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What happened in history on this day: October 28?
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Births on October 28
- 1896 - Birth of Howard Hanson in Wahoo, Nebraska, USA; composer/conductor (Nordic).
- 1927 - Birth of Cleo Laine in Middlesex, England; singer ("Flesh to a Tiger").
- 1936 - Birth of Charlie Daniels; country music star ("Devil Went Down to Georgia").
- 1945 - Birth of Wayne Fontana in Manchester, England; rocker ("Groovy Kind of Love").
- 1948 - Birth of Telma Hopkins in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; singer (Tony Orlando, Family Matters, Half and Half).
- 1957 - Birth of Stephen Morris; rocker (New Order - "Round and Round").
- 1958 - Birth of Ron Hemby; country singer-musician (The Buffalo Club).
- 1958 - Birth of William Reid; rock singer-musician (The Jesus and Mary Chain).
- 1959 - Birth of Neville Henry; rocker (Blow Monkeys - "Wicked Ways").
- 1968 - Birth of Caitlin Cary; country singer-musician (Whiskeytown).
- 1979 - Birth of Dave Tirio; rock musician (Plain White T's).
Deaths on October 28
- 2007 - Death of Porter Wagoner at age 80 of lung cancer; country music star (Grand Ole Opry, The Porter Wagoner Show TV show (1960-1981)).
- 2022 - Death of Jerry Lee Lewis at age 87 at home in DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA; singer ("Great Balls of Fire", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", Rock and Roll Hall of Fame).
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