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| October 28th, 2007 (October 28 2007) | Death | Porter Wagoner, American country singer (born in 1927) | |
| October 28th, 2006 (October 28 2006) | Event | Funeral service for the peace of the executed at Bykivnia forest, outside of Kiev, Ukraine, with reburial of 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s - early 1940s. | |
| October 28th, 2006 (October 28 2006) | Death | Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and executive (born in 1917) | |
| October 28th, 2006 (October 28 2006) | Death | Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (born in 1955) | |
| October 28th, 2006 (October 28 2006) | Death | Marijohn Wilkin, American songwriter (born in 1920) | |
| October 28th, 2005 (October 28 2005) | Event | Plame affair: Lewis Libby, Vice-president Dick Cheney s chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. Libby resigns later that day. | |
| October 28th, 2005 (October 28 2005) | Death | Eugene K. Bird, German prison director (born in 1926) | |
| October 28th, 2005 (October 28 2005) | Death | Bob Broeg, American sports writer (born in 1918) | |
| October 28th, 2005 (October 28 2005) | Death | Raymond Hains, French artist (born in 1926) | |
| October 28th, 2005 (October 28 2005) | Death | Tony Jackson, American basketball player (born in 1942) | |
| October 28th, 2005 (October 28 2005) | Death | Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean singer and musician (born in 1922) | |
| October 28th, 2005 (October 28 2005) | Death | Richard Smalley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1943) | |
| October 28th, 2005 (October 28 2005) | Death | Ljuba Tadic, Serbian actor (born in 1929) | |
| October 28th, 2004 (October 28 2004) | Death | Jimmy McLarnin, Northern Irish-born boxer (born in 1907) | |
| October 28th, 2002 (October 28 2002) | Death | Margaret Booth, American film editor (born in 1898) | |
| October 28th, 2002 (October 28 2002) | Death | Erling Persson, Swedish entrepreneur (born in 1917) | |
| October 28th, 2001 (October 28 2001) | Death | Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch composer (born in 1910) | |
| October 28th, 2000 (October 28 2000) | Death | Lida Baarova, Czech actress (born in 1914) | |
| October 28th, 2000 (October 28 2000) | Death | Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (born in 1912) | |
| October 28th, 1998 (October 28 1998) | Event | An Air China (Mainland China) jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan. | |
| October 28th, 1998 (October 28 1998) | Death | Ted Hughes, British poet (born in 1930) | Ted Hughes Quotes |
| October 28th, 1997 (October 28 1997) | Death | Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter (born in 1915) | |
| October 28th, 1996 (October 28 1996) | Birth | Naelee Rae, American actress | |
| October 28th, 1996 (October 28 1996) | Birth | Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress | |
| October 28th, 1987 (October 28 1987) | Death | Andre Masson, French artist (born in 1896) | |
| October 28th, 1986 (October 28 1986) | Event | The centennial of the Statue of Liberty s dedication is re-celebrated in New York Harbor. | |
| October 28th, 1986 (October 28 1986) | Death | John Braine, British novelist (born in 1922) | John Braine Quotes |
| October 28th, 1985 (October 28 1985) | Event | Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. | |
| October 28th, 1985 (October 28 1985) | Event | Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and makes peace overtures to the United States; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government. | |
| October 28th, 1985 (October 28 1985) | Birth | Richard Smith, American entrepreneur | |
| October 28th, 1984 (October 28 1984) | Birth | Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer | |
| October 28th, 1984 (October 28 1984) | Birth | Amanda Paige, American model | |
| October 28th, 1983 (October 28 1983) | Birth | Jarrett Jack, American basketball player | |
| October 28th, 1982 (October 28 1982) | Event | Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) wins elections, leading to first Socialist government in Spain after death of Franco. Felipe Gonzalez becomes Prime Minister-elect. | |
| October 28th, 1982 (October 28 1982) | Birth | Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player | |
| October 28th, 1982 (October 28 1982) | Birth | Mai Kuraki, Japanese singer | |
| October 28th, 1982 (October 28 1982) | Birth | Anthony Lerew, American baseball player | |
| October 28th, 1981 (October 28 1981) | Birth | Milan Baros, Czech footballer | |
| October 28th, 1981 (October 28 1981) | Birth | Solomon Andargachew, Ethiopian footballer | Solomon Quotes |
