Previously on April 28

1986: Soviets admit nuclear accident
The Soviet Union has acknowledged there has been an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

The report, from the official news agency, Tass, said there had been casualties but gave no details of numbers. It said aid was being sent to the injured.

The report said that one of the reactors had been damaged in the accident, but gave no further details beyond saying that measures were being taken to "eliminate the consequences of the accident". It also claimed the accident was the first at a Soviet power station.
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1996: Gunman runs amok in Tasmania
Armed police have surrounded a guest house where a gunman is holding three people hostage in the Australian island of Tasmania.

The man took the owners and a guest prisoner after shooting dead at least 32 people in the tourist town of Port Arthur.

The deputy police commissioner, Richard McCreadie, said the gunman has been firing on police from the house with two military-style rifles.

The traumatic scenes in Port Arthur have horrified Australia. It is thought to be the country's worst mass killing of recent times.
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