Historical Events In October - 28

1925  On October - 28 leonard Starr, comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie)   

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

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

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

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

1928  Bradman scores 131 NSW v Queensland, 212 mins, 14 fours on this day in history.   

1928  Wim van Heumen, coach of Dutch field hockey team on this day in history.   

1929  On October - 28 the first child born in aircraft, Miami, Fl   

1929  On this day in history dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64   

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

1929  Hermann Ungar, writer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1930  On October - 28 harry Gilbert Trythall, composer   

1933  The birth of Michael Noakes, Portrait and landscape painter on October - 28.   

1934  Brooklyn & Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game on this day in history.   

1934  Jim Beatty, track runner (1st sub 4 minute indoor mile) on October - 28.   

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

1935  Folke Rabe, composer on October - 28.   

1936  FDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary on this day in history.   

1936  E G Winkler, writer, dies on October - 28.   

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 this day in history farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona)   

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

1939  Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia on October - 28.   

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

1940  Greece successfully resists Italy's attack on October - 28.   

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

1942  On October - 28 train crashes into bus, killing 16 & injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan)   

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

1943  U-220 sinks on October - 28.   

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

1946  German rocket engineers begin work in USSR on this day in history.   

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  Georges Bidault elected president of France on October - 28.   

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

1585  Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader was born on October - 28.   

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

1689  On October - 28 birth of michel Mathieu, composer   

1691  On October - 28 birth of peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720)   

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 October - 28.   

1138  Boleslaw III Kryzwousty, [scheefmond], duke of Poland, dies on October - 28.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539)