| October 28th, 1980 (October 28 1980) | Birth | Alan Smith, English footballer | |
| October 28th, 1980 (October 28 1980) | Birth | Christy Hemme, American professional wrestler | |
| October 28th, 1980 (October 28 1980) | Birth | Kanzi, Most Literate Non-Human | |
| October 28th, 1980 (October 28 1980) | Birth | Dimitri Liakopoulos, Greek actor | |
| October 28th, 1979 (October 28 1979) | Birth | Aki Hakala, Finnish drummer (The Rasmus) | |
| October 28th, 1979 (October 28 1979) | Birth | Martin Skoula, Czech ice hockey player | |
| October 28th, 1978 (October 28 1978) | Birth | Marta Etura, Spanish actress | |
| October 28th, 1978 (October 28 1978) | Birth | Justin Guarini, American singer | |
| October 28th, 1976 (October 28 1976) | Birth | Karl Tremblay, Canadian singer (Les Cowboys Fringants) | |
| October 28th, 1975 (October 28 1975) | Death | Georges Carpentier, French boxer (born in 1894) | |
| October 28th, 1975 (October 28 1975) | Death | Oliver Nelson, American jazz composer and arranger (born in 1932) | |
| October 28th, 1974 (October 28 1974) | Birth | Joaquin Phoenix, Puerto Rican-born actor | |
| October 28th, 1974 (October 28 1974) | Birth | Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer | |
| October 28th, 1974 (October 28 1974) | Birth | Braden Looper, American baseball player | |
| October 28th, 1974 (October 28 1974) | Birth | Dejan Stefanovic, Serbian footballer | |
| October 28th, 1974 (October 28 1974) | Birth | Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and beauty queen | |
| October 28th, 1973 (October 28 1973) | Birth | Alvin Burke, Jr., American professional wrestler | |
| October 28th, 1973 (October 28 1973) | Death | Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer (born in 1889) | |
| October 28th, 1973 (October 28 1973) | Death | Sergio Tofano, Italian actor (born in 1883) | |
| October 28th, 1972 (October 28 1972) | Birth | Terrell Davis, American football player | |
| October 28th, 1972 (October 28 1972) | Birth | Brad Paisley, American musician | |
| October 28th, 1971 (October 28 1971) | Event | Britain launches its first (and as of 2007, only) satellite, Prospero, into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket. | |
| October 28th, 1970 (October 28 1970) | Event | The land speed record set by Gary Gabelich in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas. | |
| October 28th, 1969 (October 28 1969) | Birth | Ben Harper, American musician | |
| October 28th, 1969 (October 28 1969) | Birth | Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer | |
| October 28th, 1969 (October 28 1969) | Death | Constance Dowling, American actress (born in 1920) | |
| October 28th, 1968 (October 28 1968) | Birth | Marc Lievremont, French rugby union footballer and coach | |
| October 28th, 1967 (October 28 1967) | Birth | Julia Roberts, American actress | |
| October 28th, 1967 (October 28 1967) | Birth | John Romero, American video game designer | |
| October 28th, 1967 (October 28 1967) | Birth | Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein | |
| October 28th, 1967 (October 28 1967) | Birth | Kevin Macdonald, Scottish film director | |
| October 28th, 1966 (October 28 1966) | Birth | Steve Atwater, American football player | |
| October 28th, 1966 (October 28 1966) | Birth | Andy Richter, American comedian and actor | |
| October 28th, 1966 (October 28 1966) | Birth | Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician | |
| October 28th, 1965 (October 28 1965) | Event | Nostra Aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of the alleged killing of Jesus, reversing Innocent III s declaration from 760 years ago. In short, Pope Paul VI announces that the ecumenical council has decided that Jews are not collectively responsible for the killing of Christ. | |
| October 28th, 1965 (October 28 1965) | Birth | Jami Gertz, American actress | |
| October 28th, 1965 (October 28 1965) | Birth | Luigi Miraglia, Italian Latinist | |
| October 28th, 1965 (October 28 1965) | Death | Earl Bostic, American saxophonist (born in 1913) | |
| October 28th, 1964 (October 28 1964) | Event | Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam. | |
| October 28th, 1963 (October 28 1963) | Birth | Lauren Holly, American actress | |
| October 28th, 1963 (October 28 1963) | Birth | James Miller, the "Fan Man" (died in 2002) | |
| October 28th, 1963 (October 28 1963) | Birth | Eros Ramazzotti, Italian singer | |
| October 28th, 1962 (October 28 1962) | Event | Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that he had ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. | Nikita Khrushchev Quotes |
| October 28th, 1962 (October 28 1962) | Birth | Daphne Zuniga, American actress | |
