Non-musical history for today: 1945 – Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were shot dead by Walter Audisio, a member of the Italian resistance movement. Some sources have questioned this, alleging instead that the execution was carried out by officers Aldo Lampredi or Michele Moretti or other partisans who were with him, by British SOE officers, by the vice-commander of the CVL (Italian Resistance), Luigi Longo, or that Mussolini and Petacci committed suicide with cyanide capsules. Either way, ding dong…

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 28.

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Non-musical history for today: 1978 – In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers were killed when a cooling tower under construction collapsed at the Pleasants Power Station in Willow Island, West Virginia. The usual method of scaffold construction has the base of the scaffold built on the ground, with the top raised to match the height of the tower. The scaffolding on the Willow Island cooling tower was bolted to the structure it was being used to build. A layer of concrete was poured; then, after the concrete forms were removed, the scaffolding was raised and bolted onto the new section. Well, on the morning of the collapse, concrete and scaffolding began to peel away from the top of the tower, first counter-clockwise, then in both directions. A jumble of concrete, wooden forms, metal scaffolding, and construction workers fell into the hollow center of the tower. On June 8, 1978, OSHA cited Willow Island contractors for 20 violations, including failures to field-test concrete and to properly anchor the scaffold system.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 27.

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Non-musical history for today: 1865 – Union cavalry troopers cornered and shot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia. Booth and his “companion,” David Herold, made it nearly two weeks past Abe’s assassination. They were finally found at the Garrett Farm just outside of Port Royal. Herold surrendered when Lieutenant Edward P. Doherty, Lieutenant Colonel Everton Conger, and their troop finally cornered the perps, but Booth wanted to fight. The troops set the barn he was in on fire, and Sergeant Boston Corbett shot Booth, saying that Booth had raised his gun. There are conflicting accounts of this.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 26.

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