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What happend on 28. October in History
In our data base we found 335 events happened on 28. October:
• 97: Emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor. [category: Events]
• 306: Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. [category: Events]
• 312: Maxentius, Roman emperor (b. 278) [category: Deaths]
• 312: Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman emperor. [category: Events]
• 456: The Visigoths brutally sack the Suebi's capital of Braga (Portugal), churches are burnt to the ground. [category: Events]
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• 457: Ibas of Edessa, Syrian bishop [category: Deaths]
• 969: Byzantine general Michael Bourtzes seizes part of Antioch's fortifications. The capture of the city from the Arabs is completed three days later, when reinforcements under Peter Phokas arrive. [category: Events]
• 1017: Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056) [category: Births]
• 1061: Empress Agnes, acting as regent for her son, brings about the election of bishop Cadalus, the antipope Honorius II. [category: Events]
• 1225: Jien, Japanese monk, poet, and historian (b. 1155) [category: Deaths]
• 1312: Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (b. 1262) [category: Deaths]
• 1412: Margaret I of Denmark (b. 1353) [category: Deaths]
• 1466: Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch theologian and priest (d. 1536) [category: Births]
• 1485: Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch humanist (b. 1443) [category: Deaths]
• 1510: Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest (d. 1572) [category: Births]
• 1516: Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza. [category: Events]
• 1531: Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia falls under Imam Ahmad's control. [category: Events]
• 1538: The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established. [category: Events]
• 1568: Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539) [category: Deaths]
• 1585: Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop (d. 1638) [category: Births]
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• 1628: The Siege of La Rochelle, which had lasted for 14 months, ends with the surrender of the Huguenots. [category: Events]
• 1636: A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University. [category: Events]
• 1639: Stefano Landi, Italian composer (b. 1587) [category: Deaths]
• 1646: William Dobson, English painter (b. 1610) [category: Deaths]
• 1661: Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (b. 1518) [category: Deaths]
• 1664: The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established. [category: Events]
• 1667: Maria Anna of Neuburg (d. 1740) [category: Births]
• 1676: Jean Desmarets, French writer (b. 1595) [category: Deaths]
• 1691: Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian navy officer (d. 1720) [category: Births]
• 1693: Šimon Brixi, Czech composer (d. 1735) [category: Births]
• 1697: Canaletto, Italian painter (d. 1768) [category: Births]
• 1703: Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (d. 1768) [category: Births]
• 1703: John Wallis, English mathematician (b. 1616) [category: Deaths]
• 1704: John Locke, English philosopher (b. 1632) [category: Deaths]
• 1707: The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan [category: Events]
• 1708: Prince George of Denmark (b. 1653) [category: Deaths]
• 1716: Stephen Fox, English politician (b. 1627) [category: Deaths]
• 1718: Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian missionary (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1733: Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer (d. 1803) [category: Births]
• 1740: Anna of Russia (b. 1693) [category: Deaths]
• 1754: Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (b. 1708) [category: Deaths]
• 1755: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (b. 1689) [category: Deaths]
• 1763: Heinrich von Brühl, German politician (b. 1700) [category: Deaths]
• 1767: Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1768: Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (b. 1700) [category: Deaths]
• 1775: American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston. [category: Events]
• 1776: American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains – British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans. [category: Events]
• 1792: John Smeaton, English engineer (b. 1724) [category: Deaths]
• 1792: Paul Möhring, German physician and scientist (b. 1710) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms (d. 1861) [category: Births]
• 1800: Artemas Ward, American politician and general (b. 1727) [category: Deaths]
• 1804: Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (d. 1849) [category: Births]
• 1806: Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (b. 1749) [category: Deaths]
• 1815: Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician and author (d. 1856) [category: Births]
• 1818: Abigail Adams, American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (b. 1744) [category: Deaths]
• 1834: The Battle of Pinjarra is fought in the Swan River Colony in present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. Between 14 and 40 Aborigines are killed by British colonists. [category: Events]
• 1835: The United Tribes of New Zealand is established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence. [category: Events]
• 1837: Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shogun (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1839: Edward P. Allen, American politician (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1841: Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (b. 1792) [category: Deaths]
• 1845: Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1846: Georges Auguste Escoffier, French chef (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1848: The first railroad in Spain – between Barcelona and Mataró – is opened. [category: Events]
• 1854: Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1857: Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (b. 1802) [category: Deaths]
• 1860: Jigoro Kano, Japanese martial artist (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1864: Adolfo Camarillo, American-Mexican rancher and philanthropist (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road ends – Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia. [category: Events]
• 1875: Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, American geographer (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1877: Joe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1877: Robert Swinhoe, English naturalist (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Channing H. Cox, American politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1879: Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Bruno Söderström, Swedish pole vaulter (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1881: Vin Coutie, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1884: William Douglas Cook, New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1885: Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1886: In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. [category: Events]
• 1889: Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress and singer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1891: Ormer Locklear, American pilot (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1891: The Mino-Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, strikes Gifu Prefecture. [category: Events]
• 1892: Dink Johnson, American pianist (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1893: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer's death. [category: Events]
• 1896: Howard Hanson, American composer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1897: Edith Head, American costume designer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1899: Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American inventor, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1902: Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1903: Evelyn Waugh, English author and journalist (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1903: John Chamberlain, American journalist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1904: Panama and Uruguay establishes diplomatic links. [category: Events]