| October 28th, 1962 (October 28 1962) | Birth | Scotty Nguyen, professional poker player | |
| October 28th, 1962 (October 28 1962) | Birth | Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer | |
| October 28th, 1960 (October 28 1960) | Birth | Landon Curt Noll, Astronomer, Cryptographer and Mathematician: youngest to hold the world record for the largest known prime 3 times | |
| October 28th, 1959 (October 28 1959) | Death | Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (born in 1932) | |
| October 28th, 1958 (October 28 1958) | Birth | William Reid, Scottish musician (The Jesus and Mary Chain) | |
| October 28th, 1957 (October 28 1957) | Birth | Stephen Morris, British musician (Joy Division and New Order) | |
| October 28th, 1957 (October 28 1957) | Death | Ernst Grafenberg, German physician and scientist (born in 1881) | |
| October 28th, 1956 (October 28 1956) | Birth | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran | |
| October 28th, 1956 (October 28 1956) | Birth | Dave Wyndorf, American singer (Monster Magnet) | |
| October 28th, 1955 (October 28 1955) | Birth | Bill Gates, American software executive | Bill Gates Quotes |
| October 28th, 1954 (October 28 1954) | Event | The modern Kingdom of the Netherlands is re-founded as a federal monarchy. | |
| October 28th, 1953 (October 28 1953) | Birth | Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman and hockey executive | |
| October 28th, 1952 (October 28 1952) | Birth | Annie Potts, American actress | |
| October 28th, 1952 (October 28 1952) | Death | Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia (born in 1862) | |
| October 28th, 1950 (October 28 1950) | Birth | Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian human rights activist | |
| October 28th, 1949 (October 28 1949) | Birth | Bruce Jenner, American athlete | |
| October 28th, 1949 (October 28 1949) | Birth | Tracy Reed, American actress | |
| October 28th, 1948 (October 28 1948) | Event | Swiss chemist Paul Muller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT. | |
| October 28th, 1948 (October 28 1948) | Birth | Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress (Tony Orlando and Dawn) | |
| October 28th, 1946 (October 28 1946) | Birth | Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and coach | |
| October 28th, 1946 (October 28 1946) | Birth | John Hewson, Australian politician | |
| October 28th, 1945 (October 28 1945) | Birth | Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (died in 2006) | |
| October 28th, 1945 (October 28 1945) | Birth | Wayne Fontana, British singer (The Mindbenders) | |
| October 28th, 1944 (October 28 1944) | Birth | Dennis Franz, American actor | |
| October 28th, 1944 (October 28 1944) | Birth | Anton Schlecker, German billionaire | |
| October 28th, 1944 (October 28 1944) | Birth | Coluche, French comedian and actor (died in 1986) | |
| October 28th, 1943 (October 28 1943) | Birth | Conny Froboess, German singer | |
| October 28th, 1943 (October 28 1943) | Birth | Charo Lopez, Spanish actress | |
| October 28th, 1942 (October 28 1942) | Event | The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska. | |
| October 28th, 1942 (October 28 1942) | Event | Holocaust: 2,000 Jewish children and 6,000 Jewish adults from Krakow are deported by Germans to Belzec death camp. | |
| October 28th, 1942 (October 28 1942) | Event | Holocaust: SS directive orders all Jewish children s mittens and stockings to be sent from the death camps to the SS families. | |
| October 28th, 1942 (October 28 1942) | Birth | Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater | |
| October 28th, 1941 (October 28 1941) | Event | Holocaust in Kaunas, Lithuania: German SS forces arrange the massacre of more than 9,000 Jews of the Kaunas ghetto. After the victims assembled on the Demokratu square at 6 am to be shot they are buried in gigantic ditches. | |
| October 28th, 1941 (October 28 1941) | Birth | John Hallam, Irish actor | |
| October 28th, 1941 (October 28 1941) | Birth | Hank Marvin, English guitarist | |
| October 28th, 1941 (October 28 1941) | Birth | Curtis Lee, American singer | |
| October 28th, 1940 (October 28 1940) | Event | World War II: Italy invades Greece through Albania. This was the selected anniversary of Greece s entry into World War II. It is celebrated in Greece as Okhi Day (???=No) Day. | |
| October 28th, 1940 (October 28 1940) | Birth | Susan Harris, American television writer and producer | |
| October 28th, 1939 (October 28 1939) | Birth | Jane Alexander, American actress | |
| October 28th, 1939 (October 28 1939) | Birth | Miroslav Cerar, Yugoslav gymnast | |
