CoM Moderators Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 1901 - Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1 1919 - American stuntman and parachute developer Leslie Irvin (23) makes first premeditated free-fall parachute jump from a plane above US the Army Air Service's McCook Field near Dayton, Ohio 1955 - WBIQ TV channel 10 in Birmingham, Alabama (PBS) begins broadcasting 1960 - WIPM TV channel 3 in Mayaguez, PR (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 - Richard Helms replaces Marshall S. Carter as deputy director of CIA 1991 - Space Shuttle STS 39 (Discovery 12) launched 1993 - Carlo Ciampi forms Italian government with ex-communists 1997 - Ringo Starr's fourth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Peter Frampton, Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker, Simon Kirke, and Mark Rivera 2007 - ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados: Australia 3-peat with 53 run win over Sri Lanka; Player of the Match: Adam Gilchrist (AUS) 149 (104) and 2 catches 2018 - Shaquem Griffin is the first one-handed person to be drafted into the NFL; selected by Seattle Seahawks More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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