This day in history 28th April 2009

1949 - Dharmesh Tiwari Born 28th April, is a film director in India. In 2001, he was president of Cine and TV Artistes Association.

1950 - Lawrence D’souza Born 28th April, is a Bollywood Producer. He has worked in Bollywood as Cinematographer, Director, Producer, Actor, Production Manager.

1950 - James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an American stand-up comedian, television host and writer who succeeded Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show in 1992.

1952 - Santosh Saroj Born 28th April, is a bollywood Writer, Director of movies like Ek Hindustani (2003) (writer) Beti No. 1 (2000) (writer)

1955 - Ashok Thakeria Born 28th April, is a Bollywood Producer of films like- Mann (1999) Raja (1995) Beta (1992) Dil (1990) Pyare Mohan (2006) Masti (2004), etc.

1964 - John Lennon’s "In His Own Write," a collection of funny poems and drawings, was published in the U.S. 

1968 - Simon & Garfunkel’s "Mrs. Robinson" was released.

1974 - Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born April 28, 1974), better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress. She gathered critical acclaim as a young actress for films such as Jamón, Jamón, La Niña de tus ojos, and Belle époque. She has also starred in several American films such as Blow, Vanilla Sky, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

1976 - David Bowie was detained on a train trip from Russia to Poland because he had nazi books. The books were for research on a project. 

1981 - Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach were married in London.

1981 - Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981) is an American television and film actress. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994). Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002).

1989 - Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley were married. They had been high school sweethearts.

1990 - Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses) married Erin Everly. The marriage lasted for 27 days.

1991 - Bonnie Raitt and Michael O’Keefe were married.

1999 - Marilyn Manson walked off stage during a concert in Des Moines, Iowa, when he realized that someone had put a large yellow "smiley face" on a stage prop. 23 arrests were made in the aftermath.

- SAMPURN