October 28

Events

 * - is proclaimed.
 * - : defeats, becoming the sole Roman Emperor.
 * -, acting as Regent for her son, brings about the election of Bishop , the
 * - : under the  defeat the s near.
 * -, the legendary Frisian warrior, folk hero and giant , dies aged 40 in ,.
 * - : Imam again defeats the army of, . The southern part of Ethiopia falls under Imam Ahmad's control.
 * - The first in the, the , is established.
 * - The, which had been ongoing for 14 months, ends with surrender
 * - A vote of the of the  establishes the first  in what would become the, today known as.
 * - The and, later to be known as the , is established.
 * - A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving.
 * - : -  forces arrive at, attack and capture  from the.
 * - The occurs in the  in present-day, . Between 14 and 40 Aborigines are killed by British colonists.
 * - The first railroad in - between  and  - is opened.
 * - : ends -  forces under General  withdraw from, after failing to breach the  defenses around.
 * - applied for his first, an electrical vote recorder.
 * - In, President  dedicates the.
 * - The, the largest earthquake in 's history, strikes.
 * -, premiered in , only nine days before the composer's death.
 * -  is first performed in ; though it had previously been performed in, it had been ed, and the American performance was the first on the public stage.
 * - The single largest one-day percentage decline of the in the recorded history of the New York.
 * - : is granted its independence from.
 * 1918  - The German fleet is immobilized when sailors mutiny en masse and disobey an order to leave port five times; 1,000 would ultimately be arrested.
 * 1918  - New Polish government in Western  is established.
 * - The passes the  over President 's veto, paving the way for  to begin the following.
 * - : s led by  march on  and take over the Italian government.
 * - US President rededicates the  on its 50th anniversary.
 * - : invades  through . This was the selected anniversary of Greece's entry into World War II. It is celebrated in Greece as  (Όχι=No) Day.
 * - in, :   forces arrange the massacre of more than 9,000  of the  . After the victims assembled on the  square at 6 am to be shot they are buried in gigantic ditches.
 * - The (Alcan Highway) is completed through  to.
 * 1942  - : 2,000 Jewish children and 6,000 Jewish adults from  are deported by  to  death camp.
 * 1942  - :  directive orders all Jewish children's mittens and stockings to be sent from the death camps to the  families.
 * - The alleged supposedly occurred.
 * - chemist  is awarded the  for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of.
 * - The modern is re-founded as a.
 * - : leader  announces that he had ordered the removal of  missile bases in.
 * 1962  -  of the  became the third quarterback in  history to throw seven touchdown passes in one game.
 * - : U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing.
 * - French foreign minister travels to.
 * 1965  -, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the , is promulgated by ; it absolves the Jews of the alleged killing of , reversing 's declaration from 760 years ago. In short,  announces that the  has decided that Jews are not collectively responsible for the killing of.
 * 1965  - In, the 630-foot-tall parabolic (catenarian) stainless steel  monument is completed.
 * - The land speed record set by in a rocket-powered automobile called the, fueled with natural gas.
 * - launches its first (and as of 2007, only), , into  atop a.
 * - The first  flies into the skies.
 * -, former domestic policy adviser of and convicted  felon, arrives at the Swift Trail Camp minimum-security facility in southeastern.
 * - (PSOE) wins elections, leading to first Socialist government in  after death of .   becomes Prime Minister-elect.
 * - becomes General Secretary of the  in the.
 * 1985  -   becomes president of  and makes peace overtures to the United States; American policy continues to support the  in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
 * - The centennial of the 's dedication is re-celebrated in.
 * - The drug manufacturer  states that it will resume distribution of the so-called  drug.
 * - The gains a record 337.17 points to close at 7,498.32.
 * - An  jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to.
 * - :, Vice-president 's chief of staff, is indicted in the case. Libby resigns later that day.
 * - that would make  officially a part of  begins;  on day one was low. (BBC)
 * 2006 - Funeral service for the peace of the executed at forest, outside of, , with reburial of 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by s at  in 1930s – early 1940s.

