Historical Events In October - 28

1951  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on October - 28.  

1952  On October - 28 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  On this day in history ernest Hemingway wins Nobel prize for literature  

1955  On this day in history egypt & Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty  

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 this day in history.  

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  Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII on October - 28.  

1959  Buffalo Bills enter AFL on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history 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  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  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  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  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  Yves de La Casiniere, composer, dies at 74 on October - 28.  

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

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 October - 28.  

1980  On October - 28 leon Janney, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World, Hawk), dies at 63  

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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  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  Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740) was born on October - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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 October - 28.  

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 this day in history.