Page 5: Historical Events In October - 28

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

1926  On this day in history bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner (1969-1984)   

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

1927  On this day in history cleo Laine, Middlesex England, actress/singer (Flesh to a Tiger)   

1927  Eaton Faning, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Harry Gilbert Trythall, composer on this day in history.   

1933  The birth of Michael Noakes, Portrait and landscape painter on October - 28.   

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

1934  Jim Beatty, track runner (1st sub 4 minute indoor mile) on October - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history 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  The first Polish ghetto is established in Piotrkow, Poland on October - 28.   

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

1939  On October - 28 alice Brady, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee), dies at 46   

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

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

1942  On this day in history train crashes into bus, killing 16 & injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan)   

1942  6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery on October - 28.   

1943  On October - 28 u-220 sinks   

1944  Russia & Bulgaria sign weapon pact on this day in history.   

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

1948  On this day in history flag of Israel is adopted   

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

1949  On October - 28 georges Bidault elected president of France   

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1017  Henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor (1046-56) was born on October - 28.   

1510  Francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint was born on October - 28.   

1510  Francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572) was born on this day in history.   

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

1667  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740)   

1689  On October - 28 birth of michel Mathieu, composer   

1691  Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720) was born on this day in history.   

1697  Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768) was born on October - 28.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 28.   

1520  Death of Pier Gerlofs Donia, Frisian pirate and freedom fighter on October - 28.   

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