Births

 * -, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. )
 * -, Dutch bishop (d. )
 * -, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. )
 * -, Norwegian naval hero (d. )
 * -, Italian artist (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, Croatian Jesuit missionary (d. )
 * -, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. )
 * -, American firearms manufacturer (d. )
 * -, Belgian mathematician (d. )
 * -, Russian writer (d. )
 * -, Polish physicist (d. )
 * -, French chef (d. )
 * -, American geographer and editor (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, Swedish athlete (d. )
 * -, Russian poet (d. )
 * -, Quebec comedian (d. )
 * -, American movie stunt pilot (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, American costume designer (d. )
 * -, British-born actress (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, Northern Irish poet (d. )
 * -, President of (d. )
 * -, Anglo-Irish painter (d. )
 * -, English epidemiologist (d. )
 * -, American medical scientist (d. )
 * 1914  -,  (d. )
 * 1914  -, U.S. Congressman (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, German composer
 * 1922  -, American basketball coach (d. )
 * 1922  -, Zimbabwe politician (d. )
 * -, Spanish racecar driver (d. )
 * -, American Commissioner of Baseball (d. )
 * -, British singer
 * -, Romanian general
 * -, British actress
 * 1929  -, French actor (d. )
 * 1929  -, American poet
 * -, English racing official
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Brazilian footballer (d. )
 * -, American musician
 * 1936  -, American-born musical conductor and composer
 * -, American basketball player and coach
 * -, English television commentator
 * 1938  -, English-born novelist
 * -, American actress
 * 1939  -, Yugoslav gymnast
 * -, American television writer and producer
 * -, Irish actor
 * 1941  -, English guitarist
 * 1941  -, American singer
 * -, Dutch speed skater
 * -, German singer
 * 1943  -, Spanish actress
 * -, American actor
 * 1944  -, German billionaire
 * 1944  -, French comedian and actor (d. )
 * -, English musician (d. )
 * 1945  -, British singer
 * -, Dutch footballer and coach
 * 1946  -, Australian politician
 * -, American singer
 * -, American athlete
 * 1949  -, American actress
 * -, Tunisian human rights activist
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian businessman and hockey executive
 * -, American software executive
 * 1956  -, American singer
 * -, , and : youngest to world record for the  3 times
 * -, Scottish musician
 * -, American actress
 * 1962  -, professional poker player
 * -, American actress
 * 1963  -, the "Fan Man" (d. )
 * 1963  -, Italian singer
 * -, American actress
 * 1965  -, Italian Latinist
 * -, American football player
 * 1966  -, American comedian and actor
 * -, American actress
 * 1967  -, American video game designer
 * 1967  -
 * 1967  -, Scottish film director
 * -, French rugby union footballer and coach
 * -, American musician
 * 1969  -, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
 * -, American football player
 * 1972  -, American musician
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, Puerto Rican-born actor
 * 1974  -, Spanish footballer
 * 1974  -, American baseball player
 * 1974  -, Serbian footballer
 * 1974  -, Puerto Rican actress and beauty queen
 * -, Canadian singer
 * -, Spanish actress
 * 1978  -, American singer
 * -, Finnish drummer
 * 1979  -, Czech ice hockey player
 * -, English footballer
 * 1980  -, American professional wrestler
 * -, Most Literate Non-Human
 * -, Czech footballer
 * 1981  -, Ethiopian footballer
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1982  -, Japanese singer
 * 1982  -, American baseball player
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Nigerian footballer
 * 1984 -, American model
 * -, American actress
 * 1996  -, American actress
 * 1996  -, American actress

Deaths

 * -, Roman emperor (b. c. )
 * -, Japanese poet and historian (b. )
 * -, German queen
 * -, wife of (b. )
 * -, Dutch humanist (b. )
 * -, Frisian pirate and freedom fighter
 * -, Japanese shogun (b. )
 * -, Mughal Emperor of India (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, English painter (b. )
 * -, Spanish playwright (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, English mathematician (b. )
 * -, English philosopher (b. )
 * -, Consort of Queen (b. )
 * -, British politician (b. )
 * - Empress (b. )
 * -, German poet (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, German statesman (b. )
 * -, French flutist (b. )
 * -, German physician and scientist (b. )
 * 1792  -, British civil engineer (b. )
 * -, American politician and soldier (b. )
 * -, British poet and novelist (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Swedish chemist (b. )
 * -, French soldier and politician (b. )
 * -, British naturalist (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, German-born inventor (tuberculosis) (b. )
 * -, German-born orientalist (b. )
 * -, American meteorologist (b. )
 * 1916  -, German pilot (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Italian mathematician (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, seventh (b. )
 * -, German physician and scientist (b. )
 * -, Cuban revolutionary (b. )
 * -, American saxophonist (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Egyptian writer (b. )
 * 1973  -, Italian actor (b. )
 * -, French boxer (b. )
 * 1975  -, American jazz composer and arranger  (b. )
 * -, British novelist (b. )
 * -, French artist (b. )
 * -, American screenwriter (b. )
 * -, British poet (b. )
 * -, Czech actress (b. )
 * 2000  -, Argentine composer (b. )
 * -, Dutch composer (b. )
 * -, American film editor (b. )
 * 2002  -, Swedish entrepreneur (b. )
 * -, Northern Irish-born boxer (b. )
 * -, German prison director (b. )
 * 2005  -, American sports writer (b. )
 * 2005  -, French artist (b. )
 * 2005  -, American basketball player (b. )
 * 2005  -, Cape Verdean singer and musician (b. )
 * 2005  -, American chemist,  laureate (b. )
 * 2005  -, Serbian actor (b. )
 * -, American basketball coach and executive (b. )
 * 2006  -, Jamaican boxer (b. )
 * 2006  -, American songwriter (b. )
 * -, American country singer (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - Day
 * - granted its from  ; This is a holiday in the  and.
 * - marking the beginning of the invasion of Greece by Italy via Albania (1940)
 * s
 * St.
 * (a.k.a Saint Thaddaeus or "of James")
 * the Zealot (erroneously a.k.a. "the Canaanite")
 * St.
 * (a.k.a Saint Thaddaeus or "of James")
 * the Zealot (erroneously a.k.a. "the Canaanite")
 * (a.k.a Saint Thaddaeus or "of James")
 * the Zealot (erroneously a.k.a. "the Canaanite")
 * the Zealot (erroneously a.k.a. "the Canaanite")