Wednesday, April 28, 2010

TODAY IN HISTORY

Muhammad Ali, bust portrait / World Journal Tr...Image via Wikipedia
APRIL 28

1967:Muhammad Ali is stripped of his heavyweight boxing championship after he refuses to be inducted into the Army, citing religious objections.

1969:
Charles de Gaulle resigns as the French president after his proposed reforms are voted down in a referendum.

2001: American Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist as he launches into space aboard a Russian rocket.

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