Today in History for 28th April 2025

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Historical Events

1253 - -May 7th) Utrecht destroyed by fire
1796 - Armistice of Cherasco between Sardinia and Napoleon Bonaparte at Cherasco, Piedmont gives France territories of Piedmont, Savoy and Nice
1988 - NJ Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes
1997 - Ringo Starr's fourth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Peter Frampton, Jack Bruce, Gary Brooker, Simon Kirke, and Mark Rivera
2022 - Russian missiles strike Ukrainian city of Kyiv during a visit by UN Secretary-General António Guterres

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Famous Birthdays

1922 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (The Guns of Navarone), born in Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1987)
1933 - Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, American jazz drummer, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1994)
1944 - Alice Waters, American chef (Chez Panisse, farm-to-table movement), born in Chatham Borough, New Jersey
1968 - Howard Donald, British pop musician (Take That - "Back For Good"), born in Droylsden, Lancashire, England
1968 - Andy Flower, Zimbabwean cricket wicketkeeper and captain (63 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 232no, 160 dismissals; Mashonaland, Essex CCC, South Australia), born in Cape Town, South Africa

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Famous Deaths

1946 - Louis Bachelier, French mathematician who pioneered mathematical finance introducing Brownian motion, dies at 76
1978 - Mohammed Daoud Khan, 1st President of Afghanistan (1973-78) and Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-63), dies at 68
1995 - Andrew Salkey, Panamanian-born novelist, dies at 67
1999 - John Stears, British Academy Award-winning film special effects expert (Dr. No; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Star Wars), dies following a stroke at 64
2007 - Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher, dies at 94

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