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 was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
1919 - Congress passed the Volstead Act, or the National Prohibition Act (which provided for enforcement of Prohibition), 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 - Pope John XXIII became the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
1962 - Nikita Khrushchev told the U.S. that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba; 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 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.
2012 - Airlines canceled more than 7,000 flights in advance of Hurricane Sandy, transit systems in New York, Philadelphia and Washington were shut down, and forecasters warned the New York area could see an 11-foot wall of water.
2016 - The FBI dropped what amounted to a political bomb on the Hillary 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. (The social network itself would still be called Facebook.)
Birthdays
20 - Lola Tung (actress)
24 - Nolan Gould (actor)
25 - Sierra McCormick (actress)
25 - Eliana Jones (actress)
30 - Lexi Ainsworth (actress)
35 - Frank Ocean (singer)
37 - Troian Bellisario (actress)
38 - Finn Wittrock (actor)
40 - Matt Smith (actor)
42 - Charlie Semine (actor)
43 - Brett Dennen (singer)
44 - Justin Guarini (singer)
44 - Gwendoline Christie (actress)
48 - Joaquin Phoenix (actor)
50 - Brad Paisley (singer)
53 - Ben Harper (singer)
53 - Jeremy Davies (actor)
54 - Caitlin Cary (singer)
55 - Julia Roberts (actress)
56 - Andy Richter (TV host/actor/comedian)
56 - Chris Bauer (actor)
57 - Jami Gertz (actress)
59 - Sheryl Underwood (actress/comedian)
59 - Lauren Holly (actress)
60 - Daphne Zuniga (actress)
62 - Mark Derwin (actor)
67 - Bill Gates (co-founder of Microsoft)
70 - Annie Potts (actress)
73 - Caitlyn Jenner (track & field athlete/reality star)
74 - Telma Hopkins (actress)
78 - Dennis Franz (actor)
83 - Jane Alexander (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 28
1893 - Nebraska and Baker College play to a 10-10 tie.
1899 - Kansas City Medics defeat Nebraska 24-0.
1905 - Nebraska defeats Pickle Smoochers 102-0.
1911 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 34-0.
1916 - Nebraska defeats Nebraska Wesleyan 21-0.
1922 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 39-7.
1933 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 16-7.
1939 - #10 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 25-9.
1944 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 24-20.
1950 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 33-26.
1959 - The American Football League announced a new franchise for Ralph C. Wilson, the Buffalo Bills.
1961 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 10-0.
1967 - Nebraska defeats TCU 29-0.
1972 - #3 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 34-0.
1973 - Elmore Smith of the Los Angeles Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record).
1978 - #4 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 22-14.
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.
1989 - #4 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 49-17.
1993 - Ron Francis (Pittsburgh Penguins) became only the 38th player in NHL history to achieve 1,000 career points.
1994 - The NFL Management Council and the NFL Players Association announced an agreement for the formulation and implementation of the most comprehensive drug and alcohol policy in sports.
1995 - The Atlanta Braves defeat the Cleveland Indians in six games to win the World Series.
1995 - #2 Nebraska defeats #7 Colorado 44-21.
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.
2000 - #3 Oklahoma defeats #1 Nebraska 31-14.
2006 - Oklahoma State defeats #20 Nebraska 41-29.
2007 - The Boston Red Sox sweep the Colorado Rockies to win the World Series.
2012 - The San Francisco Giants swept 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.
2017 - Houston Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel was suspended for the first five games of the 2018 season for making a racist gesture toward Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish after hitting a home run in Game 3 of the World Series off of Darvish, who was born in Japan.
2017 - Nebraska defeats Purdue 25-24.
2018 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to win their ninth World Series championship.
2021 - Joel Quenneville resigned as coach of the Florida Panthers, two days after the second-winningest coach in NHL history was among those implicated for not swiftly responding to allegations by a Chicago Blackhawks player of being sexually assaulted by another coach during the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs.
