FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2016
Today is Friday, October 28, the 302nd day of 2016. There are 64 days left in the year.
1492 ― Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba
1636 Harvard University (Boston) established
1776 ― Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ
1790 ― New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000
1793 ― Eli Whitney applies for a patent on the cotton gin
1886 ― Statue of Liberty dedicated by Pres Grover Cleveland, it is celebrated by the 1st confetti (ticker tape) parade in NYC
1890 ― Last NL-AA World Series game Brooklyn ties Louisville 3 games & 1 tie
1891 ― Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300
1900 ― After over 5 months the Paris Olympic games close
1904 ― St Louis police try a new investigation method-fingerprints
1911 ― Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
1914 ― Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, founded at Howard University, incorporates
1918 ― Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up
1919 ― Volstead Act passed by Congress, start prohibition over Wilson’s veto
1922 ― 1st coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game
1922 ― Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy’s government
1924 ― White Sox beat NY Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend
1929 ― 1st child born in aircraft, Miami, Fl
1934 ― Brooklyn & Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game
1936 ― FDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary
1940 ― Greece successfully resists Italy’s attack
1942 ― Train crashes into bus, killing 16 & injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan)
1946 ― German rocket engineers begin work in USSR
1948 ― Flag of Israel is adopted
1953 ― Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)
1958 ― Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking the name John XXIII
1959 ― Buffalo Bills enter the AFL
1961 ― Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets
1962 ― Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis
1962 ― NY Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Wash Redskins (49-34)
1965 ― Gateway Arch (630’ (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri
1965 ― Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion
1966 ― Belgium’s Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour
1970 ― NBA Cleve Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99
1970 ― US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts
1971 ― England becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit
1971 ― John & Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC
1973 ― Elmore Smith of the Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record)
1974 ― 1st time 2 Islanders hat trick in same game-MacMillian & Westfall
1975 ― Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games
1976 ― Billy Martin named AL Manager of the Year (NY Yankees)
1977 ― TV’s Rhoda gets married
1978 ― Donald Ritchie ran the fastest 100 Km ever, doing it in 7.2722
1979 ― Dick Howser (best Yank mngr win-lost pct .636) replaces Billy Martin
1981 ― Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia
1982 ― NASA launches RCA-E
1986 ― KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM changes call letters to KKOB
1986 ― KOB-TV in Albuquerque NM’s final transmission
1988 ― Jurors award $147,000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister
1988 ― Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to U Wash library
1989 ― Oakland A’s sweep SF Giants in earthquake/BART series