Birthdates Which Occur on October 28:
1017 Henry III Roman Catholic German emperor (1046-56)
1510 Francisco Borgia great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint
1585 Cornelius Otto Jansen France, Roman Catholic reform leader
1689 Michel Mathieu composer
1733 Ignaz Franz von Beecke composer
1746 John V clav Stich [Giovanni Punto], Bohemian horn player/composer
1789 Johann Schneider composer
1793 Eliphalet Remington US gun maker
1795 Leonardus A Lightenvelt minister of RC Worship (1848 . .53)
1801 Karl Georg Lickl composer
1804 Pierre F Verhulst Belgium, mathematician (logistic curve)
1805 John Thomson composer
1810 Adley Hogan Gladden Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1818 Ivan Turgenev Russia, novelist/poet/playwright (Fathers & Sons) [OS]
1834 Dudley McIver DuBose Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883
1842 Anna Elizabeth Dickinson orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War)
and Charles Boissevain editor Dutch Algemeen Handelsblad (1885-1908)
1846 Auguste Escoffier king of chefs & chef of kings
1855 Ivan V Mitshurin Russian botanist (new types of fruit)
1856 Franz Xavier Arens composer
1869 Ram¢n M del Valle-Incl n Spanish playwright (Corte de Amor)
1876 Albert E Michotte van den Berck Belgian psychologist
1879 Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta composer
1884 Miloje Milojevic composer
1886 Grigory K Ordzhonikidze [Sergo], Russian revolutionary politician
1890 Andres Isasi composer
1892 Eduard J Dijksterhuis mathematician/historian (Fall & Worp)
and Ludwig Strauss German/Israeli writer (Night Watch)
1893 Christopher K Ingold English chemist
and Otto E Huiswoud [Frank Billings], editor-in-chief (Negro Worker)
1896 Howard Hanson Wahoo Nebraska, composer/conductor (Nordic)
1897 Hans Speidel nazi chief-staff/NATO-supreme commander
19-- Dennis Parker [Wade Nichols], actor/XXX actor (Edge of Night)
and Rose Alaio actor (Guiding Light)
1902 Elsa Lanchester Lewisham London, actress (Bride of Frankenstien)
1903 Evelyn Waugh London, author (Brideshead Revisited, Scoop)
1904 Louis de Meester composer
1907 Edith Head fashion designer (MGM)
and Lew Parker actor (Lou Marie-That Girl)
1909 Adolfs Skulte composer
and Francis Bacon Ireland, painter (Study for a Pope)
1910 Marie Dollinger Germany, dropped bataan in 1936 Olympic sprint
1914 Jonas Salk NYC, medical reseacher, made polio a fear of the past
and Richard LM Synge British bio-chemist (Nobel 1952)
1915 Dody Goodman Columbus Ohio, comedienne (Mary Hartman!, Max Duggan)
1919 Bernhard Wicki St Polten Austria, director/actor (Crime & Passion)
1924 Alfonso Montalva Montecino composer
1925 Wim Keja Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
1926 Bowie Kuhn baseball commissioner (1969-1984)
1927 Cleo Laine Middlesex England, singer (Flesh to a Tiger)
1928 Wim van Heumen coach of Dutch hockey team
1929 Joan Plowright England, actress (Brimstone & Treacle)
1930 Harry Gilbert Trythall composer
and John Henry Mayer composer
1934 Jim Beatty track runner (1st sub 4 minute indoor mile)
1935 Folke Rabe composer
1936 Charlie Daniels Wilmington NC, singer (Devil Went Down to Georgia)
and Horst Antes German painter
1937 Lenny Wilkins NBA player, coach (Seattle, Cleveland)
1939 Jane Alexander [Quigley], Mass, actress (Betsy, Kramer vs Kramer)
1940 Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov cosmo (Soyuz T-3, T-8, T-11, TM-21)
1941 Curtis Lee rocker
and Glenn Moore rocker
and Hank Marvin England, [Brian Rankin], rocker
1942 Kees Verkerk skater World Champion (1967)/(Olympics-gold-68)
1943 Randy Newman rock vocalitst (Short People)
1944 Coluche [Michel Colucci] France, comedian (My Best Friend's Girl)
and Dennis Franz Maywood Ill, actor (Norman Buntz-Hill Street Blues)
1945 Wayne Fontana Manchester England, rocker (Groovy Kind of Love)
1947 Tom Fitzsimmons SF Calif, actor (Franklin-Paper Chase)
1948 Ricki Lee Reynolds country singer (Black Oak Arkansas)
and Telma Hopkins Louisville, singer (Tony Orlando, Family Matters)
and Valeri Vasiliyevich Baberdin Russian colonel/cosmonaut
