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Mino and Owari provinces experience a magnitude 8.0 earthquake
The 1891 Mino Owari earthquake struck the Nobi Plain with a surface wave magnitude of 8.0, becoming the largest inland quake in Japan's history.
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Kevin Macdonald
Kevin Macdonald is a Scottish film director. His films include One Day in September (1999), a documentary about the 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes, which won him the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the climbing documentary Touching the Void…
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Alice Brady
Alice Brady was an American actress of stage and film. She began her career in the theatre in 1911, and her first important success came on Broadway in 1912 when she created the role of Meg March in the original production of Marian de Forest's Little Women.
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National and international holidays on October 28, including Ohi Day (Greece).
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International Animation Day (ASIFA)
International observance honoring the art of animation
Read moreDay of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State, celebrates the independence of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary in 1918. (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
National or local holiday on October 28.
Read moreOhi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities), a national day in Greece
Holiday in Greece and Cyprus on 28 October
Read morePrefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture)
Magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Japan
Read moreYouth Pledge Day or Hari Sumpah Pemuda (Indonesia)
National or local holiday on October 28.
Read moreAnniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazis, celebrating the liberation from Nazi German troops of the territory of current Ukraine
Public holiday in Ukraine
Read moreAbdias of Babylon
First bishop of Babylon and one of the Seventy Apostles
Read moreAbgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
1st-century AD king of Osroene and 1st Christian king
Read moreFidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church)
Fidelis of Como was an Italian military saint, according to Christian tradition.
Read moreGodwin of Stavelot
Saint Godwin of Stavelot was a Benedictine abbot of the monastery of Stavelot-Malmedy, Belgium, who died in 690. His feast day is October 28. His name comes…
Read moreOctober 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
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October in History
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Mino and Owari provinces experience a magnitude 8.0 earthquake
The 1891 Mino Owari earthquake struck the Nobi Plain with a surface wave magnitude of 8.0, becoming the largest inland quake in Japan's history.
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Deadly Smog Begins in Donora
A deadly smog event begins in Donora, Pennsylvania, caused by industrial emissions trapped by a temperature inversion, eventually killing 20 people.
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Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty
Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in the Arava valley, ending a state of war that had existed since the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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How did Robert Card's spree end in Lisbon, Maine?
Robert Card killed 18 people and wounded 13 in two Lewiston, Maine locations. Police found him dead in Lisbon 49 hours later.
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New York Stock Exchange records record share volume
Black Thursday saw a record 12.9 million shares traded on the NYSE, marking the first day of the 1929 stock market panic.
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How did the 1850 Worcester convention expand women's rights?
The first National Women's Rights Convention began in Worcester, Massachusetts, combining male and female leadership to address voting and property rights.
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How did the ACT pass same-sex marriage in 2013?
The ACT Legislative Assembly passed the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013, making the territory the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize…
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In Canada, the 2019 Canadian federal election ends
The 2019 Canadian federal election concluded on October 21, 2019, leaving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in office heading a Liberal minority government.
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Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty
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How did Nixon fire Cox after two AGs resigned?
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What Happened at the First Battle of Ypres in 1914?
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How did Boston overcome a 3-1 deficit in 1903?
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- 2025: Hurricane Melissa makes landfall near Black River, Jamaica, killing over 30 people, as well as tying the 1935 Labor Day hurricane as the most intense landfall in the North Atlantic.
- 2023: The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 12 to 11, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so.
- 2018: Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.
- 2014: A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.
- 2013: Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China.
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