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 302nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 64 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 15, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 480,576 hours 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 ‘trihectadigon’ 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 93 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 4,329 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 28 Historical Events
312 –
Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman Emperor.
1538 –
The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
1636 –
A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
1664 –
The Duke of York and Albany’s Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
1848 –
The first railroad in Spain – between Barcelona and Mataró – is opened.
1864 –
American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) ends – Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia.
1891 –
The Mino-Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan’s history, strikes Gifu Prefecture.
1915 –
Richard Strauss conducts the first performance of his tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie in Berlin.
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.
Who were born on October 28?
1697 –
Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768)
1804 –
Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (d. 1849)
1913 –
Douglas Seale, English actor (d. 1999)
1914 –
Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (d. 1995)
1936 –
Charlie Daniels, American musician
1946 –
Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and coach
1949 –
Bruce Jenner, American athlete
1953 –
Desmond Child, American songwriter
1973 –
Aleksandar Stanojević, Serbian football manager and former player
1981 –
Nate McLouth, American baseball player
Who died on October 28?
1312 –
Queen Elisabeth of Tirol (b. 1262)
1708 –
Prince George of Denmark, consort of Anne of England (b. 1653)
1740 –
Empress Anna of Russia (b. 1693)
1754 –
Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (b. 1708)
1900 –
Friedrich Max Müller, German-born orientalist (b. 1823)
1929 –
Bernhard von Bülow, German statesman (b. 1849)
1959 –
Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary figure (b. 1932)
1973 –
Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer (b. 1889)
2005 –
Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor (b. 1929)
2010 –
Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist (b. 1932)
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