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 was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
1919 - Congress passed the Volstead Act, or the National Prohibition Act (which provided for enforcement of Prohibition), 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 - Pope John XXIII became the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
1962 - Nikita Khrushchev told the U.S. that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba; 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 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.
2012 - Airlines canceled more than 7,000 flights in advance of Hurricane Sandy, transit systems in New York, Philadelphia and Washington were shut down, and forecasters warned the New York area could see an 11-foot wall of water.
2016 - The FBI dropped what amounted to a political bomb on the Hillary 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. (The social network itself would still be called Facebook.)
Birthdays
20 - Lola Tung (actress)
24 - Nolan Gould (actor)
25 - Sierra McCormick (actress)
25 - Eliana Jones (actress)
30 - Lexi Ainsworth (actress)
35 - Frank Ocean (singer)
37 - Troian Bellisario (actress)
38 - Finn Wittrock (actor)
40 - Matt Smith (actor)
42 - Charlie Semine (actor)
43 - Brett Dennen (singer)
44 - Justin Guarini (singer)
44 - Gwendoline Christie (actress)
48 - Joaquin Phoenix (actor)
50 - Brad Paisley (singer)
53 - Ben Harper (singer)
53 - Jeremy Davies (actor)
54 - Caitlin Cary (singer)
55 - Julia Roberts (actress)
56 - Andy Richter (TV host/actor/comedian)
56 - Chris Bauer (actor)
57 - Jami Gertz (actress)
59 - Sheryl Underwood (actress/comedian)
59 - Lauren Holly (actress)
60 - Daphne Zuniga (actress)
62 - Mark Derwin (actor)
67 - Bill Gates (co-founder of Microsoft)
70 - Annie Potts (actress)
73 - Caitlyn Jenner (track & field athlete/reality star)
74 - Telma Hopkins (actress)
78 - Dennis Franz (actor)
83 - Jane Alexander (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 28
1893 - Nebraska and Baker College play to a 10-10 tie.
1899 - Kansas City Medics defeat Nebraska 24-0.
1905 - Nebraska defeats Pickle Smoochers 102-0.
1911 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 34-0.
1916 - Nebraska defeats Nebraska Wesleyan 21-0.
1922 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 39-7.
1933 - Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 16-7.
1939 - #10 Nebraska defeats Kansas State 25-9.
1944 - Nebraska defeats Missouri 24-20.
1950 - Nebraska defeats Kansas 33-26.
1959 - The American Football League announced a new franchise for Ralph C. Wilson, the Buffalo Bills.
1961 - Missouri defeats Nebraska 10-0.
1967 - Nebraska defeats TCU 29-0.
1972 - #3 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 34-0.
1973 - Elmore Smith of the Los Angeles Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record).
1978 - #4 Nebraska defeats Oklahoma State 22-14.
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.
1989 - #4 Nebraska defeats Cockeye State 49-17.
1993 - Ron Francis (Pittsburgh Penguins) became only the 38th player in NHL history to achieve 1,000 career points.
1994 - The NFL Management Council and the NFL Players Association announced an agreement for the formulation and implementation of the most comprehensive drug and alcohol policy in sports.
1995 - The Atlanta Braves defeat the Cleveland Indians in six games to win the World Series.
1995 - #2 Nebraska defeats #7 Colorado 44-21.
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.
2000 - #3 Oklahoma defeats #1 Nebraska 31-14.
2006 - Oklahoma State defeats #20 Nebraska 41-29.
2007 - The Boston Red Sox sweep the Colorado Rockies to win the World Series.
2012 - The San Francisco Giants swept 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.
2017 - Houston Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel was suspended for the first five games of the 2018 season for making a racist gesture toward Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish after hitting a home run in Game 3 of the World Series off of Darvish, who was born in Japan.
2017 - Nebraska defeats Purdue 25-24.
2018 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to win their ninth World Series championship.
2021 - Joel Quenneville resigned as coach of the Florida Panthers, two days after the second-winningest coach in NHL history was among those implicated for not swiftly responding to allegations by a Chicago Blackhawks player of being sexually assaulted by another coach during the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs.
