Page 6: Historical Events In October - 28

1951  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1952  On this day in history babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Women's Texas Golf Open   

1953  Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record) on October - 28.   

1954  Ernest Hemingway wins Nobel prize for literature on October - 28.   

1955  Egypt & Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty on this day in history.   

1956  Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus on this day in history.   

1957  WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting on October - 28.   

1957  Anthony J Morabito, co-owner of SF '49ers, dies while watching a game on this day in history.   

1958  Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli is elected Pope; he takes the name John XXIII on October - 28.   

1958  On October - 28 angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII   

1959  On this day in history buffalo Bills enter AFL   

1959  On October - 28 abe Waddington, cricketer (Yorks left-arm quick, Test avg 119), dies   

1961  Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets on October - 28.   

1961  "Fiorello!" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 796 performances on this day in history.   

1962  Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis on this day in history.   

1962  On October - 28 pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48   

1963  On October - 28 mart Saar, composer, dies at 81   

1964  Reginald Horace Blyth, Zen teacher/scholar, dies in Japan at 66 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri   

1965  On October - 28 pope Paul VI decrees that Jews are absolved of blame for the crucifixion of Christ.   

1965  Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped & murdered in Paris on October - 28.   

1966  Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour on October - 28.   

1968  Henricus WJM Keuls, lawyer/poet, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1969  Constance Dowling, actress (Blind Spot), dies of cardiac arrest at 49 on October - 28.   

1970  US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts on this day in history.   

1970  On October - 28 nBA Cleve Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99   

1970  On October - 28 baby Huey, [James Ramey], vocalist (Baby Huey & Babysitters), dies   

1971  England becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit on October - 28.   

1971  On October - 28 john & Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC   

1971  On this day in history yves de La Casiniere, composer, dies at 74   

1972  "Mother Earth" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 12 performances on this day in history.   

1977  TV's Rhoda gets married on October - 28.   

1979  On October - 28 uSS Kitty Hawk and her escort ships were directed to operate south of the Korean peninsula in response to the assassination of South Korean President Park on 26 October.   

1980  Leon Janney, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World, Hawk), dies at 63 on October - 28.   

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1017  On October - 28 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 October - 28.   

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

1667  On October - 28 birth of maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740)   

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 October - 28.   

0312  Death of Maxentius, Roman emperor (b. c. 278) on October - 28.   

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

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

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

1568  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539)