Historical Events In October - 28

1925  Leonard Starr, comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie) on this day in history.  

1926  On October - 28 bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner (1969-1984)  

1927  Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia on this day in history.  

1927  On this day in history cleo Laine, Middlesex England, actress/singer (Flesh to a Tiger)  

1927  Eaton Faning, composer, dies at 77 on October - 28.  

1928  Bradman scores 131 NSW v Queensland, 212 mins, 14 fours on October - 28.  

1928  On this day in history wim van Heumen, coach of Dutch field hockey team  

1929  On this day in history the first child born in aircraft, Miami, Fl  

1929  Dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64 on October - 28.  

1929  1st child born in aircraft, Miami, Florida on this day in history.  

1929  On this day in history hermann Ungar, writer, dies at 36  

1930  On October - 28 harry Gilbert Trythall, composer  

1933  On this day in history the birth of Michael Noakes, Portrait and landscape painter  

1934  On October - 28 brooklyn & Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game  

1934  On this day in history jim Beatty, track runner (1st sub 4 minute indoor mile)  

1935  On October - 28 sidney Kingsley's "Dead End," premieres in NYC  

1935  Folke Rabe, composer on October - 28.  

1936  On this day in history fDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary  

1936  On this day in history e G Winkler, writer, dies  

1938  On October - 28 polish "Aktion." Thousands of Polish Jews are rounded up and sent back to the Polish border town of Zbonzyn. Poland expels all its German Jewish residents.  

1938  Farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona) on this day in history.  

1939  On this day in history the first Polish ghetto is established in Piotrkow, Poland.  

1939  On October - 28 anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia  

1939  Alice Brady, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee), dies at 46 on October - 28.  

1940  Greece successfully resists Italy's attack on this day in history.  

1940  Andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71 on October - 28.  

1942  Train crashes into bus, killing 16 & injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan) on October - 28.  

1942  On October - 28 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery  

1943  On October - 28 u-220 sinks  

1944  On this day in history russia & Bulgaria sign weapon pact  

1946  On October - 28 german rocket engineers begin work in USSR  

1948  Flag of Israel is adopted on this day in history.  

1949  On this day in history eugenie Anderson, the first U.S. woman ambassador, is sworn in.  

1949  On October - 28 georges Bidault elected president of France  

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1017  On October - 28 birth of henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor (1046-56)  

1510  On October - 28 birth of francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint  

1510  On October - 28 birth of francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572)  

1585  On this day in history birth of cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader  

1667  Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740) was born on October - 28.  

1689  On this day in history birth of michel Mathieu, composer  

1691  On this day in history birth of peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720)  

1697  Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.  

0312  Death of Maxentius, Roman emperor (b. c. 278) on this day in history.  

0900  Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies on October - 28.  

1138  On this day in history boleslaw III Kryzwousty, [scheefmond], duke of Poland, dies  

1225  On October - 28 death of jien, Japanese poet and historian (b. 1155)  

1312  On this day in history death of elisabeth of Tirol, German queen  

1412  On October - 28 death of margaret I of Denmark, wife of Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1353)  

1520  Death of Pier Gerlofs Donia, Frisian pirate and freedom fighter on October - 28.  

1568  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539) on this day in history.