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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 Dynasty Cheenae.
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

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