| October 28th, 1939 (October 28 1939) | Death | Alice Brady, American actress (born in 1892) | |
| October 28th, 1938 (October 28 1938) | Birth | David Dimbleby, English television commentator | |
| October 28th, 1938 (October 28 1938) | Birth | Anne Perry, English-born novelist | |
| October 28th, 1937 (October 28 1937) | Birth | Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach | |
| October 28th, 1936 (October 28 1936) | Event | US President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicates the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary. | |
| October 28th, 1936 (October 28 1936) | Birth | Charlie Daniels, American musician | |
| October 28th, 1936 (October 28 1936) | Birth | Carl Davis, American-born musical conductor and composer | |
| October 28th, 1935 (October 28 1935) | Birth | Alan Clarke, British film director | |
| October 28th, 1933 (October 28 1933) | Birth | Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (died in 1983) | |
| October 28th, 1932 (October 28 1932) | Birth | Suzy Parker, American actress (died in 2003) | |
| October 28th, 1930 (October 28 1930) | Birth | Bernie Ecclestone, English motorsports impresario (F1) | Bernie Ecclestone Quotes |
| October 28th, 1929 (October 28 1929) | Birth | Joan Plowright, British actress | |
| October 28th, 1929 (October 28 1929) | Birth | Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (died in 1988) | |
| October 28th, 1929 (October 28 1929) | Birth | John Hollander, American poet | |
| October 28th, 1929 (October 28 1929) | Death | Bernhard von Bulow, Chancellor of Germany (born in 1849) | |
| October 28th, 1928 (October 28 1928) | Birth | Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general | |
| October 28th, 1927 (October 28 1927) | Birth | Dame Cleo Laine, British singer | |
| October 28th, 1926 (October 28 1926) | Birth | Bowie Kuhn, American Commissioner of Baseball (died in 2007) | |
| October 28th, 1925 (October 28 1925) | Birth | Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (died in 2006) | |
| October 28th, 1924 (October 28 1924) | Birth | Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (died in 1996) | |
| October 28th, 1922 (October 28 1922) | Event | March on Rome: Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government. | Benito Mussolini Quotes |
| October 28th, 1922 (October 28 1922) | Birth | Gershon Kingsley, German composer | |
| October 28th, 1922 (October 28 1922) | Birth | Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball coach (died in 2007) | |
| October 28th, 1922 (October 28 1922) | Birth | Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (died in 2003) | |
| October 28th, 1919 (October 28 1919) | Event | The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson s veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January. | |
| October 28th, 1918 (October 28 1918) | Event | World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted its independence from Austria-Hungary. Beginning of independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years. | |
| October 28th, 1918 (October 28 1918) | Event | The German fleet is immobilized when sailors mutiny en masse and disobey an order to leave port five times; 1,000 would ultimately be arrested. | |
| October 28th, 1918 (October 28 1918) | Event | New Polish government in Western Galicia (Central Europe) is established. | |
| October 28th, 1918 (October 28 1918) | Death | Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician (born in 1845) | |
| October 28th, 1917 (October 28 1917) | Birth | Jack Soo, American actor (died in 1979) | |
| October 28th, 1917 (October 28 1917) | Death | Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (born in 1831) | |
| October 28th, 1916 (October 28 1916) | Death | Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (born in 1838) | |
| October 28th, 1916 (October 28 1916) | Death | Oswald Boelcke, German pilot (born in 1891) | |
| October 28th, 1914 (October 28 1914) | Birth | Jonas Salk, American medical scientist (died in 1995) | Jonas Salk Quotes |
| October 28th, 1914 (October 28 1914) | Birth | Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Nobel laureate (died in 1994) | |
| October 28th, 1914 (October 28 1914) | Birth | Glenn Robert Davis, U.S. Congressman (died in 1988) | |
| October 28th, 1912 (October 28 1912) | Birth | Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (died in 2005) | |
| October 28th, 1909 (October 28 1909) | Birth | Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (died in 1992) | Francis Bacon Quotes |
| October 28th, 1908 (October 28 1908) | Birth | Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (died in 1995) | |
