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April 28: Easter Monday (Eastern Christianity, 2008); Festival of Matsu in Southeast Asia (2008); International Workers' Memorial Day 1192 – Third Crusade: Conrad of Montferrat, the elected King of Jerusalem, was fatally stabbed by members of the Hashshashin. 1611 – The University of Santo Tomas in Manila, one of the oldest existing universities in Asia and one of the world's largest Catholic universities in terms of enrollment, was founded. 1789 – Fletcher Christian led a mutiny aboard the Royal Navy ship HMAV Bounty against its commander William Bligh (pictured). 1923 – London's Wembley Stadium, then known as Empire Stadium, was opened to the public for the first time and held the 1923 FA Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United football clubs. 1952 – The Treaty of San Francisco entered into force, ending the occupation of Japan by the former Allied Powers of World War II. 1978 – Mohammed Daoud Khan, the first President of Afghanistan, was overthrown and assassinated in a coup d'état by pro-communist supporters. 2001 – Dennis Tito became the world's first fee-paying space tourist, riding the Russian Soyuz TM-32 spacecraft to the International Space Station. More events: April 27 – April 28 – April 29 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 05:10, June 14, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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[edit] 2003 allegation of Iraqi killings by US soldiers

"2003 - Iraq: 15 unarmed teenagers were killed by American forces in front of a school during a demostration; marking the beginning of the Falluja riots that took place during April 2003."

From the Falluja page...

"On the evening of April 28, 2003, a crowd of 200 people defied a curfew imposed by the Americans and gathered outside a occupied local secondary school to protest the presence of Coalition forces in the city and demand its reopening. Following the discharge of some demonstrators' firearms into the air, soldiers stationed at the roof of the building opened fire upon the crowd resulting in the deaths of 13 civilians."

The numbers are different. Anyone want to clarify? Also, might consider adding that there were weapons in the crowd if that actually happened.

[edit] Saddam Hussein "former" entry

Someone added the word "former" in front on Saddam Hussein's title as "president". I removed this. My reason is that this was his title. If we are to use "former" for every case when people no longer have this function then almost every entry will be "former" (e.g. "former arch-duke of lombardy, "former baseball pitcher", "former signer"... I welcome your thoughts on this. Thanks, Hu Gadarn 00:22, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree with your thoughts. All past Presidents of the United States remain "President Soandso". He was indeed the President of Iraq and was for a long period of time. I see no reason to strip the title from him as I would be surprised to find anyone that doesn't know of him and his . . . ummmm . . . "current situation". -- Borameer ™ 01:15, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] deleted reference to first practice by a choir in southern hemisphere

Good day. I removed the following text "1990 - In Melbourne, Australia, the first rehearsal of the Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus is held - the first organisation of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere." Reason = there is no indication that this is a significant event. True, the entry mentions first time in the southern hemisphere but ... so what? If this event is note-worthy, then please create an article of the event and link here. If it is not then please do neither. Thanks, Hu Gadarn 17:48, 22 March 2007 (UTC)