October 28

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on October 28. From 1900 until now. October 28 is under the sign of Scorpio. Famous birthdays on this day include Owen D. Young (1874), Julia Roberts (1967) and Bill Gates (1955). Several movies were released around October 28 over the years, such as The Professionals in 1966 directed by Richard Brooks and Carrie in 1976 directed by Brian De Palma.
But much more happened on October 28 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

St. Anastasia II
St. Remigius
Greece - Oxi (No) Day
Czechoslovakia - gains its independence from Austria-Hungary (1918); Holiday in the Czech Republic, Remembrance Day in Slovakia.
Also see October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
St. Salvius
St. Abraham
R.C. Saints - October 28th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints: Saint Jude (a.k.a Saint Thaddaeus or "of James")
St. Eadsin
St. Simon the Zealot (erroneously a.k.a. "the Canaanite")
St. John Dat
St. Anglinus
St. Ferrutius
St. Fidelis of Como
Saint Godwin
St. Honoratus of Vercelli
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Events

2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: American online payments system company PayPal bans American social media site Gab, known for its association with the alt-right movement, while Joyent, Gab's American hosting provider, states that they will terminate their service tomorrow. The move comes after it was revealed that the suspect in yesterday's 11 deaths, Robert Bowers, was an active member on the social network. (CNET)
2017 28 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings: Two car bombs kill at least 25 people, mostly police officers, near the national theater area in Mogadishu, Somalia, two weeks after a similar attack killed hundreds. Islamist group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility. (Reuters)
2016 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): Battle of Mosul (2016–2017): The UN reports 232 civilians have been murdered in and near Mosul by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (CNN) (NBC News)
2015 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): Taliban insurgents seize the Darqad District in the northeast Takhar Province near the border with Tajikistan. At least six Afghan troops are killed in the fighting. (Reuters) (AP via The Daily Mail)Michael Fallon, Secretary of State for Defence for the United Kingdom, announces that over 400 troops will remain in Afghanistan through 2016. The military personnel will train Afghan toops and support NATO operations in Kabul. (Military Times)
2014 Residents of Pahoa, Hawaii, begin evacuating ahead of an impending lava flow from the Kīlauea volcano. (BBC News)
2013 Two Thai police die while trying to defuse a bomb in Narathiwat province. (Bangkok Post)
2012 Syrian civil war:: Opposition activists report at least 128 deaths around the country, as the UN-brokered ceasefire appears to collapse. The Syrian Army bombards three Damascus districts and the city of Bara near Idlib, killing at least 22 people. (CNN) (Reuters)Al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri pledges support for the rebels in a new video uploaded to a jihadist website. (CNN)
2011 A Wahhabi Islamist armed with hand grenades and an automatic weapon opens fire outside the United States embassy in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, resulting in two people being injured, including the gunman. (AP via Google)
2010 France announces it is likely to withdraw some of its troops from Afghanistan in 2011. (CNN)
2009 NASA launches a prototype Ares I-X rocket from Florida to test technology for the development of a future manned launch vehicle. The US$450 million launcher is the first NASA has built in more than 30 years.
2008 The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises 889.35 points, or 10.88 percent, to 9,065.12, its second-biggest point gain. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gains 91.59 points, or 10.79 percent, to 940.51, also its second-biggest point gain. The Nasdaq Composite Index rises 143.57 points, or 9.53 percent, to 1,649.47.
2007 The Boston Red Sox win the 2007 World Series in a four-game sweep against the Colorado Rockies.
2006 Funeral service takes place for those executed at Bykivnia forest, outside Kiev, Ukraine. 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s : early 1940s are reburied.
2005 Vice presidential adviser Lewis "Scooter" Libby resigns after being charged with obstruction of justice, perjury and making a false statement in the US Central Intelligence Agency leak investigation.
2004 In Latvia, Indulis Emsis, the first Green Party prime minister steps down when the country's minority coalition government dissolves after the parliament rejects its 2005 budget. (CNN)
2003 Economics: The United States Federal Reserve leaves its key interest rate unchanged at today's meeting, saying that rates will be kept low for a considerable period.
2002 Sports: Team Bath become the first university team to qualify for the FA Cup First Round since 1882. They beat Horsham 4–3 on penalties in the Fourth Qualifying Round replay.
1997 NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league
1995 Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians in 6 games in World Series
1994 Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth for 3rd time
1993 Cleveland Metroparks lease Brookside Park from Cleveland for 99-years
1992 Lee Jang Rim predicts that today would be the end of the world!
1991 November 4 ampndash The 1991 Perfect Storm strikes the northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada, causing over $200 million of damage and resulting in 12 direct fatalities.
1989 Oakland Athletics sweep SF Giants in earthquake / BART series
1988 Jurors award $147,000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister
1986 KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM changes call letters to KKOB
1985 Ravi Ratnayeke takes 8-83 for Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan
1984 15th NYC Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53
1982 NASA launches RCA-E.
1981 Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black Mayor of Augusta, Georgia
1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan debate in Cleveland, Ohio. Reagan's genial, witty performance causes him to overtake Carter in the polls.
1979 Dick Howser (best Yank mngr win-lost pct .636) replaces Billy Martin
1978 Don Ritchie runs world record 100k (6:10:20)
1976 Train collision at Goes Neth, 7 die
1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games
1974 Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon)
1973 Sharon Miller wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
1972 Mother Earth closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 12 performances
1971 John andYoko record Happy Xmas (War is Over) in New York City
1970 US / USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts
1965 In St. Louis, Missouri, construction is completed on the Gateway Arch, a 630-foot-high parabola of stainless steel. The arch was erected to commemorate President Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
1964 Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam.
1963 Demolition of the 1910 Pennsylvania Station begins in New York City. Demolition continues until 1966.
1962 Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis
1961 Fiorello! closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 796 performances
1959 Buffalo Bills enter the AFL.
1958 Pete Runnels wins Comeback Player of Year (average went from .230 to .322)
1957 WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus
1955 Egypt and Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty
1954 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway
1953 Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
1950 Torcida Split is founded.
1949 Eugenie Anderson is 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark)
1948 Flag of Israel is adopted.
1946 German rocket engineers begin work in the USSR
1944 Russia and Bulgaria sign weapon pact
1943 U-220 sinks
1942 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery
1940 Meeting between Hitler and Mussolini in Florence
1939 Anti-German demonstrations / strikes in Czechoslovakia
1938 Farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona)
1936 FDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary
1929 Dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64
1928 Bradman scores 131 NSW vs. Queensland, 212 mins, 14 fours
1927 Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia
1924 French-Russian trade agreement signed
1919 The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
1918 World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years.
1915 Richard Strauss conducts the first performance of his tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie in Berlin.
1914 German battle cruiser Goeben enters Black Sea
1911 Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks ten singles in a game.
1906 Belgian-British Union Minstry of Haut-Katanga begins
1900 After over 5 months 2nd Olympic games in Paris France, close
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