1949 Bruce Jenner Mt Kisco NY, decathalete (Olympic-gold-1976)
1952 Annie Potts Nashville TN, actress (Mary Jo-Designing Women)
and Tommy Dobeck rock drummer (Michael Stanley Band)
1953 Lauren Tewes Trafford Pa, actress (Julie McCoy-Love Boat)
1955 William Henry Gates Seattle Wash, billionaire CEO (Microsoft)
1957 Stephen Morris English pop drummer (Joy Division-Atmosphere)
1959 Neville Henry rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
and Walther Bauersfeld 1919 inventor (1st modern projection planetarium)
1960 Mark Derwin Park Forest Ill, actor (AC Mallet-Guiding Light)
1962 Bobby Tate fictional character on Soap
and Daphne Zuniga SF CA, actress (Jo Reynolds-Melrose Place, Spaceballs)
1963 Eros Ramazotti Italian pop musician/songwriter (Adesso Te)
and Veronica Gamba Buenos Aires Arg, playmate (November, 1983)
1965 Jami Gertz Chicago, actress (Less the Zero, Crossroads, Solarbabies)
1966 Andy Richter Yorkville IL, writer/sidekick (Conan O'Brien)
and Lauren Holly actress (All My Children)
1967 Julia Roberts Smyma Georgia, actress (Mystic Pizza, Pretty Woman)
1968 Glenn Clear soccer player (Vitesse)
1974 Leaf Phoenix PR, actor (Russkies, Space Camp)
Deaths Which Occured October 28:
900 Alfred the Great English monarch, dies
1138 Boleslaw III Kryzwousty [scheefmond], duke of Poland, dies
1520 Great Worm [Worm Gerlefs Donia?], Fries boer/rebel leader, dies
1589 Jean-Antoine de Ba‹f French poet (Carminum Liber I), dies at 57
1627 Djehangir/Jahangir great mogol of India, dies
1637 Foppe van Aitzema diplomat, dies at about 57
1703 John Wallis English mathematician/cryptographer (wig of W), dies
1704 John Locke English philosopher (2 treatises of govt), dies at 72
1740 Anna Ivanova Romanova empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47
1754 Friedrich von Hagedorn poet (Fabeln und Erz„hlungen), dies at 46
1755 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier composer, dies at 65
1768 Michel Blavet composer, dies at 68
1779 Raphael Weiss composer, dies at 66
1841 S ndor Kisfaludy Hungarian literary (A Boldog Szerelem), dies at 69
1852 Gerhard M Roentgen founder Fijenoord dockyard, dies at 57
1854 James P Carrell composer, dies at 67
1875 William Howard Glover composer, dies at 56
1877 Johann Herbeck composer, dies at 45
1899 C Grant B Allen Canada, British writer (Woman Who Did), dies
1905 Alphonse Allais French humorist/writer (Le chat noir), dies
1912 Edgar Tinel Flemish composer (Le chant Gr‚gorien), dies
1914 Richard Heuberger composer, dies at 64
1922 Hugo Verriest Flemish writer/poet (Flemish Motion), dies
1927 Eaton Faning composer, dies at 77
1929 Frst Bernhard von Blow German chancellor/PM Prussia (1900-09), dies
1939 Alice Brady actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee), dies at 46
1940 Andrea d' Angeli composer, dies at 71
1957 Anthony J Morabito co-owner of SF '49ers, dies while watching a game
1959 Egon Kornauth composer, dies at 68
1962 Pierre Froidebise composer, dies at 48
1963 Mart Saar composer, dies at 81
1964 Reginald Horace Blyth Zen teacher/scholar, dies in Japan at 66
1968 Henricus WJM Keuls lawyer/poet, dies at 85
1969 Constance Dowling actress, dies of cardiac arrest at 49
1970 Baby Huey [James Ramey], vocalist (Baby Huey & Babysitters), dies
Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y Marco composer, dies at 99
1971 Yves de La Casiniere composer, dies at 74
1980 Leon Janney actor (Hawk), dies at 63
1986 Margaretha "Marga" Klomp‚ Dutch 1st female minister (CRM), dies at 74
1987 Andr‚ Masson France, surrealist artist (Labyrinth), dies at 91
Woody Herman US jazz clarinetist/composer, dies at 74
1991 Dudley McConnell headed NASA's Earth Science Division, dies
G L Vitto entertainer dies at 69
John Korbal film historian (Marlene Dietrich), dies at 51
Sylvia Fine Kaye US lyricist/composer, dies at 78
1992 Joan Maloney Rio dancer, dies of cancer at 57
1993 Carmino Baelen Belgian sleder, dies at 22
1994 Sjlomo Goren Polish/Israeli supreme rabbi, dies
Holidays Which Occur October 28:
Cuba Loss of Major Camila Cienfuegas
Czechoslovakia Foundation of Republic Day (1918)
