Page 6: Historical Events In October - 28

1951  On October - 28 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  On October - 28 bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)   

1954  Ernest Hemingway wins Nobel prize for literature on this day in history.   

1955  Egypt & Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty on October - 28.   

1956  Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus on October - 28.   

1957  On October - 28 wMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting   

1957  Anthony J Morabito, co-owner of SF '49ers, dies while watching a game on October - 28.   

1958  Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli is elected Pope; he takes the name John XXIII on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII   

1959  On October - 28 buffalo Bills enter AFL   

1959  On this day in history 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 October - 28.   

1962  On this day in history khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis   

1962  Pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1963  Mart Saar, composer, dies at 81 on October - 28.   

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

1965  Gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri on this day in history.   

1965  Pope Paul VI decrees that Jews are absolved of blame for the crucifixion of Christ on this day in history.   

1965  Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped & murdered in Paris on this day in history.   

1966  Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history henricus WJM Keuls, lawyer/poet, dies at 85   

1969  On this day in history constance Dowling, actress (Blind Spot), dies of cardiac arrest at 49   

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

1970  NBA Cleve Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99 on October - 28.   

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

1971  On this day in history england becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit   

1971  On this day in history john & Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC   

1971  On October - 28 yves de La Casiniere, composer, dies at 74   

1972  "Mother Earth" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 12 performances on October - 28.   

1977  On October - 28 tV's Rhoda gets married   

1979  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 on this day in history.   

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

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

1510  Francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1697  On this day in history birth of canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768)   

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

0900  On October - 28 alfred the Great, English monarch, dies   

1138  On this day in history boleslaw III Kryzwousty, [scheefmond], duke of Poland, dies   

1225  On October - 28 death of jien, Japanese poet and historian (b. 1155)   

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

1412  On this day in history 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)