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 this day in history bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)   

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

1955  On October - 28 egypt & Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty   

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

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

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

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  Abe Waddington, cricketer (Yorks left-arm quick, Test avg 119), dies on October - 28.   

1961  On October - 28 ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets   

1961  On October - 28 "Fiorello!" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 796 performances   

1962  On October - 28 khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis   

1962  On this day in history pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48   

1963  Mart Saar, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1964  On October - 28 reginald Horace Blyth, Zen teacher/scholar, dies in Japan at 66   

1965  Gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri on October - 28.   

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

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

1966  On this day in history belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour   

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

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 October - 28.   

1970  NBA Cleve Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1971  John & Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC on October - 28.   

1971  On October - 28 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 this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history 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  Francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint was born on this day in history.   

1510  On this day in history 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  On October - 28 birth of maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740)   

1689  Michel Mathieu, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On October - 28 death of maxentius, Roman emperor (b. c. 278)   

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

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

1225  Death of Jien, Japanese poet and historian (b. 1155) on this day in history.   

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

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