28 April

28 April was a date.

Holidays and observances
28 April was the start of the rainy season in Saturn's northern hemisphere. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)

Events
In 1770, the nephew of Captain James Cook of the Endeavour, Isaac Smith, became the first Englishman to set foot on the east coast of Australia. (AUDIO: The Transit of Venus)

In 1945, Adolf Hitler declared Heinrich Himmler a traitor when he found out that Himmler had tried to sue for peace with the Allies. Hitler also executed Hermann Fegelein for attempting to leave the Führerbunker without permission. (PROSE: The Shadow in the Glass)

In 1968, Leonid Brezhnev made a speech about the Revolution Man's branding of the Red Square. He said that the Soviet Union, thinking the Americans were to blame, might respond with war should it happen again. Pravda reported on the event the next day. (PROSE: Revolution Man)

Births and deaths
In 1945, Benito Mussolini was executed. (PROSE: Just War) A mob strung him to a lamp post. (PROSE: The Dying Days)