025
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4/28/2025 - On this day in 2025
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1192: Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, shortly after his election, altering the course of the Crusades.
1789: The Mutiny on the Bounty occurred in the Pacific Ocean, where Fletcher Christian led a revolt against Captain William Bligh, a pivotal moment in maritime history later dramatized in literature and film.
1937: Saddam Hussein, future president of Iraq, was born in Al-Awja, Iraq. His rule significantly shaped Middle Eastern geopolitics until his execution in 2006.
1945: Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were executed by Italian partisans in Giulino, marking a turning point in Italy’s liberation from Fascist rule during World War II.
1965: U.S. troops were deployed to the Dominican Republic by President Lyndon B. Johnson to prevent a communist takeover during the Dominican Civil War, a Cold War intervention.
1969: Charles de Gaulle resigned as President of France after a referendum on government reform failed, ending his long political career.
1973: Pink Floyd’s album The Dark Side of the Moon reached number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, becoming a cultural and musical landmark.
1988: Aloha Airlines Flight 243 suffered a mid-flight fuselage failure over Hawaii but landed safely with one fatality, leading to major aviation safety reforms.
2001: Dennis Tito became the first space tourist, launching aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station, marking a new era in commercial space travel.
2011: A devastating tornado outbreak in the U.S. South, particularly in Alabama, killed over 300 people, one of the deadliest in U.S. history.
2020: The U.S. surpassed one million confirmed COVID-19 cases, a grim milestone in the global pandemic, reflecting the virus’s rapid spread.
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