• 1907: John Hewitt, Irish poet (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1908: Arturo Frondizi, Argentine politician, 32nd President of Argentina (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1909: Francis Bacon, Irish painter (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1912: Richard Doll, English physiologist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1913: Douglas Seale, English actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1914: Glenn Robert Davis, American politician (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1914: Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1914: Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1914: Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Richard Strauss conducts the first performance of his tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie in Berlin. [category: Events]
• 1916: Pearl Hackney English actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1916: Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Oswald Boelcke, German pilot (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Jack Soo, American actor (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1917: Dimitrios Votsis, Greek politician (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: A new Polish government in Western Galicia is established. [category: Events]
• 1918: World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of an independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1921: Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1922: Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1922: Gershon Kingsley, German-American composer [category: Births]
• 1922: Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1922: March on Rome: Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government. [category: Events]
• 1924: Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1925: Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1926: Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1927: Cleo Laine, British singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1927: Roza Makagonova, Russian actress (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1928: Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general [category: Births]
• 1928: Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1928: Declaration of the Youth Pledge in Indonesia, the first time Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem, was sung. [category: Events]
• 1929: Joan Plowright, English actress [category: Births]
• 1929: John Hollander, American poet [category: Births]
• 1929: Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1929: Bernhard von Bülow, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval. [category: Events]
• 1930: Bernie Ecclestone, English businessman [category: Births]
• 1932: Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1932: Suzy Parker, American actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1933: Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1935: Alan Clarke, English director (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1936: Carl Davis, American-English conductor and composer [category: Births]
• 1936: Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1937: Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1938: Anne Perry, English author [category: Births]
• 1938: Dave Budd, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1938: David Dimbleby, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1938: Kenneth Best, Liberian journalist [category: Births]
• 1939: Andy Bey, American singer and pianist [category: Births]
• 1939: Jane Alexander, American actress [category: Births]
• 1939: Miroslav Cerar, Yugoslav gymnast [category: Births]
• 1939: Alice Brady, American actress (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Susan Harris, American scriptwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece's entry into World War II. [category: Events]
• 1941: Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1941: Hank Marvin, English guitarist (The Shadows) [category: Births]
• 1941: John Hallam, Irish actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1942: Abdelkader Fréha, Algerian footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1942: Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater [category: Births]
• 1942: The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska. [category: Events]
• 1943: Charo López, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1943: Cornelia Froboess, German actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1944: Anton Schlecker, German businessman, founded the Schlecker Company [category: Births]
• 1944: Coluche, French actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1944: Dennis Franz, American actor [category: Births]
• 1945: Elton Dean, English saxophonist (Soft Machine) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1945: Wayne Fontana, English singer (The Mindbenders) [category: Births]
• 1946: John Hewson, Australian economist and politician [category: Births]
• 1946: Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1948: Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress (Tony Orlando and Dawn) [category: Births]
• 1948: Swiss chemist Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT. [category: Events]
• 1949: Bruce Jenner, American decathlete and actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Tracy Reed, American actress [category: Births]
• 1950: Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1950: Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian activist [category: Births]
• 1951: Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, American conjoined twins [category: Births]
• 1952: Annie Potts, American actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Billy Hughes, Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Desmond Child, American songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1953: Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman [category: Births]
• 1955: Bill Gates, American businessman, co-founded Microsoft [category: Births]
• 1955: Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman [category: Births]
• 1956: Dave Wyndorf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Monster Magnet) [category: Births]
• 1956: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian politician, 6th President of Iran [category: Births]
• 1956: Volker Zotz, Austrian philosopher [category: Births]
• 1957: Christian Berkel, German actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Stephen Morris, English drummer (Joy Division, New Order, and The Other Two) [category: Births]
• 1957: Zach Wamp, American politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Ernst Gräfenberg, German physician and scientist (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Ashok Chavan, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1958: William Reid, Scottish guitarist (The Jesus and Mary Chain) [category: Births]
• 1958: John XXIII, is elected Pope. [category: Events]
• 1959: James Keelaghan, Canadian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1959: Randy Wittman, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1959: Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary leader (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist [category: Births]
• 1960: Mark Derwin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Daphne Zuniga, American actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: Scotty Nguyen, Vietnamese-American poker player [category: Births]
• 1962: End of Cuban missile crisis: Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba. [category: Events]
• 1963: Eros Ramazzotti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1963: James Miller, American pilot (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1963: Lauren Holly, American actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Sheryl Underwood, American comedian and talk show host [category: Births]
• 1964: Onofrio Catacchio, Italian illustrator [category: Births]
• 1964: Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1965: Jami Gertz, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Earl Bostic, American saxophonist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Construction on the St. Louis Arch is completed. [category: Events]
• 1965: Nostra Aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of responsibility for the death of Jesus, reversing Innocent III's 760 year-old declaration. [category: Events]
• 1966: Andy Richter, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Steve Atwater, American football player [category: Births]
• 1967: John Romero, American video game designer, co-founded Id Software [category: Births]
• 1967: Julia Roberts, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Kevin Macdonald, Scottish director [category: Births]
• 1967: Monica Chan, Hong Kong actress and model [category: Births]
• 1967: Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein [category: Births]
• 1968: Caitlin Cary, American singer and violinist (Whiskeytown) [category: Births]
