Page 6: Historical Events In October - 28

1951  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on October - 28.   

1952  Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Women's Texas Golf Open on October - 28.   

1953  On this day in history bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)   

1954  Ernest Hemingway wins Nobel prize for literature on this day in history.   

1955  Egypt & Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty on this day in history.   

1956  Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus on October - 28.   

1957  On October - 28 wMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting   

1957  On October - 28 anthony J Morabito, co-owner of SF '49ers, dies while watching a game   

1958  Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli is elected Pope; he takes the name John XXIII on this day in history.   

1958  Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII on October - 28.   

1959  Buffalo Bills enter AFL on this day in history.   

1959  Abe Waddington, cricketer (Yorks left-arm quick, Test avg 119), dies on this day in history.   

1961  Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets on October - 28.   

1961  "Fiorello!" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 796 performances on October - 28.   

1962  On this day in history khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis   

1962  Pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48 on October - 28.   

1963  Mart Saar, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1964  On October - 28 reginald Horace Blyth, Zen teacher/scholar, dies in Japan at 66   

1965  Gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri on October - 28.   

1965  Pope Paul VI decrees that Jews are absolved of blame for the crucifixion of Christ on this day in history.   

1965  Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped & murdered in Paris on this day in history.   

1966  Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour on this day in history.   

1968  Henricus WJM Keuls, lawyer/poet, dies at 85 on October - 28.   

1969  On this day in history constance Dowling, actress (Blind Spot), dies of cardiac arrest at 49   

1970  US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts on this day in history.   

1970  NBA Cleve Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99 on October - 28.   

1970  On this day in history baby Huey, [James Ramey], vocalist (Baby Huey & Babysitters), dies   

1971  On this day in history england becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit   

1971  On October - 28 john & Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC   

1971  Yves de La Casiniere, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1972  On October - 28 "Mother Earth" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 12 performances   

1977  TV's Rhoda gets married on October - 28.   

1979  USS Kitty Hawk and her escort ships were directed to operate south of the Korean peninsula in response to the assassination of South Korean President Park on 26 October on this day in history.   

1980  Leon Janney, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World, Hawk), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1510  Francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720)   

1697  On this day in history birth of canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768)   

0312  Death of Maxentius, Roman emperor (b. c. 278) on October - 28.   

0900  On October - 28 alfred the Great, English monarch, dies   

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

1225  Death of Jien, Japanese poet and historian (b. 1155) on October - 28.   

1312  On this day in history death of elisabeth of Tirol, German queen   

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 this day in history.