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April 28

4 sourced moments from April 28 in history: Bligh's open boat crossed 3,618 nautical miles after mutiny (1789); Wembley Stadium opened with the chaotic 'White Horse' FA Cup Final (1923); Mussolini Executed by Italian Partisans (1945), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on April 28

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1947 History · Modern

Thor Heyerdahl set sail on the Kon-Tiki raft across the Pacific

On April 28, 1947, Thor Heyerdahl launched a balsa-wood raft from Peru to argue that ancient South Americans could have reached Polynesia.

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1945 History · War & Conflict

Mussolini Executed by Italian Partisans

As the Third Reich collapsed, Italy's fallen dictator was caught fleeing for Switzerland and shot dead beside Lake Como.

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1923 Sports · Football (Soccer)

Wembley Stadium opened with the chaotic 'White Horse' FA Cup Final

On April 28, 1923, Wembley's first FA Cup Final drew a crowd so vast that mounted police, led by one white horse, had to clear the pitch.

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1789 History · Modern

Bligh's open boat crossed 3,618 nautical miles after mutiny

Cast adrift by Fletcher Christian in 1789, Bligh reached Timor in 47 days, while the mutineers' fates split four ways.

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