This day in history
October 28 – The Airbus A300 flies for the first time.
306 – Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
1538 – The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road .
1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
1919 – The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that he had ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
1964 – Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam.
2007 – Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina.
Brad Paisley born on October 28, 1972October 28 – The Airbus A300 flies for the first time.
306 – Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
1538 – The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road .
1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
1919 – The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that he had ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
1964 – Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam.
2007 – Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina.
Bill Gates born on October 28, 1955
Julia Roberts born on October 28, 1967
Joaquin Phoenix born on October 28, 1974
Ben Harper born on October 28, 1969
Lauren Holly born on October 28, 1963
Daphne Zuniga born on October 28, 1962
Jami Gertz born on October 28, 1965
Charlie Daniels born on October 28, 1936
Elsa Lanchester born on October 28, 1902
Joan Plowright born on October 28, 1929
Jane Alexander born on October 28, 1939
Dennis Franz born on October 28, 1944
Telma Hopkins born on October 28, 1948
Bruce Jenner born on October 28, 1949
Andy Richter born on October 28, 1966
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