Replaying Saturday, April 28, 1979

The April 28, 1979 was a Saturday under the star sign of . It was the 117 day of the year. President of the United States was Jimmy Carter.

If you were born on this day, you are 47 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 71 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, April 28, 2027, in 293 days. You have lived for 17,238 days, or about 413,724 hours, or about 24,823,483 minutes, or about 1,489,408,980 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Muhammad (consignor, herder, merchant, military leader, politician, preacher, prophet of Islam, slaveholder, born April 26, 570)
  • Saddam Hussein (military personnel, politician, born April 28, 1937)
  • Jessica Alba (businessperson, film actor, model, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born April 28, 1981)
  • Penélope Cruz (actor, film actor, film director, photographer, presenter, television actor, television presenter, voice actor, born April 28, 1974)
  • Oskar Schindler (businessperson, entrepreneur, fabricator, industrialist, resistance fighter, sales representative, born April 28, 1908)
  • Bridget Moynahan (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born April 28, 1971)
  • Diego Simeone (association football manager, association football player, born April 28, 1970)
  • Ann-Margret (film actor, recording artist, singer, stage actor, television actor, born April 28, 1941)
  • Noriko Eguchi (actor, born April 28, 1980)
  • Jay Leno (YouTuber, actor, comedian, dancer, journalist, screenwriter, singer, stand-up comedian, television actor, television presenter, television producer, voice actor, born April 28, 1950)
  • Juan Mata (association football player, born April 28, 1988)
  • Samantha Ruth Prabhu (actor, born April 28, 1987)
  • Terry Pratchett (author, children's writer, journalist, novelist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, writer, born April 28, 1948)
  • António de Oliveira Salazar (economist, pedagogue, politician, university teacher, born April 28, 1889)
  • Carolyn Jones (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born April 28, 1930)
  • Mary McDonnell (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born April 28, 1952)
  • James Monroe (diplomat, farmer, lawyer, politician, slaveholder, statesperson, writer, born April 28, 1758)
  • Madge Sinclair (film actor, model, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born April 28, 1938)
  • Harry Shum (actor, choreographer, dancer, film actor, singer, television actor, born April 28, 1982)
  • Walter Zenga (association football manager, association football player, born April 28, 1960)
  • Nikki Grahame (model, television presenter, writer, born April 28, 1982)
  • Harper Lee (musician, novelist, poet lawyer, prosaist, screenwriter, writer, born April 28, 1926)
  • Tony Revolori (actor, film actor, television actor, born April 28, 1996)
  • Melanie Martinez (actor, composer, film director, guitarist, musician, singer, born April 28, 1995)
  • Michael Francis O'Dwyer (colonial administrator, writer, born April 28, 1864)
  • John Daly (golfer, born April 28, 1966)
  • Jorge Garcia (actor, blogger, comedian, film actor, television actor, born April 28, 1973)
  • Kurt Gödel (computer scientist, mathematician, philosopher, physicist, scientist, university teacher, born April 28, 1906)
  • Drew Scott (actor, entrepreneur, real estate broker, born April 28, 1978)
  • Heinrich Müller (aircraft pilot, police officer, politician, born April 28, 1900)
  • Yi Sun-sin (naval officer, born April 18, 1545)
  • Ferruccio Lamborghini (engineer, entrepreneur, mechanic, racing automobile driver, born April 28, 1916)
  • Jonathan Scott (interior designer, television actor, born April 28, 1978)
  • Catherine Reitman (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born April 28, 1981)
  • Bruno Kirby (comedian, film actor, television actor, born April 28, 1949)
  • Lionel Barrymore (actor, composer, film actor, film director, musician, screenwriter, stage actor, television presenter, born April 28, 1878)
  • Blake Bortles (American football player, born April 28, 1992)
  • Kiyomi Tsujimoto (politician, born April 28, 1960)
  • Kenneth Kaunda (politician, teacher, born April 28, 1924)
  • Ali Reza Pahlavi (politician, socialite, born April 28, 1966)
  • Jonathan Gilbert (film actor, television actor, born April 28, 1967)
  • Jacques Dutronc (accordionist, composer, drummer, film actor, guitarist, pianist, singer, singer-songwriter, born April 28, 1943)
  • Paul Guilfoyle (actor, film actor, television actor, born April 28, 1949)
  • Tony Yoka (boxer, born April 28, 1992)
  • Elisabeth Röhm (film actor, television actor, born April 28, 1973)
  • Toshiyuki Toyonaga (actor, child actor, seiyū, singer, born April 28, 1984)
  • Nour El-Sherif (actor, director, film actor, film director, film producer, performing artist, radio actor, stage actor, television actor, theatrical director, born April 28, 1946)
  • L'Wren Scott (costume designer, fashion designer, model, wardrobe stylist, born April 28, 1964)
  • Maria Vorontsova (biologist, endocrinologist, scientist, born April 28, 1985)
  • Sharman Joshi (actor, born April 28, 1979)

