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| October 28th |
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| About October 28th is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 64 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1875 - Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, National Geographic Magazine's initial editor 1926 - Bowie Kuhn, Major League Baseball commissioner 1944 - Dennis Franz, actor (NYPD Blue) 1955 - Bill Gates, businessman, author, chairman (Microsoft) 1962 - Scotty Nguyen, professional poker player 1967 - Julia Roberts, actress (Pretty Woman, Erin Brockovich) Deaths 2006 - Red Auerbach, Hall of Fame basketball coach 2007 - Porter Wagoner, country music singer Events 1636 - Harvard College is established by the Massachusetts General Court. 1886 - President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. 1919 - The "Volstead Act" is passed through Congress over President Woodrow Wilson's veto on this day in 1919, outlawing the sale of alcohol. 1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis came to an end on this day in 1962 when an agreement was reached to remove the missiles from Cuba. 1965 - Construction on the 630-foot-high Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri is completed. 2005 - Lewis "Scooter" Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, is indicted in the Valerie Plame CIA leak case. Libby resigns later that day. |
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