Page 5: Historical Events In October - 28

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

1926  On October - 28 bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner (1969-1984)   

1927  Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia on this day in history.   

1927  Cleo Laine, Middlesex England, actress/singer (Flesh to a Tiger) on this day in history.   

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  The first child born in aircraft, Miami, Fl on October - 28.   

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

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

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

1930  On October - 28 harry Gilbert Trythall, composer   

1933  On October - 28 the birth of Michael Noakes, Portrait and landscape painter   

1934  On this day in history brooklyn & Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game   

1934  On October - 28 jim Beatty, track runner (1st sub 4 minute indoor mile)   

1935  On October - 28 sidney Kingsley's "Dead End," premieres in NYC   

1935  On October - 28 folke Rabe, composer   

1936  FDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary on October - 28.   

1936  On October - 28 e G Winkler, writer, dies   

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  Farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1940  On October - 28 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 October - 28 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery   

1943  U-220 sinks on October - 28.   

1944  On this day in history russia & Bulgaria sign weapon pact   

1946  On October - 28 german rocket engineers begin work in USSR   

1948  On this day in history flag of Israel is adopted   

1949  On October - 28 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 October - 28.   

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

1510  On October - 28 birth of francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572)   

1585  Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader was born on this day in history.   

1667  Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740) was born on this day in history.   

1689  On October - 28 birth of michel Mathieu, composer   

1691  On October - 28 birth of peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720)   

1697  Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 28.   

1312  Death of Elisabeth of Tirol, German queen on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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