Page 5: Historical Events In October - 28

1925  On this day in history leonard Starr, comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie)   

1926  Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner (1969-1984) on October - 28.   

1927  Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia on October - 28.   

1927  Cleo Laine, Middlesex England, actress/singer (Flesh to a Tiger) on October - 28.   

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

1928  On this day in history bradman scores 131 NSW v Queensland, 212 mins, 14 fours   

1928  Wim van Heumen, coach of Dutch field hockey team on October - 28.   

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  On this day in history 1st child born in aircraft, Miami, Florida   

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

1930  Harry Gilbert Trythall, composer on this day in history.   

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

1934  Brooklyn & Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game on October - 28.   

1934  On October - 28 jim Beatty, track runner (1st sub 4 minute indoor mile)   

1935  Sidney Kingsley's "Dead End," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1935  On October - 28 folke Rabe, composer   

1936  On October - 28 fDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary   

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

1938  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 on this day in history.   

1938  On October - 28 farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona)   

1939  On October - 28 the first Polish ghetto is established in Piotrkow, Poland.   

1939  On this day in history anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia   

1939  On this day in history alice Brady, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee), dies at 46   

1940  On this day in history greece successfully resists Italy's attack   

1940  On this day in history andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71   

1942  Train crashes into bus, killing 16 & injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan) on this day in history.   

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 October - 28 eugenie Anderson, the first U.S. woman ambassador, is sworn in.   

1949  Georges Bidault elected president of France on October - 28.   

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1017  Henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor (1046-56) was born on October - 28.   

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

1510  On this day in history birth of francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572)   

1585  Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader was born on this day in history.   

1667  Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740) was born on this day in history.   

1689  Michel Mathieu, composer was born on October - 28.   

1691  Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720) was born on this day in history.   

1697  On October - 28 birth of canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768)   

0312  On this day in history death of maxentius, Roman emperor (b. c. 278)   

0900  Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies on this day in history.   

1138  Boleslaw III Kryzwousty, [scheefmond], duke of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1225  On this day in history death of jien, Japanese poet and historian (b. 1155)   

1312  Death of Elisabeth of Tirol, German queen on this day in history.   

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

1520  On October - 28 death of pier Gerlofs Donia, Frisian pirate and freedom fighter   

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