What are the important events that happened on October 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 28: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 28 is the 301^st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 64 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 15, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,360,160 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.

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.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 112 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,694 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 28 Historical Events

• 1664 –
  The Duke of York and Albany’s Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
• 1707 –
  The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan
• 1891 –
  The Mino-Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan’s history, strikes Gifu Prefecture.
• 1940 –
  World War II: Greece rejects Italy’s ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece’s entry into World War II.
• 1964 –
  Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam.
• 1965 –
  Nostra Aetate, the “Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions” of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of responsibility for the death of Jesus, reversing Innocent III’s 760 year-old declaration.
• 1965 –
  Construction on the St. Louis Arch is completed.
• 1971 –
  Britain launches the satellite Prospero into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket, the only British satellite to date launched by a British rocket.
• 1998 –
  An Air China jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan.
• 2007 –
  Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina.

Who were born on October 28?

• 1891 –
  Ormer Locklear, American movie stunt pilot (d. 1920)
• 1903 –
  Evelyn Waugh, English writer (d. 1966)
• 1914 –
  Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (d. 1995)
• 1936 –
  Carl Davis, American-born British conductor and composer
• 1940 –
  Susan Harris, American television writer and producer
• 1966 –
  Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician
• 1972 –
  Brad Paisley, American musician
• 1973 –
  Aleksandar Stanojević, Serbian football manager and former player
• 1982 –
  Matt Smith, English actor
• 1987 –
  Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter

Who died on October 28?

• 1639 –
  Stefano Landi, Italian composer (b. 1587)
• 1763 –
  Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (b. 1700)
• 1841 –
  Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (b. 1792)
• 1857 –
  Louis Eugène Cavaignac, French soldier and politician (b. 1802)
• 1916 –
  Oswald Boelcke, German WWI pilot (b. 1891)
• 1918 –
  Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician (b. 1845)
• 1952 –
  Billy Hughes, Australian politician (b. 1862)
• 1998 –
  Ted Hughes, British poet (b. 1930)
• 2002 –
  Erling Persson, Swedish entrepreneur (b. 1917)
• 2006 –
  Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and executive (b. 1917)