April 28: Workers' Memorial Day Mounted police maintaining order at the 1923 FA Cup final 1253 – The Japanese monk Nichiren declared the mantra Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō, now a central part of Nichiren Buddhism. 1789 – Fletcher Christian, the acting lieutenant on board the Royal Navy ship Bounty, led a mutiny against the commander William Bligh in the South Pacific. 1923 – The FA Cup final (crowd and police pictured) between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United was held on the opening day of the Empire Stadium in London. 1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini, the deposed fascist dictator of Italy, was executed by partisans in Giulino. 1983 – The West German news magazine Stern published excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries. Bajirao I (d. 1740)Jane Cobden (b. 1851)Regina Martínez Pérez (d. 2012) More anniversaries: April 27 April 28 April 29 Archive By email List of days of the year About