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April 28th
1503 – The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as the first battle in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
1869 – Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay 10 miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
2001 – Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world's first space tourist.
1922 – Birth of Alistair MacLean and, in 1974 of Penélope Cruz...
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