THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011

Today is Thursday, April 28, the 118th day of 2011. 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

1964 ― Japan joins OECO

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

1969 ― Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France

1969 ― King Crimson with Greg Lake and Ian McDonald debuts

1975 ― Last Americans evacuated from Saigon

1995 ― Gas explosion in South Korean metro, 103 die