• 1968: Chris Broussard, American columnist [category: Births]
• 1968: Marc Lièvremont, French rugby player and coach [category: Births]
• 1969: Ben Harper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Relentless7 and Fistful of Mercy) [category: Births]
• 1969: Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1969: Constance Dowling, American actress (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Greg Eagles, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Baby Huey, American singer (Baby Huey & the Babysitters) (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Leonidas Sabanis, Greek weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1971: Roxana Briban, Romanian doprano (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1971: Britain launches the satellite Prospero into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket, the only British satellite to date launched by a British rocket. [category: Events]
• 1972: Brad Paisley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1972: Terrell Davis, American football player [category: Births]
• 1973: Aleksandar Stanojević, Serbian footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1973: Montel Vontavious Porter, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1973: Sergio Tofano, Italian actor (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Taha Hussein, Egyptian author (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Braden Looper, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993 [category: Births]
• 1974: Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Joaquin Phoenix, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Georges Carpentier, French boxer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Oliver Nelson, American composer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Keiron Cunningham, Welsh rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: Simone Loria, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Lauren Woodland, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Justin Guarini, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Marta Etura, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Aki Hakala, Finnish drummer (The Rasmus) [category: Births]
• 1979: Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (Blaque) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1980: Agnes Obel, Danish singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1980: Alan Smith, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Christy Hemme, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1980: Dimitri Liakopoulos, Greek actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Kanzi, American bonobo [category: Births]
• 1981: Milan Baroš, Czech footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Nate McLouth, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Nick Montgomery, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Solomon Andargachew, Ethiopian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Anthony Lerew, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Mai Kuraki, Japanese singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer [category: Births]
• 1982: Matt Smith, English actor [category: Births]
• 1982: The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party wins elections, leading to the first Socialist government in Spain after death of Franco. Felipe Gonzalez becomes Prime Minister-elect. [category: Events]
• 1983: Jarrett Jack, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Joe Thomas, English actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1984: Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Troian Bellisario, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Aki Toyosaki, Japanese voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1986: Anthony Griffith, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: John Braine, English author (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter (Odd Future) [category: Births]
• 1987: André Masson, French painter (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Edd Gould, English animator, founded Eddsworld (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1988: Kim Un-Guk, North Korean weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1989: Camille Muffat, French swimmer [category: Births]
• 1989: Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Erich Göstl German SS officer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic holds the first multiparty legislature election in the country's history. [category: Events]
• 1992: Lexi Ainsworth, American actress [category: Births]
• 1995: 289 people are killed and 265 injured in Baku Metro fire, the deadliest subway disaster. [category: Events]
• 1996: Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress [category: Births]
• 1997: Sierra McCormick, American actress [category: Births]
• 1997: Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Ted Hughes, English poet (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: An Air China jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan. [category: Events]
• 1999: Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Andujar Cedeno, Dominican baseball player (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Lída Baarová, Czech actress (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch composer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founded H&M (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Margaret Booth, American film editor (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Jimmy McLarnin, Irish boxer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Bob Broeg, American journalist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Eugene K. Bird, American army officer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean singer-songwriter (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Raymond Hains, French photographer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Richard Smalley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Tony Jackson, American basketball player (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Plame affair: Lewis Libby, Vice-president Dick Cheney's chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. Libby resigns later that day. [category: Events]
• 2006: Marijohn Wilkin, American songwriter (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Red Auerbach, American basketball coach (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: A group of angry activists of Bangladesh Awami League attacked one of their rival political party meeting in Dhaka with oars and sculls and killed their 14 activists. [category: Events]
• 2006: The 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. [category: Events]
• 2007: Jimmy Makulis, Greek singer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina. [category: Events]
• 2009: NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program. [category: Events]
• 2009: The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213. [category: Events]
• 2010: Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Gerard Kelly, Scottish actor (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: James MacArthur, American actor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ernst Heinrich Karlen, Swiss-Zimbabwean archbishop (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: George Riashi, Greek bishop (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gordon Bilney, Australian politician (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jack Dellal, English businessman (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kevin Reilly, American politician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abdias of Babylon [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State, celebrates the independence of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary in 1918. (Czech Republic and Slovakia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eadsige [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Faro [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Fidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Godwin of Stavelot [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Animation Day (ASIFA) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Job of Pochayiv (repose) (Eastern Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Jude the Apostle (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lord of Miracles (Lima) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ochi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Simon the Zealot (Western Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Youth Pledge Day or Hari Sumpah Pemuda (Indonesia) [category: Holidays and observances]