This day in history
by Halei Lamb | April 28, 2017 4:14 pm
Last Updated: April 28, 2017 at 4:16 pm
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1788
Maryland became the 7th state in the United States.
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1789
Fletcher Christian led the mutiny aboard the British ship Bounty against Captain William Bligh.
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1945
Benito Mussolini was executed.
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1947
Thor Heyerdahl and five others began their Pacific Ocean crossing on the raft, Kon-Tiki.
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1967
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the Army.
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1992
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture unveiled its first “food pyramid.”
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2001
Dennis Tito became the first space tourist.
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