October 28
1636 - The General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative act establishing Harvard College.
1726 - The original edition of “Gulliver’s Travels,” a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift, was first published in London.
1793 - Eli Whitney applied for a patent for the cotton gin.
1858 - Rowland Hussey Macy opened his first New York store at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan.
1886 - The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
1919 - Congress passed the Volstead ACt, or the National Prohibition Act, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
1922 - Benito Mussolini took control of the government of Italy.
1936 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicated the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
1940 - Italy invaded Greece during World War II.
1958 - A new pope was elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church -- Pope John XXIII.
1962 - Nikita Khrushchev told the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba; in return, the U.S. secretly agreed to remove nuclear missiles from U.S. installations in Turkey.
1991 - What became known as "The Perfect Storm" began forming hundreds of miles east of Nova Scotia; lost at sea during the storm were the six crew members of the Andrea Gail, a swordfishing boat from Gloucester, Massachusetts.
2001 - The families of people killed in the September 11 terrorist attack gathered in New York for a memorial service filled with prayer and song.
2016 - The FBI dropped what amounted to a political bomb on the Clinton campaign when it announced it was investigating whether emails on a device belonging to disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of one of Clinton’s closest aides, Huma Abedin, might contain classified information.
2021 - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company was rebranding itself as Meta, an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, while keeping the same name for the social network itself.
2022 - Tesla CEO Elon Musk took control of Twitter for $44 billion after a protracted legal battle and months of uncertainty.
Birthdays
21 - Lola Tung (actress)
25 - Nolan Gould (actor)
26 - Sierra McCormick (actress)
31 - Lexi Ainsworth (actress)
36 - Frank Ocean (singer)
38 - Troian Bellisario (actress)
39 - Finn Wittrock (actor)
41 - Matt Smith (actor)
43 - Charlie Semine (actor)
45 - Gwendoline Christie (actress)
49 - Joaquin Phoenix (actor)
51 - Brad Paisley (singer)
54 - Ben Harper (singer)
54 - Jeremy Davies (actor)
56 - Julia Roberts (actress)
57 - Andy Richter (actor/comedian)
57 - Chris Bauer (actor)
60 - Sheryl Underwood (actress/comedian)
60 - Lauren Holly (actress)
61 - Daphne Zuniga (actress)
63 - Mark Derwin (actor)
68 - Bill Gates (co-founder of Microsoft)
71 - Annie Potts (actress)
74 - Caitlyn Jenner (reality star)
75 - Telma Hopkins (actress)
79 - Dennis Franz (actor)
84 - Jane Alexander (actress)
94 - Joan Plowright (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 28
1959 - The new American Football League awards the Buffalo Bills franchise to Ralph Wilson.
1962 - Y.A. Tittle of the New York Giants throws seven touchdown passes in a game against the Washington Redskins.
1973 - Elmore Smith of the Los Angeles Lakers sets an NBA single game record with 17 blocked shots.
1981 - The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees in six games to win the World Series.
1984 - The New York City Marathon was marred by its first fatality when a French runner collapsed and died.
1989 - The Oakland Athletics sweep the San Francisco Giants to win the World Series.
1993 - Ron Francis (Pittsburgh Penguins) became only the 38th player in NHL history to achieve 1,000 career points.
1995 - The Atlanta Braves defeat the Cleveland Indians in six games to win the World Series.
1997 - The NBA announced that they had hired the first women to officiate a major-league all-male sport. The women were Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer.
2007 - The Boston Red Sox sweep the Colorado Rockies to win the World Series.
2011 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Texas Rangers in seven games to win the World Series.
2012 - The San Francisco Giants sweep the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series.
2013 - Penn State University said it would pay $59.7 million to 26 young men over claims of child sexual abuse at the hands of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
2018 - The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to win the World Series.
1636 - The General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative act establishing Harvard College.
1726 - The original edition of “Gulliver’s Travels,” a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift, was first published in London.
1793 - Eli Whitney applied for a patent for the cotton gin.
1858 - Rowland Hussey Macy opened his first New York store at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan.
1886 - The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
1919 - Congress passed the Volstead ACt, or the National Prohibition Act, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
1922 - Benito Mussolini took control of the government of Italy.
1936 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicated the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
1940 - Italy invaded Greece during World War II.
1958 - A new pope was elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church -- Pope John XXIII.
1962 - Nikita Khrushchev told the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba; in return, the U.S. secretly agreed to remove nuclear missiles from U.S. installations in Turkey.
1991 - What became known as "The Perfect Storm" began forming hundreds of miles east of Nova Scotia; lost at sea during the storm were the six crew members of the Andrea Gail, a swordfishing boat from Gloucester, Massachusetts.
2001 - The families of people killed in the September 11 terrorist attack gathered in New York for a memorial service filled with prayer and song.
2016 - The FBI dropped what amounted to a political bomb on the Clinton campaign when it announced it was investigating whether emails on a device belonging to disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of one of Clinton’s closest aides, Huma Abedin, might contain classified information.
2021 - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company was rebranding itself as Meta, an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, while keeping the same name for the social network itself.
2022 - Tesla CEO Elon Musk took control of Twitter for $44 billion after a protracted legal battle and months of uncertainty.
Birthdays
21 - Lola Tung (actress)
25 - Nolan Gould (actor)
26 - Sierra McCormick (actress)
31 - Lexi Ainsworth (actress)
36 - Frank Ocean (singer)
38 - Troian Bellisario (actress)
39 - Finn Wittrock (actor)
41 - Matt Smith (actor)
43 - Charlie Semine (actor)
45 - Gwendoline Christie (actress)
49 - Joaquin Phoenix (actor)
51 - Brad Paisley (singer)
54 - Ben Harper (singer)
54 - Jeremy Davies (actor)
56 - Julia Roberts (actress)
57 - Andy Richter (actor/comedian)
57 - Chris Bauer (actor)
60 - Sheryl Underwood (actress/comedian)
60 - Lauren Holly (actress)
61 - Daphne Zuniga (actress)
63 - Mark Derwin (actor)
68 - Bill Gates (co-founder of Microsoft)
71 - Annie Potts (actress)
74 - Caitlyn Jenner (reality star)
75 - Telma Hopkins (actress)
79 - Dennis Franz (actor)
84 - Jane Alexander (actress)
94 - Joan Plowright (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 28
1959 - The new American Football League awards the Buffalo Bills franchise to Ralph Wilson.
1962 - Y.A. Tittle of the New York Giants throws seven touchdown passes in a game against the Washington Redskins.
1973 - Elmore Smith of the Los Angeles Lakers sets an NBA single game record with 17 blocked shots.
1981 - The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees in six games to win the World Series.
1984 - The New York City Marathon was marred by its first fatality when a French runner collapsed and died.
1989 - The Oakland Athletics sweep the San Francisco Giants to win the World Series.
1993 - Ron Francis (Pittsburgh Penguins) became only the 38th player in NHL history to achieve 1,000 career points.
1995 - The Atlanta Braves defeat the Cleveland Indians in six games to win the World Series.
1997 - The NBA announced that they had hired the first women to officiate a major-league all-male sport. The women were Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer.
2007 - The Boston Red Sox sweep the Colorado Rockies to win the World Series.
2011 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Texas Rangers in seven games to win the World Series.
2012 - The San Francisco Giants sweep the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series.
2013 - Penn State University said it would pay $59.7 million to 26 young men over claims of child sexual abuse at the hands of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
2018 - The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to win the World Series.