Template:On this day/28 Apryle

28 Apryle:

• 1253 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the verra first time an declares it tae be the essence o Buddhism, in effect foondin Nichiren Buddhism.
• 1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh an 18 sailors are set adrift an the rebel crew returns tae Tahiti briefly an then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
• 1923 – Wembley Stadium is appent, named ineetially as the Empire Stadium.
• 1945 – Benito Mussolini an his mistress Clara Petacci are executit bi a firin squad consistin o members o the Italian resistance muivement.
• 1947 – Thor Heyerdahl (picturt) an five crew mates set out frae Peru on the Kon-Tiki tae demonstrate that Peruvian natives coud hae settled Polynesie.

James Monroe (b. 1758) · Gavrilo Princip (d. 1918) · Jessica Alba (b. 1981)