| October 28th, 1907 (October 28 1907) | Birth | John Harold Hewitt, Northern Irish poet (died in 1987) | |
| October 28th, 1903 (October 28 1903) | Birth | Evelyn Waugh, English writer (died in 1966) | Evelyn Waugh Quotes |
| October 28th, 1902 (October 28 1902) | Birth | Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (died in 1986) | |
| October 28th, 1901 (October 28 1901) | Birth | Eileen Shanahan, Irish Poet (died in 1979) | |
| October 28th, 1900 (October 28 1900) | Death | Max Muller, German-born orientalist (born in 1823) | |
| October 28th, 1899 (October 28 1899) | Death | Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-born inventor (tuberculosis) (born in 1854) | |
| October 28th, 1897 (October 28 1897) | Birth | Edith Head, American costume designer (died in 1981) | |
| October 28th, 1896 (October 28 1896) | Birth | Howard Hanson, American composer (died in 1981) | |
| October 28th, 1893 (October 28 1893) | Event | Tchaikovsky s Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathetique, premiered in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer s death. | |
| October 28th, 1892 (October 28 1892) | Birth | Dink Johnson, American musician (died in 1954) | |
| October 28th, 1891 (October 28 1891) | Event | The Mino-Owari Earthquake, the largest earthquake in Japan s history, strikes Gifu Prefecture. | |
| October 28th, 1891 (October 28 1891) | Birth | Ormer Locklear, American movie stunt pilot (died in 1920) | |
| October 28th, 1889 (October 28 1889) | Birth | Juliette Beliveau, Quebec comedian (died in 1975) | |
| October 28th, 1886 (October 28 1886) | Event | In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. | Grover Cleveland Quotes |
| October 28th, 1885 (October 28 1885) | Birth | Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (died in 1922) | |
| October 28th, 1881 (October 28 1881) | Birth | Bruno Soderstrom, Swedish athlete (died in 1969) | |
| October 28th, 1879 (October 28 1879) | Birth | Channing H. Cox, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1968) | |
| October 28th, 1879 (October 28 1879) | Death | Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French writer (born in 1799) | |
| October 28th, 1877 (October 28 1877) | Birth | Joe Adams, American baseball player (died in 1952) | |
| October 28th, 1877 (October 28 1877) | Death | Robert Swinhoe, British naturalist (born in 1835) | |
| October 28th, 1875 (October 28 1875) | Birth | Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, American geographer and editor (died in 1966) | |
| October 28th, 1864 (October 28 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Second Battle of Fair Oaks endsUnion Army forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia. | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
| October 28th, 1864 (October 28 1864) | Birth | Adolfo Camarillo, prominent land owner, horse breeder, and rancher (died in 1958 | |
| October 28th, 1857 (October 28 1857) | Death | Louis Eugene Cavaignac, French soldier and politician (born in 1802) | |
| October 28th, 1848 (October 28 1848) | Event | The first railroad in Spainbetween Barcelona and Matarois opened. | |
| October 28th, 1846 (October 28 1846) | Birth | Georges Auguste Escoffier, French chef (died in 1935) | |
| October 28th, 1845 (October 28 1845) | Birth | Zygmunt Florenty Wroblewski, Polish physicist (died in 1888) | |
| October 28th, 1841 (October 28 1841) | Death | Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (born in 1792) | |
| October 28th, 1834 (October 28 1834) | Event | The Battle of Pinjarra occurs in the Swan River Colony in present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. Between 14 and 40 Aborigines are killed by British colonists. | |
| October 28th, 1818 (October 28 1818) | Birth | Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (died in 1883) | Ivan Turgenev Quotes |
| October 28th, 1818 (October 28 1818) | Death | Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States (born in 1744) | |
| October 28th, 1806 (October 28 1806) | Death | Charlotte Turner Smith, British poet and novelist (born in 1749) | |
| October 28th, 1804 (October 28 1804) | Birth | Pierre Francois Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (died in 1849) | |
| October 28th, 1800 (October 28 1800) | Death | Artemas Ward, American politician and soldier (born in 1727) | |
| October 28th, 1793 (October 28 1793) | Birth | Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer (died in 1861) | |
| October 28th, 1792 (October 28 1792) | Death | Paul Mohring, German physician and scientist (born in 1710) | |
| October 28th, 1792 (October 28 1792) | Death | John Smeaton, British civil engineer (born in 1724) | |
