Page 5: Historical Events In October - 28

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

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

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 October - 28.   

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

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  The first child born in aircraft, Miami, Fl on this day in history.   

1929  Dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64 on this day in history.   

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

1929  Hermann Ungar, writer, dies at 36 on October - 28.   

1930  On this day in history harry Gilbert Trythall, composer   

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

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

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  Folke Rabe, composer on this day in history.   

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

1936  E G Winkler, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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  The first Polish ghetto is established in Piotrkow, Poland on October - 28.   

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 October - 28 greece successfully resists Italy's attack   

1940  Andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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

1943  U-220 sinks on October - 28.   

1944  Russia & Bulgaria sign weapon pact on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history german rocket engineers begin work in USSR   

1948  On this day in history flag of Israel is adopted   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740)   

1689  On October - 28 birth of michel Mathieu, composer   

1691  Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720) was born on October - 28.   

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

1312  On October - 28 death of elisabeth of Tirol, German queen   

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

1520  Death of Pier Gerlofs Donia, Frisian pirate and freedom fighter on this day in history.   

1568  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539) on October - 28.