Greece, Cyprus Ochi Day (against Mussolini's ultimatum) (1940)
Religious Observances on October 28:
RC, Ang, Luth Feast of SS Simon & Jude, apostles
RC Abraham, bishop of Efese
RC Faro, bishop of Meaux
RC Honoratius, bishop of Vercelli
RC Simon Zelotes, apostle
RC Thaddeus [Judas), apostle
Things to Remember for October 28:
Flowers-calendula, cosmos & hops Gem-opal & tourmaline
Hispanic Heritage Month
National Lupus Month-Eggtober-Computer Learning Month
National Restaurant-Car Maintance Month-Rocktober-Octoberfess
24 Days Astrological sign: Scorpio
Highlights in History Which Occur October 28:
306 Mark Aurelius Valerius Maxentius proclaimed emperor of Rome
312 Emperor Constantine the Great beats rivaal Maxentius
969 Byzantines troops occupy Antioch Syria
1061 Emperor disposes of bishop Cadalus & Pope Honorius II
1422 Charles V's son succeeds him as king Charles VII of France
1467 Battle at Brustem: Charles the Stoute beats the Luikenaars
1574 Prince Willem van Orange installs university
1595 Battle at Giurgevo: Zsigmond B thory of Transylvania beats Turks
1610 Thomas West baron De La Mar appointed as 1st gov of Virginia colony
1612 Robert Dowland appointed court luitist of King James I
1628 Hugenot bulwark La Rochelle surrenders to Cardinal Richelieu
1636 Harvard University (Boston) forms
1646 1st Protestant church assembly for indians (Massachusetts)
1740 Ivan VI becomes czar of Russia [OS=Oct 17]
1776 Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ
1790 New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000
1793 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin
1846 Pioneers suffer blizzard in Sierra Nevada; 42 die
1854 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #33 Polyhymnia
1858 Macys Dept store opens in NYC
1863 Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured
1864 Battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia, ends after 1554 casualties
and Battle of Wauhatchie, TN
1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated by Pres Grover Cleveland, it is
celebrated by 1st confetti (ticker tape) parade in NYC
1890 Last NL-AA World Series game Bkln ties Louisville 3 games & 1 tie
1891 Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300
1894 German emperor Wilhelm II fires chancellor Leo von Caprivi & premier
Botho zu Eulenburg
1900 After over 5 months 2nd Olympic games in Paris France, close
1904 St Louis police try a new investigation method-fingerprints
1906 Belgian-British "Union Minstry of Haut-Katanga" begins
1908 W Lorenz discovers asteroid #674 Rachele
1911 Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
1914 German slagkruiser Goeben sails Black Sea up
and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, founded at Howard University, incorporates
1915 Richard Strauss' Alpensymfonie, premieres in Berlin
1918 Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up
1919 Volstead Act passed by Congress, start prohibition over Wilson's veto
1921 Amsterdam's Tuschinski bioscoop theater opens
1922 1st coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game
and Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government
1924 French-Russian trade agreement signed
and White Sox beat NY Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend
1927 Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1082 Pirola
and KLM-plane "Homing Pigeon" leaves Neth-Indies after 1st regular flight
1928 Indonesian child laws enfoced in Bahasa Indonesia
1929 1st child born in aircraft, Miami, Fl
and Dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64
1934 Brooklyn & Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game
1935 Sidney Kingsley's "Dead End," premieres in NYC
1936 FDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary
1938 Farewell parade of International Brigade (Barcelona)
and International Brigade marches into Barcelona
1939 Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia
and Spitfire shoots German Heinkel-111 down above Scotland
1940 Greece successfully resists Italy's attack
