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| Birthday October 28, 1017 Henry III, Holy Roman emperor (1046-56) |
| Birthday October 28, 1466 Erasmus, scholar, author of "In Praise of Folly" |
| Birthday October 28, 1585 Cornelius Otto Jansen, of France, Roman Catholic reform leader |
| Birthday October 28, 1846 Auguste Escoffier, king of chefs & chef of kings |
| Birthday October 28, 1902 Elsa Lanchaster, in England - The Bride of Frankenstein |
| Birthday October 28, 1907 Edith Head, Fashion designer |
| Birthday October 28, 1914 Dr Jonas Salk, who made polio a fear of the past |
| Birthday October 28, 1926 Bowie Kuhn, former baseball commissioner |
| Birthday October 28, 1929 1st child born in aircraft Miami Fl |
| Birthday October 28, 1929 Joan Plowright, English Actress |
| Birthday October 28, 1929 Dody Goodman, in Columbus Ohio |
| Birthday October 28, 1936 Charlie Daniels, country music star |
| Birthday October 28, 1937 Lenny Wilkins, NBA player, coach (Seattle, Cleveland) |
| Birthday October 28, 1939 Jane Alexander, Actress (The Betsy, Kramer vs. Kramer) in Mass |
| Birthday October 28, 1940 Gennadi M. Strekalov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-8, T-11) |
| Birthday October 28, 1944 Coluche, French comedian |
| Birthday October 28, 1948 Thelma Hopkins, in Lousiville Kentucky - Sung backup for Tony Orlando |
| Birthday October 28, 1949 Bruce Jenner, Decathalon champ |
| Birthday October 28, 1959 Walther Bauersfeld, 1919 invented 1st modern projection planetarium |
| Birthday October 28, 1967 Julia Roberts born |
| History October 28, 1492 Columbus discovers Cuba |
| History October 28, 1636 Harvard College 1st US college founded. |
| History October 28, 1775 British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston |
| History October 28, 1776 Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ |
| History October 28, 1790 NY gives up claims to Vermont in exchange for $30 000. |
| History October 28, 1793 Eli Whitney applies for patent for the cotton gin. |
| History October 28, 1864 Second Battle of Fair Oaks concludes |
| History October 28, 1886 Grover Cleveland dedicates Statue of Liberty |
| History October 28, 1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated |
| History October 28, 1886 Pres Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. |
| History October 28, 1904 St Louis Police try a new investigation method - fingerprints |
| History October 28, 1905 George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession is performed in New York |
| History October 28, 1918 German sailors begin to mutiny |
| History October 28, 1918 Czechoslovakia declares independence from Austria. |
| History October 28, 1919 Congress enforces prohibition |
| History October 28, 1919 Volstead Act passed by Congress starting Prohibition |
| History October 28, 1922 Princeton-Chicago football game is broadcast across the country |
| History October 28, 1922 Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government. |
| History October 28, 1922 1st coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game. |
| History October 28, 1940 Italy invades Greece |
| History October 28, 1946 German rocket engineers begin work in USSR |
| History October 28, 1948 Flag of Israel is adopted |
| History October 28, 1953 Bud Grant of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record). |
| History October 28, 1961 Chuck Berry goes on trial for the second time |
| History October 28, 1962 Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba |
| History October 28, 1962 Krushchev orders withdrawal of Cuban missiles |
| History October 28, 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis comes to an end |
| History October 28, 1964 U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing of North Vietnam. |
| History October 28, 1965 Viet Cong commandos raid U.S. airfields |
| History October 28, 1965 Workers complete the famous Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri |
| History October 28, 1965 The Gateway Arch (630 feet high) completed in St Louis Missouri |
| History October 28, 1965 Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion. |
| History October 28, 1965 Gateway Arch (190 meters high) completed in St. Louis Missouri. |
| History October 28, 1970 US/USSR signed an agreement to discuss joint space efforts |
| History October 28, 1971 England becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit. |
| History October 28, 1973 Elmore Smith of the Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record). |
| History October 28, 1974 1st time 2 Islanders hat trick in same game - MacMillian & Westfall |
| History October 28, 1976 Billy Martin named A.L. Manager of the Year (NY Yankees) |
| History October 28, 1977 TV's Rhoda gets married |
| History October 28, 1979 Dick Howser (Best Yank mngr win-lost pct 636) replaces Billy Martin |
| History October 28, 1992 Leif Erickson Tunnel completes 1,593-mile I-35 |
| History October 28, 1998 President Bill Clinton signs the Digital Millennium Copyright Act into law |
| History October 28, 1999 Cyclone intensifies near India |