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Notable anniversaries in history for today: October 28
- 100th: 1924 - Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Jim Beatty; track runner (first sub-4 minute indoor mile).
- 90th: 1934 - Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates play a penalty free NFL game.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Coluche France; comedian/actor (My Best Friend's Girl).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Dennis Franz in Maywood, Illinois, USA; actor (Norman Buntz - Hill Street Blues).
- 60th: 1964 - The 100th episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs.
- 50th: 1974 - First time two New York Islanders hat tricks in same game-MacMillian and Westfall.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Joaquin Phoenix AKA Leaf Phoenix in Puerto Rico, USA; actor (Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line, Russkies, Space Camp).
- 15th: 2009 - In Peshawar, Islamabad, Pakistan, a car bomb rips through a crowded market killing 120 people, injuring at least 200.
- 15th: 2009 - NASA launches a prototype Ares I-X rocket from Florida to test technology for the development of a future manned launch vehicle. The US$450 million launcher is the first NASA has built in more than 30 years.
- 15th: 2009 - STX Europe in Turku, Finland, delivers the world's largest cruise ship, the Oasis of the Seas to Royal Caribbean International. The ship is 361 metres long, 66 metres wide and rises 72 metres above sea level. The gross tonnage is 225,000, and can accomodate 6,360 passengers and 2,100 crew members.
- 10th: 2014 - Death of Michael Sata, 5th President of Zambia (born 1937).
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