Today in History: April 28, Abu Ghraib torture images made public
In the current era is Monday April the th day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On April the world first viewed images of prisoner abuse and torture by U S troops at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq via a description broadcast on the CBS television news project Minutes II Also on this date In mutineers led by Fletcher Christian took control of the ship HMS Bounty three weeks after departing Tahiti setting the ship s captain Lieutenant William Bligh and other crew members adrift in the Pacific Ocean Related Articles What s at exposure with cuts to federal humanities funding in Colorado Book awards library hours educational guidance and more This day in History April deadly tornadoes strike the Southeast In the current era in History April the Chernobyl nuclear plant tragedy At present in History April conference opens to create the Charter of the United Nations Currently in History April the Easter Rising in Dublin In Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were executed by Italian partisans after attempting to flee the country In a six-man expedition led by Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl set out from Peru aboard a balsa wood raft named the Kon-Tiki on a -day mile km journey across the Pacific Ocean to the Polynesian Islands In heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of his WBA title after he refused to be inducted into the armed forces In former CIA official Aldrich Ames who had passed U S secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia pleaded guilty to espionage and tax evasion and was sentenced to life in prison without parole In a Russian rocket lifted off from Central Asia carrying the first space tourist California businessman Dennis Tito and two cosmonauts on a journey to the International Space Station In convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy Garrido pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping a California girl Jaycee Dugard who was abducted in at the age of and rescued years later Phillip Garrido was sentenced to years to life in prison Nancy Garrido was sentenced to years to life In contemporary times s Birthdays Former Secretary of State James A Baker III is Actor-singer Ann-Margret is Chef Alice Waters is TV host-comedian Jay Leno is Actor Mary McDonnell is Musician Kim Gordon Sonic Youth is Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is Baseball Hall of Famer Barry Larkin is Golfer John Daly is Rapper Too Short is Actor Bridget Moynahan is Actor Jorge Garcia is Actor Penelope Cruz is TV personalities Drew and Jonathan Scott are Actor Jessica Alba is Actor Harry Shum Jr is Singer-songwriter Melanie Martinez is
