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The28t o Octoberis the 301t day o the year (302t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 64 days bidin.
Events
- 306-Maxentiusis proclaimed Roman Emperor.
- 1420-Beijingis proclaimed the caipital oMing DynastyCheenae.
- 1492-Christopher Columbuslands inCuba.
- 1636-Harvard VarsityinMassachusettsis foondit.
- 1707- Ayirdquaukkills ower 5,000 fowk inJapan.
- 1746- A strongyirdquaukhitsLima,Peru,killin 18,000 fowk.
- 1848-Spain's first railwey line opens.
- 1856-Portugal's first railwey line is completit.
- 1869-Dmitri Mendeleevpublishes thePeriodic cairto the elements.
- 1886- TheStatue o Liberty,in the harbour oNew York Ceety,is dedicatit, as a gift tae theUnitit StatesfraeFraunce.
- 1900- The1900 Simmer OlympicsinParisend.
- 1904-PanamaanUruguayestablish diplomatic relations.
- 1918-Czechoslovakiegains unthirldom fraeAustrick-Hungary.
- 1940-Warld War II:Greeceis invadit biItaly.
- 1942- TheAlaskaHighway is completit.
- 1954-Ernest Hemingwaywins theNobel Prize in Leeteratur.
- 1958-Pape John XXIIIis electit.
- 1962- End o theCuban Missile Crisis.
- 1965-Gatewey AirchinSt. Louis,Missouri,is opened tae the public.
- 1995- 289 fowk are kilt in theBakuSubway fire.
- 2007-Cristina Fernandez de Kirchneris electitPresesoArgentinae.
- 2009- A bomb attack inPeshawar,Pakistan,kills 117 fowk.
- 2013- The St. Jude Storm affects pairts o Northren an WastrenEurope.
- 2016- Then-FBIDirectorJames Comeypropales a new investigation intaeHillary Clinton's emails, juist 11 days afore theUS Preses election.
- 2017-Icelandholds its seicont pairlamentar election in the space o a year.
- 2017- Twa bomb attacks inMogadishu,Somalie,kill at least 19 fowk.
- 2018- Far-richt candidateJair Bolsonarois electitPresesoBrazil
Births
- 1017-Henry III, Haly Roman Emperor(d.1056)
- 1466-Erasmus,Dutch humanist, priest, social creetic an theologian (d.1536)
- 1726-David Dalrymple, Laird Hailes,Scots advocate, juidge an historian (d.1792)
- 1803-Caroline Unger,Austro-Hungarian contralto (d.1877)
- 1823-William Simpson,Scots airtist an war correspondent (d.1899)
- 1826-Sir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet,Scots medicinar an pathologist (d.1893)
- 1836-James Edward Tierney Aitchison,Scots surgeon an botanist (d.1898)
- 1845-Robert Gibb,Scots penter (d.1932)
- 1848-Thomas Millie Dow,Scots airtist (d.1919)
- 1902-Elsa Lanchester,Inglis actress (d.1986)
- 1903-Evelyn Waugh,Inglis writer (d.1966)
- 1909-Francis Bacon,Erse penter (d.1992)
- 1914-Richard Laurence Millington Synge,Inglis biochemist (d.1994)
- 1925-Ian Hamilton Finlay,Scots fitbawer (d.2006)
- 1928-Lawrie Reilly,Scots fitbawer (d.2013)
- 1929-Joan Plowright,Inglis actress
- 1930-Bernie Ecclestone,Inglis businessman, umwhile heid oFormula Ane
- 1933-Garrincha,Brazilian fitbawer (d.1983)
- 1935-Eddie O'Hara,Scots fitbawer (d.2016)
- 1946-Sandy Clark,Scots fitbawer
- 1949-Caitlyn Jenner,American athlete an telly personality
- 1949-John McGovern,Scots fitbawer
- 1955-Bill Gates,American businessman
- 1956-Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,umwhilePresesoIran
- 1963-Eros Ramazzotti,Italian sangster
- 1964-Andrew Bridgen,Inglis politeecian
- 1967-Kevin Macdonald,Scots director
- 1967-Julia Roberts,American actress
- 1974-Joaquin Phoenix,American actor
- 1981-Milan Baros,Czech fitbawer
- 1982-Matt Smith,Inglis actor
Daiths
- 312-Maxentius,Roman Emperor (b.278)
- 1562-George Gordon, 4t Yerl o Huntly,Scots nobleman (b.1514)
- 1627-Jahangir,Mughal Emperor (b.1569)
- 1704-John Locke,Inglis philosopher (b.1632)
- 1740-Anna o Roushie(b.1693)
- 1818-Abigail Adams,First Lady o the Unitit States (b.1744)
- 1840-John Thomson o Duddiston,Scots meenister an penter (b.1778)
- 1921-William Speirs Bruce,Scots naituralist, polar scientist an oceanografer (b.1867)
- 1922-Alexander Crum Brown,Scots organic chemist (b.1838)
- 1998-Ted Hughes,Inglis poet (b.1930)
- 2005-Richard Smalley,American chemist (b.1943)
- 2013-Tadeusz Mazowiecki,Pols politeecian (b.1927)
Halidays
- Ochi Day (Greece)
- Naitional Day o the umwhileCzechoslovakie
Ootside airtins
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