Historical Events In October - 28

1925  Leonard Starr, comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie) on October - 28.   

1926  Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner (1969-1984) on this day in history.   

1927  On October - 28 josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia   

1927  Cleo Laine, Middlesex England, actress/singer (Flesh to a Tiger) on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history eaton Faning, composer, dies at 77   

1928  On October - 28 bradman scores 131 NSW v Queensland, 212 mins, 14 fours   

1928  On this day in history wim van Heumen, coach of Dutch field hockey team   

1929  The first child born in aircraft, Miami, Fl on October - 28.   

1929  On October - 28 dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64   

1929  On this day in history 1st child born in aircraft, Miami, Florida   

1929  On this day in history hermann Ungar, writer, dies at 36   

1930  On October - 28 harry Gilbert Trythall, composer   

1933  On October - 28 the birth of Michael Noakes, Portrait and landscape painter   

1934  On October - 28 brooklyn & Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game   

1934  On October - 28 jim Beatty, track runner (1st sub 4 minute indoor mile)   

1935  Sidney Kingsley's "Dead End," premieres in NYC on October - 28.   

1935  On October - 28 folke Rabe, composer   

1936  FDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary on this day in history.   

1936  E G Winkler, writer, dies on October - 28.   

1938  On October - 28 polish "Aktion." Thousands of Polish Jews are rounded up and sent back to the Polish border town of Zbonzyn. Poland expels all its German Jewish residents.   

1938  On October - 28 farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona)   

1939  On this day in history the first Polish ghetto is established in Piotrkow, Poland.   

1939  On this day in history anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia   

1939  On this day in history alice Brady, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee), dies at 46   

1940  On October - 28 greece successfully resists Italy's attack   

1940  On this day in history andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71   

1942  Train crashes into bus, killing 16 & injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan) on this day in history.   

1942  6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery on this day in history.   

1943  On October - 28 u-220 sinks   

1944  On October - 28 russia & Bulgaria sign weapon pact   

1946  On October - 28 german rocket engineers begin work in USSR   

1948  On this day in history flag of Israel is adopted   

1949  Eugenie Anderson, the first U.S. woman ambassador, is sworn in on October - 28.   

1949  On October - 28 georges Bidault elected president of France   

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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 October - 28 birth of francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572)   

1585  On October - 28 birth of cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader   

1667  Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740) was born on October - 28.   

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  On October - 28 birth of canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768)   

0312  On this day in history death of maxentius, Roman emperor (b. c. 278)   

0900  On this day in history alfred the Great, English monarch, dies   

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

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

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

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.