Page 5: Historical Events In October - 28

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

1926  Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner (1969-1984) on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia   

1927  Cleo Laine, Middlesex England, actress/singer (Flesh to a Tiger) on this day in history.   

1927  On October - 28 eaton Faning, composer, dies at 77   

1928  On October - 28 bradman scores 131 NSW v Queensland, 212 mins, 14 fours   

1928  On October - 28 wim van Heumen, coach of Dutch field hockey team   

1929  The first child born in aircraft, Miami, Fl on October - 28.   

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

1929  1st child born in aircraft, Miami, Florida on October - 28.   

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

1930  On this day in history harry Gilbert Trythall, composer   

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

1934  On this day in history brooklyn & Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game   

1934  Jim Beatty, track runner (1st sub 4 minute indoor mile) on this day in history.   

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

1935  Folke Rabe, composer on this day in history.   

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

1936  On October - 28 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  On this day in history farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona)   

1939  The first Polish ghetto is established in Piotrkow, Poland on this day in history.   

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

1940  On October - 28 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 this day in history 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery   

1943  U-220 sinks on this day in history.   

1944  On October - 28 russia & Bulgaria sign weapon pact   

1946  German rocket engineers begin work in USSR on October - 28.   

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 this day in history georges Bidault elected president of France   

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1017  On this day in history birth of henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor (1046-56)   

1510  On this day in history birth of francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint   

1510  Francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 28.   

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

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

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

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

0900  On this day in history alfred the Great, English monarch, dies   

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

1225  Death of Jien, Japanese poet and historian (b. 1155) on October - 28.   

1312  Death of Elisabeth of Tirol, German queen on October - 28.   

1412  Death of Margaret I of Denmark, wife of Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1353) on this day in history.   

1520  On this day in history death of pier Gerlofs Donia, Frisian pirate and freedom fighter   

1568  On October - 28 death of ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539)