April 28 in history — On This Day

A photograph taken after the 1871 fire can make Chicago look as though its future had been decided by a wall of flame. A view from around 1905 tells a different story: tall offices, busy transport routes and commercial streets crowded again.

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Japan and the Republic of China sign the Treaty of Taipei

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Aurora Quezon is killed in an ambush

French troops enter the Austrian Netherlands

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Families and supporters install Mexico City’s Antimonumento +43

The first video is uploaded to YouTube

Special voting begins in South Africa’s first all-race election

An early fiber-optic telephone system carries live calls

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Politics

Japan and the Republic of China sign the Treaty of Taipei

War & Conflict

French troops enter the Austrian Netherlands

Space

Ariel 1 becomes Britain’s first satellite

Technology

The first video is uploaded to YouTube

History

The Surgeon’s Photograph of Loch Ness is published

The Luttra Woman is found in a Swedish bog

Lux Radio Theatre broadcasts its final episode

Crime & Justice

A school shooting takes place in Belgrade

The Sydney River robbery becomes a multiple murder case

A gunman attacks residents of Velika Ivanča

Science

Stones fall from the sky near L’Aigle

Astronomers unveil the first image of a black hole

A total eclipse shares the sky with Hale–Bopp

Medicine & Health

A French team reports isolating a virus later named HIV

The Bundaberg vaccine contamination disaster unfolds

Researchers identify the bacterium behind Legionnaires’ disease

Nature & Disasters

A solar halo over Stockholm inspires a famous city view

A Rachel Carson sculpture is dedicated in Woods Hole

Scientists announce the identification of the olinguito

Exploration

Soviet scientists establish North Pole-1 on drifting ice

La Salle is killed by members of his own expedition

Amundsen's Team Reaches the South Pole

Sport

The Montreal Canadiens Are Founded

FC Barcelona Is Founded

Don Larsen’s Perfect Game: No Hits, No Walks, No Baserunners

Art & Literature

Stephen King’s Carrie is published

Farmers uncover the Terracotta Army near Xi’an

Gürdal Duyar’s Güzel İstanbul is removed

Music

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premieres in Vienna

The Beatles release Let It Be

Handel’s Serse opens in London

Film & TV

My Neighbor Totoro opens in Japan

Sidney Poitier wins the Best Actor Oscar

Black Orpheus wins the Palme d’Or

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Chicago After the Fire: From Burned Blocks to a New Skyline

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