| October 28th, 1776 (October 28 1776) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Battle of White PlainsBritish Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans. | |
| October 28th, 1775 (October 28 1775) | Event | American Revolutionary War A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston. | |
| October 28th, 1768 (October 28 1768) | Death | Michel Blavet, French flutist (born in 1700) | |
| October 28th, 1767 (October 28 1767) | Birth | Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel, queen of Denmark and Norway (died in 1852) | |
| October 28th, 1763 (October 28 1763) | Death | Heinrich, count von Bruhl, German statesman (born in 1700) | |
| October 28th, 1755 (October 28 1755) | Death | Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (born in 1689) | |
| October 28th, 1754 (October 28 1754) | Death | Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (born in 1708) | |
| October 28th, 1740 (October 28 1740) | Death | Empress Anna of Russia (born in 1693) | |
| October 28th, 1718 (October 28 1718) | Birth | Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary (died in 1793) | |
| October 28th, 1716 (October 28 1716) | Death | Stephen Fox, British politician (born in 1627) | |
| October 28th, 1708 (October 28 1708) | Death | Prince George of Denmark, Consort of Queen Anne of England (born in 1653) | |
| October 28th, 1704 (October 28 1704) | Death | John Locke, English philosopher (born in 1632) | Philo Quotes |
| October 28th, 1703 (October 28 1703) | Birth | Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (died in 1768) | |
| October 28th, 1703 (October 28 1703) | Death | John Wallis, English mathematician (born in 1616) | |
| October 28th, 1697 (October 28 1697) | Birth | Canaletto, Italian artist (died in 1768) | |
| October 28th, 1691 (October 28 1691) | Birth | Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (died in 1720) | |
| October 28th, 1676 (October 28 1676) | Death | Jean Desmarets, French writer (born in 1595) | |
| October 28th, 1667 (October 28 1667) | Birth | Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (died in 1740) | |
| October 28th, 1664 (October 28 1664) | Event | The Duke of York and Albany s Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established. | |
| October 28th, 1661 (October 28 1661) | Death | Agustin Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (born in 1518) | |
| October 28th, 1646 (October 28 1646) | Death | William Dobson, English painter (born in 1610) | |
| October 28th, 1639 (October 28 1639) | Death | Stefano Landi, Italian composer (born in 1587) | |
| October 28th, 1636 (October 28 1636) | Event | 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. | |
| October 28th, 1628 (October 28 1628) | Event | The Siege of La Rochelle, which had been ongoing for 14 months, ends with Huguenot surrender | |
| October 28th, 1627 (October 28 1627) | Death | Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (born in 1569) | |
| October 28th, 1585 (October 28 1585) | Birth | Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop (died in 1638) | |
| October 28th, 1568 (October 28 1568) | Death | Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (born in 1539) | |
| October 28th, 1538 (October 28 1538) | Event | The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomas de Aquino, is established. | |
| October 28th, 1531 (October 28 1531) | Event | Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia falls under Imam Ahmad s control. | |
| October 28th, 1520 (October 28 1520) | Death | Pier Gerlofs Donia, Frisian pirate and freedom fighter | |
| October 28th, 1516 (October 28 1516) | Event | Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza. | |
| October 28th, 1510 (October 28 1510) | Birth | Francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (died in 1572) | |
| October 28th, 1485 (October 28 1485) | Death | Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch humanist (born in 1443) | |
| October 28th, 1412 (October 28 1412) | Death | Margaret I of Denmark, wife of Haakon VI of Norway (born in 1353) | |
| October 28th, 1312 (October 28 1312) | Death | Elisabeth of Tirol, German queen | |
| October 28th, 1225 (October 28 1225) | Death | Jien, Japanese poet and historian (born in 1155) | |
| October 28th, 1061 (October 28 1061) | Event | Empress Agnes, acting as Regent for her son, brings about the election of Bishop Cadalus, the antipope Honorius II | |
| October 28th, 0312 (October 28 0312) | Event | Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman Emperor. | |
| October 28th, 0312 (October 28 0312) | Death | Maxentius, Roman emperor (born in c. 278) | |
| October 28th, 0306 (October 28 0306) | Event | Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. | |
