On April 28, 1967, boxing champion Muhammad Ali refuses to be inducted into the U.S. Army and is immediately stripped of his heavyweight title. Ali, a Muslim, cited religious reasons for his decision to forgo military service.
April 24, 1967
American attacks on North Vietnam's airfields begin.
On April 15, 1967, amidst growing opposition to the U.S. war in Vietnam, large-scale anti-war protests were held in New York, San Francisco, and many other cities.
The 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak was a destructive tornado outbreak and severe weather event that occurred on April 21, 1967, across the central Midwest, in particular the towns of Belvidere and Oak Lawn, Illinois.
On April 7, 1967 a skirmish on land turned into a major air battle during which Israel shot down six Syrian MiG aircraft over Mount Hermon on the Golan Heights.
April 11, 1967 (Tuesday)
All 39 persons aboard an Air Algérie DC-4 were killed when the plane crashed into a hillside near the city of Ouargla in Algeria. The DC-4 was coming in for a final approach to the airport at Tamanrasset at the end of a flight from Algiers.
Overview. With 20 foot waves washing over the pier and gale-force winds pounding the Duluth Ship Canal on the evening of Sunday, April 30, 1967, many flocked as they still do today to watch the storm down by the lake.
April 28, 1965 (Wednesday)
Journalists in Australia broke the news that Prime Minister Menzies had decided to substantially increase its number of troops in South Vietnam, supposedly at the request of the Saigon government.
A vigorous mid-level trough moved from the northern Plains April 27 to the Western Great Lakes by 12Z on April 28, 2011 (Figure 2). This advancing system was responsible for the worst tornado outbreak in the United States since 1974 with over 100 tornadoes and over 300 deaths reported on April 27.
On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech in New York City at Riverside Church on the occasion of his becoming co-chairperson of Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam (subsequently renamed Clergy and Laity Concerned).
A half-century ago, protests erupted around the world against the Vietnam War, Montreal hosted Expo '67, race riots in the U.S. destroyed parts of Detroit and other northern cities, Elvis Presley married Priscilla in Las Vegas, O.J.
A Globe Air Bristol Britannia turboprop crashes at Nicosia, Cyprus, killing 126.
July 29, 1967 (Saturday)
An explosion and fire on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal killed 134 U.S. Navy sailors and officers while the flight deck crew was fueling and arming aircraft for its second strike of the day against targets in North Vietnam.
April 24, 1969 (Thursday)
Rashid Karami resigned as Prime Minister of Lebanon after two days of rioting in the city of Tyre.
This Day in History: April 28
At the height of the Vietnam War American boxer Muhammad Ali refused induction into the U.S. Army, citing religious reasons; his subsequent conviction was eventually overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
April 28 History
1788 – Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution. 1789 – The HMS Bounty was taken over in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the first mate. Captain William Bligh and 18 of his loyal supporters were set adrift in a small boat.
April 28, 1937 (Wednesday)
The Nationalists captured Durango and Guernica.
March 26 – 10,000 gather for the Central Park be-in. March 29 – A 13-day TV strike begins in the U.S. March 31 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Consular Treaty.
On the morning of April 29, 1965 at 8:29 a.m. Pacific Daylight Saving Time, an earthquake registering 6.5 magnitude occurs in Western Washington centered between Seattle and Tacoma. This is the fourth strongest documented earthquake in the Puget Sound region since 1850.