October 28
1636 - The General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative act establishing Harvard College.
1793 - Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his 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 (the National Prohibition Act), overriding President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
1922 - Benito Mussolini took control of the government in Italy.
1936 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt re-dedicated the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
1940 - Italy invaded Greece during World War II.
1958 - Pope John Paul XXIII became the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
1962 - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev told the United States 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 fishing boat from Gloucester, Massachusetts.
2001 - The families of people killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks 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 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton 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.
2022 - Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked an severely beaten by an assailant with a hammer who broke into their San Francisco home.
Birthdays
22 - Lola Tung (actress)
26 - Nolan Gould (actor)
27 - Sierra McCormick (actress)
27 - Taylor Fritz (tennis player)
37 - Frank Ocean (singer)
39 - Troian Bellisario (actress)
42 - Matt Smith (actor)
46 - Gwendoline Christie (actress)
50 - Joaquin Phoenix (actor)
52 - Brad Paisley (singer)
52 - Terrell Davis (football player)
55 - Ben Harper (singer)
56 - Jeremy Davies (actor)
57 - Julia Roberts (actress)
58 - Andy Richter (actor/comedian)
58 - Steve Atwater (football player)
61 - Sheryl Underwood (talk show host/comedian)
61 - Lauren Holly (actress)
62 - Daphne Zuniga (actress)
69 - Bill Gates (co-founder of Microsoft)
72 - Annie Potts (actress)
75 - Caitlyn Jenner (reality star/Olympic decathlete)
76 - Telma Hopkins (actress/singer)
80 - Dennis Franz (actor)
85 - Jane Alexander (actress)
87 - Lenny Wilkens (basketball coach)
95 - Joan Plowright (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 28
1959 - The American Football League awards a franchise to Ralph C. Wilson, the Buffalo Bills.
1962 - New York Giants quarterback Y.A. Tittle throws seven touchdown passes in a 49-34 win over the Washington Redskins.
1973 - Elmore Smith of the Los Angeles Lakers sets an NBA record with 17 blocks in a game.
1981 - The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees in six games to win the World Series.
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 their 11th World Series.
2012 - The San Francisco Giants sweep the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series.
2018- The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to win the World Series for the ninth time.
1636 - The General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative act establishing Harvard College.
1793 - Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his 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 (the National Prohibition Act), overriding President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
1922 - Benito Mussolini took control of the government in Italy.
1936 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt re-dedicated the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
1940 - Italy invaded Greece during World War II.
1958 - Pope John Paul XXIII became the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
1962 - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev told the United States 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 fishing boat from Gloucester, Massachusetts.
2001 - The families of people killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks 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 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton 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.
2022 - Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked an severely beaten by an assailant with a hammer who broke into their San Francisco home.
Birthdays
22 - Lola Tung (actress)
26 - Nolan Gould (actor)
27 - Sierra McCormick (actress)
27 - Taylor Fritz (tennis player)
37 - Frank Ocean (singer)
39 - Troian Bellisario (actress)
42 - Matt Smith (actor)
46 - Gwendoline Christie (actress)
50 - Joaquin Phoenix (actor)
52 - Brad Paisley (singer)
52 - Terrell Davis (football player)
55 - Ben Harper (singer)
56 - Jeremy Davies (actor)
57 - Julia Roberts (actress)
58 - Andy Richter (actor/comedian)
58 - Steve Atwater (football player)
61 - Sheryl Underwood (talk show host/comedian)
61 - Lauren Holly (actress)
62 - Daphne Zuniga (actress)
69 - Bill Gates (co-founder of Microsoft)
72 - Annie Potts (actress)
75 - Caitlyn Jenner (reality star/Olympic decathlete)
76 - Telma Hopkins (actress/singer)
80 - Dennis Franz (actor)
85 - Jane Alexander (actress)
87 - Lenny Wilkens (basketball coach)
95 - Joan Plowright (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 28
1959 - The American Football League awards a franchise to Ralph C. Wilson, the Buffalo Bills.
1962 - New York Giants quarterback Y.A. Tittle throws seven touchdown passes in a 49-34 win over the Washington Redskins.
1973 - Elmore Smith of the Los Angeles Lakers sets an NBA record with 17 blocks in a game.
1981 - The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees in six games to win the World Series.
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 their 11th World Series.
2012 - The San Francisco Giants sweep the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series.
2018- The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to win the World Series for the ninth time.