Page 5: Historical Events In October - 28

1925  Leonard Starr, comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie) on this day in history.   

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

1927  Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia on October - 28.   

1927  Cleo Laine, Middlesex England, actress/singer (Flesh to a Tiger) on October - 28.   

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

1928  On this day in history 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  On this day in history the first child born in aircraft, Miami, Fl   

1929  Dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64 on October - 28.   

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

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

1930  Harry Gilbert Trythall, composer on October - 28.   

1933  On this day in history the birth of Michael Noakes, Portrait and landscape painter   

1934  Brooklyn & Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history jim Beatty, track runner (1st sub 4 minute indoor mile)   

1935  Sidney Kingsley's "Dead End," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history folke Rabe, composer   

1936  On October - 28 fDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary   

1936  E G Winkler, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1938  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 on this day in history.   

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

1939  The first Polish ghetto is established in Piotrkow, Poland on October - 28.   

1939  Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia on October - 28.   

1939  Alice Brady, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1940  Greece successfully resists Italy's attack on October - 28.   

1940  Andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1942  On October - 28 train crashes into bus, killing 16 & injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan)   

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 this day in history german rocket engineers begin work in USSR   

1948  On October - 28 flag of Israel is adopted   

1949  On this day in history eugenie Anderson, the first U.S. woman ambassador, is sworn in.   

1949  Georges Bidault elected president of France on October - 28.   

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1017  On October - 28 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  Francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572) was born on October - 28.   

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

1667  On October - 28 birth of maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740)   

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

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

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

1138  Boleslaw III Kryzwousty, [scheefmond], duke of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  On October - 28 death of pier Gerlofs Donia, Frisian pirate and freedom fighter   

1568  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539)