28th of April 1979 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 28, 1979

LONDON TIMES IS DUE IN FRANKFURT TODAY; Overseas Issue Is Being Printed After the Paper's Five-Month Closing in Labor Dispute Distribution Problem Seen Issue of Automation

Date: 29 April 1979

By JOHN VINOCUR Special to The New York Times

John Special

London Times plans to publish in W Ger for distribution outside GB; at request of National Graphical Assn, IG Druck and Papier, its West German counterpart, says it will try to block distribution of Times once it leaves Frankfurt plant of Tergeman newspaper group of Turkey; John Willats, British union spokesman, Erwin Ferlemann, deputy chairman of West German union, and Michael Mander of Times comment (M)

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Guild and Daily News Reach an Agreement; Times Accord Is Seen; Question of Pay Increase

Date: 28 April 1979

By DAMON STETSON

Damon STETSON

Guild and News reach accord on terms of contract that was originally negotiated last June following 5-day strike; Times Guild unit chairman Donald Barker comments (S)

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Guild and Times in Tentative Pact; Settlement Reached at News

Date: 29 April 1979

Guild and Times reach tentative accord; Times and News agreements noted (S)

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Canadian Freedom-of-Press Case Ends With Newspaper's Victory

Date: 29 April 1979

By ANDREW H. MALCOLM Special to The New York Times

Andrew MALCOLM

Provincial Judge Carl Waisberg dismisses charges that Toronto Sun, publisher Douglas Creighton and editor-in-chief Peter Worthington violated Official Secrets Act by publishing information from Royal Canadian Mounted Police document on Soviet espionage activities in Canada; Worthington, in March '78, wrote about document in article accusing Government of inaction on subversion; Govt weighs appeal (S)

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Scripps Award Is Issued To Papers in Rochester

Date: 28 April 1979

Scripps-Howard Foundation awards go to Gannett Rochester Newspapers, Philadelphia Inquirer, WBBM-TV, Frank Rossi of Columbia Daily Tribune, John R Alexander of Greensboro Daily News and John Hayes of Oregon Statesman; judges express admiration for NY Times and reporter Myron Farber (S)

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Editor of The Amsterdam News Negotiating to End Employment

Date: 29 April 1979

By THOMAS A. JOHNSON

Thomas JOHNSON

Exec editor Bryant Rollins has been negotiating with John Procope, publisher, about end to his employment (S)

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News Summary; International

Date: 28 April 1979

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Nothing but Promises; NEWS ANALYSIS

Date: 29 April 1979

By JOSEPH F. SULLIVAN

Joseph SULLIVAN

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Weekly News Quiz

Date: 28 April 1979

LINDA AMSTER

Linda AMSTER

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Letters; Journalism, Truth and the Supreme Court

Date: 28 April 1979

JACK FREEMAN

Jack FREEMAN

Jack Freeman lr on Reston and Wicker Apr 20 articles; disagrees with their interpretation of effect that ruling will have on newsmen

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