What are the important events that happened on October 28, 2005? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 28, 2005: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 28, 2005 is the 301st day of the year 2005 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 64 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 15, 2005 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 18,840,960 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahenagon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a Nickel every day starting at age 6, then by now that person has accumulated $228.15. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Rooster is the mythical animal and Wood is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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October 28, 2005 Historical Events
- 2005 –Plame affair: Lewis Libby, Vice-president Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. Libby resigns later that day.
Who died on October 28, 2005?
- 2005 –Bob Broeg, American sports writer (b. 1918)
- 2005 –Eugene K. Bird, German prison director (b. 1926)
- 2005 –Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean singer and musician (b. 1922)
- 2005 –Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor (b. 1929)
- 2005 –Raymond Hains, French artist (b. 1926)
- 2005 –Richard Smalley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943)
- 2005 –Tony Jackson, American basketball player (b. 1942)
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