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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