and Meeting between Hitler & Mussolini in Florence
1942 6th day battle at El Alamein: British offensive under Montgomery
and Train crashes into bus, killing 16 & injuring 20 (Detroit Michigan)
1943 U-220 sinks
1944 Russia & Bulgaria sign weapon pact
1946 German rocket engineers begin work in USSR
1948 Flag of Israel is adopted
1949 Georges Bidault elected president of France
1951 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1953 Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)
1954 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2322 Kitt Peak & #3572
and N Richard Nash' "Rainmaker," premieres in NYC
and Nobel prize for literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway
1955 Egypt & Saudi-Arabia sign defense treaty
1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Luctuosissimi eventus
1957 WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, elected Pope, taking name John XXIII
1959 Buffalo Bills enter AFL
and Jean Genet's "Les Nigres," premieres in Paris
1961 Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets
1962 Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis
and NY Giant YA Tittle passes for 7 touchdowns vs Wash Redskins (49-34)
and Radio Moscow reports nuclear missiles in Cuba deactivated
and USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1965 Gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri
and Moroccan opposition leader Ben Barka kidnapped in Paris (murdered)
and Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion
1966 Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour
1970 NBA Cleve Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99
and US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts
1971 England becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit
and John & Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC
1973 Elmore Smith of Lakers blocks 17 shots in a game (NBA record)
and F Borngen & K Kirsch discovers asteroid #3338 Richter
1974 1st time 2 Islanders hat trick in same game-MacMillian & Westfall
and Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon)
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games
and Cleveland Metroparks assume operating responsibilities for Zoo
1976 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (NY Yankees)
and L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #2188 Orlenok
and Train crashes at Goes (Neth), 7 die
1977 TV's Rhoda gets married
1978 Don Ritchie runs world record 100k (6:10:20)
and Donald Ritchie runs fastest 100 Km ever, doing it in 7.2722
and H L Giclas discovers asteroid #2415 & #3487
and Purple Mountain Obs discovers asteroids #2209 Tianjin, #3476 & #3509
1979 Dick Howser (best Yank mngr win-lost pct .636) replaces Billy Martin
and USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia
1982 NASA launches RCA-E
and Spain's socialists win/communists lose
1986 KOB-AM in Albuquerque NM changes call letters to KKOB
and KOB-TV in Albuquerque NM's final transmission
1987 S Ueda & H Kaneda discovers asteroid #3720
1988 Jurors award $147,000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister
and Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to U Wash library
1989 Oakland A's sweep SF Giants in earthquake/BART series
1992 Lee Jang Rim predicts that today would be end of the world!
1993 Cleveland Metroparks lease Brookside Park from Cleveland for 99-years
and Dutch Antilles govt of Liberia-Peters resigns
1994 Japanese space probe Sakigake passes Earth for 3rd time
1995 Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians in 6 games in World Series
1891 Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan killing 7,300, destroying
200,000 houses, & 10,000 bridges.
1942 Train crashed into bus loaded with school children and factory
workers, killing 16 and injuring 20. (Detroit, Michigan)
Your Special Reminders for October 28:
1919 83øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1976 29øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 301st day of year with 64 days left (Numerology = 2)
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