October 28

October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining.

Events:

   * 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor.
   * 312 - Constantine the Great defeats the forces of Maxentius in the
     Battle of Milvian Bridge.
   * 969 - Antioch falls to the Byzantine Empire
   * 1492 - Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba
   * 1683 - Harvard College founded
   * 1793 - Eli Whitney applies for a patent for his cotton gin
   * 1886 - Statue of Liberty dedicated
   * 1918 - Czechoslovakia gains its independence from Austria-Hungary
   * 1919 - Prohibition begins in the United States
   * 1922 - Italian fascists march on Rome and take over Italian government
   * 1940 - Italy invades Greece
   * 1958 - John XXIII becomes Pope
   * 1965 - Gateway Arch completed in St. Louis, Missouri

Births:

   * 1467 - Erasmus, philosopher (+ 1536)
   * 1793 - Eliphalet Remington, firearm manufacturer (+ 1861)
   * 1846 - Georges Auguste Escoffier, chef
   * 1875 - Gilbert Grosvenor
   * 1879 - E.M. Forster, novelist (+ 1970)
   * 1896 - Howard Hansen, composer
   * 1902 - Elsa Lanchester, actress (+ 1986)
   * 1903 - Evelyn Waugh, novelist (+ 1966)
   * 1907 - Edith Head, costumer (+ 1981)
   * 1909 - Francis Bacon, painter
   * 1912 - Richard Doll, epidemiologist
   * 1914 - Dr. Jonas Salk, scientist, discoverer of polio vaccine (+ 1995)
   * 1915 - Paul Jarrico, screenwriter (+ 1997)
   * 1916 - Jack Soo, actor (+ 1979)
   * 1937 - Charlie Daniels, musician
   * 1938 - Anne Perry, novelist
   * 1939 - Jane Alexander, actress
   * 1942 - Michael Crichton, novelist
   * 1944 - Dennis Franz, actor
   * 1945 - Wayne Fontana, musician
   * 1948 - Telma Hopkins, singer
   * 1949 - Bruce Jenner, athlete
   * 1955 - Bill Gates, software tycoon, co-founder and Chairman of
     Microsoft Corporation
   * 1964 - Paul Wylie, figure skating champion
   * 1967 - Julia Roberts, actress
   * 1974 - Joaquin Phoenix, actor

Deaths:

   * 2002 - Margaret Booth, film editor

Holidays:

   * Greece - National Day

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