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Movie events on the 28th April
James Monroe is born. (Westmoreland County, Virginia) (The Monroe Doctrine)
Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on His Majesty's Armed Vessel (HMAV) Bounty, and sets Lieutenant William Bligh and several other men adrift in the Pacific Ocean. (Pacific Ocean, West of Tahiti (Near Tonga)) (The Bounty)
(This date should be changed to 1789 (not 1787 as listed). Sorry, must have been my typo when submitted.) 28th April: Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on His Majesty's Armed Vessel (HMAV) Bounty, and sets Lieutenant William Bligh and several other men adrift in the Pacific Ocean. (Pacific Ocean, West of Tahiti (Near Tonga) - Bounty, The ) (The Bounty)
Brooklyn Bridge is unveiled. (Kate & Leopold)
Dwight D Eisenhower steps down as Supreme Commander of NATO. (Ike)
Frank Herrera is born. (New Orleans, Louisianna) (Runaway Jury)
Konga kills Dean Foster in his study at Essex University. (London ) (Konga)
Oskar Schindler awarded the honour of righteous Gentile. (Schindler's List)
Correction on current date listed for NOTLD. Daylight Savings Time (and the beginning of the zombie apocalypse) occurred on April 28th, 1968. The movie ends on April 29th. I made the same mistake myself, putting together a movie calendar. Time change for 1968 - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=179&year=1968 (Pittsburgh, PA) (Night of the Living Dead)
Richard Nixon approves Cambodian incursion. (Nixon)
The cannibals attack more people. (Nevada) (The Hills Have Eyes Part II)
Jim Gallien gives Chris “Alex” McCandless a ride from Fairbanks to the head of the Stampede Trail. Gallien would be the last person to see McCandless alive. (Alaska) (Into the Wild)
The Houston Comets win a pick in the NBA lottery. (I Know What You Did Last Summer)
Aron talks about the raven he sees in the morning into his video camera. (Blue John Canyon, Utah) (127 Hours)
Samantha Blackwell dies. (The Reaping)
Eve and her am-dram solicitor boyfriend are murdered after an appalling version of Romeo & Juliet. (Sandford, Gloucestershire) (Hot Fuzz)
Mother of three convicted for life for grand theft auto and assault. (Elysium)