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2012-04-27 17:01

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2012

Today is Saturday, April 28, the 119th day of 2012. There are 247 days left in the year.

1686 ― First volume of Isaac Newton's ``Principia" published

1770 ― Captain James Cook in Endeavor lands at Botany Bay in Australia

1914 ― W. H. Carrier patents air conditioner

1932 ― Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced

1935 ― Moscow underground opens (81-km long)

1956 ― Last French troop leave Vietnam

1967 ― Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and stripped of boxing title

1989 ― Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money

1994 ― First multiracial election in South Africa ends (three days)

1995 ― Gas explosion in South Korean subway construction site, 103 die
  • 1. Ghost camera captures underage sex
  • 2. Army deploys Surion copters
  • 3. NK special envoy in Beijing
  • 4. Man in love with military career
  • 5. Female body found in singer's car; suicide suspected
  • 6. Two men cleared of spy charges decades after guilty verdict
  • 7. Fancy a burn-up? £200,000 supercar goes up in flames
  • 8. Ex-girlfriend of singer found dead in his car
  • 9. Samsung to purchase 10% stake in Pantech
  • 10. Looser dress code due for public servants in summer
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