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

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  On October - 28 pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus  

1957  On this day in history wMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting  

1957  On October - 28 anthony J Morabito, co-owner of SF '49ers, dies while watching a game  

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

1958  Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII on October - 28.  

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1959  Buffalo Bills enter AFL on October - 28.  

1959  Abe Waddington, cricketer (Yorks left-arm quick, Test avg 119), dies on October - 28.  

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

1961  On this day in history "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 October - 28.  

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

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

1965  On October - 28 gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri  

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 October - 28.  

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 October - 28.  

1970  On this day in history nBA Cleve Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99  

1970  On this day in history baby Huey, [James Ramey], vocalist (Baby Huey & Babysitters), dies  

1971  On October - 28 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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1510  On October - 28 birth of francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint  

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  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 October - 28.  

1697  Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768) was born on October - 28.  

0312  On October - 28 death of maxentius, Roman emperor (b. c. 278)  

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

1138  On October - 28 boleslaw III Kryzwousty, [scheefmond], duke of Poland, dies  

1225  Death of Jien, Japanese poet and historian (b. 1155) on October - 28.  

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

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

1520  On this day in history death of pier Gerlofs Donia, Frisian pirate and freedom fighter  

1568  On October - 28 death of ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539)