Page 5: Historical Events In October - 28

1925  On this day in history leonard Starr, comic strip cartoonist (Little Orphan Annie)   

1926  Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner (1969-1984) on October - 28.   

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

1927  On October - 28 cleo Laine, Middlesex England, actress/singer (Flesh to a Tiger)   

1927  Eaton Faning, composer, dies at 77 on October - 28.   

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  The first child born in aircraft, Miami, Fl on this day in history.   

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

1929  On October - 28 1st child born in aircraft, Miami, Florida   

1929  On October - 28 hermann Ungar, writer, dies at 36   

1930  Harry Gilbert Trythall, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1934  Jim Beatty, track runner (1st sub 4 minute indoor mile) on this day in history.   

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

1935  On this day in history 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 this day in history farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona)   

1939  On October - 28 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery   

1943  U-220 sinks on this day in history.   

1944  Russia & Bulgaria sign weapon pact on October - 28.   

1946  German rocket engineers begin work in USSR on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history georges Bidault elected president of France   

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1017  Henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor (1046-56) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  On October - 28 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 October - 28.   

0900  Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies on this day in history.   

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

1225  On this day in history death of jien, Japanese poet and historian (b. 1155)   

1312  Death of Elisabeth of Tirol, German queen on October - 28.   

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  Death of Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539) on October - 28.