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What happened in history on this day: October 28?
On October 28 in ...
- 1776 - Battle of White Plains; George Washington retreats to New Jersey.
- 1790 - New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000.
- 1795 - Elias Boudinot becomes director of the US Mint.
- 1884 - Hugh McCulloch takes office as Treasury Secretary for the second time.
- 1886 - The statue of Liberty Enlightening the World is dedicated by President Grover Cleveland in New York Harbor. It is celebrated by the first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City.
- 1904 - Saint Louis, Missouri, USA police try a new investigation method: fingerprints.
- 1914 - Omega Psi Phi Fraternity is founded at Howard University.
- 1919 - Volstead Act passed by US Congress, starts prohibition over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
- 1929 - First child born in aircraft, in Miami, Florida, USA.
- 1929 - New York Stock Enchange drops 12.9 percent.
- 1936 - President Franklin Roosevelt rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
- 1942 - Train crashes into bus, killing 16 and injuring 20 (Detroit, Michigan).
- 1965 - In St. Louis, Missouri, construction is completed on the Gateway Arch, a 630-foot-high parabola of stainless steel. The arch was erected to commemorate President Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
- 1969 - US President Richard Nixon signs Executive Order 11490, which consolidates 23 previous oxecutive orders, for Emergency Preparedness.
- 1970 - US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts.
- 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan debate in Cleveland, Ohio. Reagan's genial, witty performance causes him to overtake Carter in the polls.
- 1988 - Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives US$10 million to University of Washington library.
- 1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains a record 337.17 to 7,498.32. One billion shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time ever.
- 2005 - Vice presidential adviser Lewis "Scooter" Libby resigns after being charged with obstruction of justice, perjury and making a false statement in the US Central Intelligence Agency leak investigation.
- 2007 - The Boston Red Sox win the 2007 World Series in a four-game sweep against the Colorado Rockies.
- 2008 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises 889.35 points, or 10.88 percent, to 9,065.12, its second-biggest point gain. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gains 91.59 points, or 10.79 percent, to 940.51, also its second-biggest point gain. The Nasdaq Composite Index rises 143.57 points, or 9.53 percent, to 1,649.47.
- 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.
Births on October 28
- 1810 - Birth of Adley H Gladden in Louisiana, USA; Brigadier General, killed at Shiloh.
- 1896 - Birth of Howard Hanson in Wahoo, Nebraska, USA; composer/conductor (Nordic).
- 1914 - Birth of Jonas Salk in New York City, New York, USA; medical researcher, polio vaccine promoter.
- 1929 - Birth of Dody Goodman in Columbus, Ohio, USA; actress (Mary Hartman!, Max Duggan).
- 1939 - Birth of Jane Alexander in Massachusetts, USA; actress (The Betsy, Kramer versus Kramer, Tell Me You Love Me, Eleanor and Franklin).
- 1944 - Birth of Dennis Franz in Maywood, Illinois, USA; actor (Norman Buntz - Hill Street Blues).
- 1947 - Birth of Tom Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Franklin - The Paper Chase).
- 1948 - Birth of Telma Hopkins in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; singer (Tony Orlando, Family Matters, Half and Half).
- 1949 - Birth of Bruce Jenner; American decathalete (Olympic-gold-1976).
- 1952 - Birth of Annie Potts in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; actress (Mary Jo - Designing Women, Any Day Now).
- 1955 - Birth of William Gates; billionaire CEO (Microsoft).
- 1960 - Birth of Mark Derwin in Park Forest, Illinois, USA; actor (AC Mallet - Guiding Light, Life with Bonnie, One Life to Live).
- 1965 - Birth of Jami Gertz in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Less the Zero, Crossroads, Solarbabies, Still Standing).
- 1974 - Birth of Joaquin Phoenix AKA Leaf Phoenix in Puerto Rico, USA; actor (Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line, Russkies, Space Camp).
Deaths on October 28
- 1979 - Arnold Soboloff, American stage actor (Peter Pan), suffers a heart attack while performing in New York and dies at age 48.
- 1996 - Death of Morey Amsterdam at age 87 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor-comedian (Buddy Sorrell - The Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 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).
- 2023 - Death of Matthew Perry at age 54 at home in Los Angeles, California; actor (Chandler Bing - Friends TV show (1994-2004), The Whole Nine Yards movie (2000), 17 Again movie (2009)), writer (Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing book).
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