October 28

2024 Calendar

October 28 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 year.

Events

Up to 1900

312 – Maxentius, Roman Emperor (b. 278)
1225 - Jien, Japanese poet and historian (b. 1155)
1312 - Elisabeth of Tirol (b. 1262)
1412 – Margaret I of Denmark (b. 1353)
1485 - Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch humanist (b. 1443)
1568 - Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539)
1627 – Jahangir, Mughal Emperor (b. 1569)
1639 - Stefano Landi, Italian composer (b. 1587)
1646 - William Dobson, English painter (b. 1610)
1661 - Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (b. 1618)
1703 – John Wallis, English mathematician (b. 1616)
1704 – John Locke, English philosopher (b. 1632)
1708 – Prince George of Denmark, Prince Consort of Great Britain (b. 1653)
1740 – Empress Anna of Russia (b. 1693)
1754 - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (b. 1708)
1768 - Michel Blavet, French flautist and composer (b. 1700)
1792 - John Smeaton, British civil engineer (b. 1724)
1818 – Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)
1857 - Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, 26th Prime Minister of France (b. 1802)
1899 - Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American inventor (b. 1854)
1900 – Max Müller, German philologist (b. 1823)

1901 – 2000

1916 - Oswald Boelcke, German pilot (b. 1891)
1917 - Dimitrios Votsis, Greek politician (b. 1841)
1918 – Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician (b. 1845)
1929 – Bernhard von Bülow, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
1939 - Alice Brady, American actress (b. 1892)
1952 – Billy Hughes, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
1959 – Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (b. 1932)
1969 - Constance Dowling, American actress (b. 1920)
1973 - Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, writer and academic (b. 1889)
1973 - Sergio Topano, Italian actor, director and playwright (b. 1883)
1975 - Georges Carpentier, French boxer (b. 1894)
1978 - Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan actress and singer (b. 1923)
1983 - Otto Messmer, American animator (b. 1892)
1984 - Wells Kelly, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1949)
1986 - Ian Marter, English actor and writer (b. 1944)
1989 - Kateb Yacine, Algerian writer (b. 1929)
1998 – Ted Hughes, English poet (b. 1930)

From 2001

2005 – Richard Smalley, American chemist (b. 1943)
2005 - Tony Jackson, American basketball player (b. 1942)
2005 - Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean singer and musician (b. 1922)
2006 – Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and executive (b. 1917)
2007 - Evelyn Hamann, German actress (b. 1942)
2007 – Porter Wagoner, American country singer (b. 1927)
2009 – Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1990)
2010 – Jonathan Motzfeldt, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (b. 1938)
2011 - Jiri Grusa, Czech writer and diplomat (b. 1938)
2012 - Terry Callier, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
2013 - Tadeusz Mazowiecki, former Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1927)
2014 - Hans Schneider, Austrian-American mathematician (b. 1927)
2014 - Michael Sata, 5th President of Zambia (b. 1937)
2014 - Romualdas Granauskas, Lithuanian writer (b. 1939)
2014 - Koichiro Kimura, Japanese writer and martial artist (b. 1940)
2014 - Galway Kinnell, American poet (b. 1927)
2017 - Gert Timmerman, Dutch singer (b. 1935)
2017 - Josaphat-Robert Large, Haitian-American poet, novelist and art critic (b. 1942)
2018 - Luis Miguel Enciso Recio, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1930)
2018 - Richard Gill, Australian conductor and activist (b. 1941)
2018 - Colin Sylvia, Australian football player (b. 1985)
2018 - I. John Hesselink, American theologian (b. 1928)
2019 - Al Bianchi, American baseball player and coach (b. 1932)
2019 - Kay Hagan, American politician (b. 1953)
2019 - Zoltán Jeney, Hungarian composer (b. 1943)
2022 - Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1935)
2023 - Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor (b. 1969)

Births

1901 – 1950

1901 - Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (d. 1979)
1902 – Elsa Lanchester, Anglo-American actress (d. 1986)
1903 – Evelyn Waugh, British writer (d. 1966)
1904 - George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist and writer (d. 1986)
1907 - Tommy Hampson, British athlete (d. 1965)
1908 – Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (d. 1995)
1909 – Francis Bacon, Anglo-Irish painter (d. 1992)
1912 – Richard Doll, British epidemiologist (d. 2005)
1914 – Jonas Salk, American doctor, developed the Polio vaccine (d. 1995)
1914 – Richard Laurence Millington Synge, British biochemist (d. 1994)
1921 - Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1973)
1922 - Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician (d. 2003)
1925 - Ian Hamilton Findlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (d. 2006)
1927 - Roza Makagonova, Russian writer (d. 1995)
1927 – Cleo Laine, British singer
1928 – Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian Muslim cleric (d. 2010)
1928 - Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (d. 1988)
1928 - Lawrie Reilly, Scottish footballer (d. 2013)
1928 - William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, British politician
1929 – Joan Plowright, British actress
1929 - John Hollander, American poet
1929 - Virginia Held, American philosopher and writer
1930 – Bernie Ecclestone, British Formula 1 executive
1931 - Harold Battiste, American composer, arranger, performer and teacher (d. 2015)
1932 - Gerhart Baum, German politician
1932 – Spyros Kyprianou, President of Cyprus (d. 2002)
1933 – Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (d. 1983)
1935 - Alan Clarke, British movie director (d. 1990)
1936 - Horst Antes, German artist and sculptor
1936 - Carl Davis, American-born British conductor and composer
1936 - Charlie Daniels, American country musician
1937 - Lenny Wilkins, American basketball player
1938 – David Dimbleby, British broadcaster
1938 - Dave Budd, American basketball player
1938 - Bernadette Lafont, French actress (d. 2013)
1938 - Anne Perry, British writer
1939 – Jane Alexander, American actress
1939 - Miroslav Cerar, Yugoslavian gymnast
1941 - Hank Marvin, English guitarist
1941 - Curtis Lee, American singer
1942 - Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater
1943 – Cornelia Froboess, German actress
1944 – Anton Schlecker, German businessman
1944 - Dennis Franz, American actor
1944 - Gerry Anderson, Northern Irish broadcaster (d. 2014)
1944 - Ian Marter, English actor and writer (d. 1986)
1945 - Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
1945 - Wayne Fontana, American singer
1946 - Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and coach
1949 – Caitlyn Jenner, American athlete and television personality
1950 - Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
1950 - Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and activist

1951 – 1975

1951 - Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, American conjoined twins
1951 - Peter Hitchens, English journalist and writer
1952 - Annie Potts, American actress
1954 - Christopher Benfey, American literary critic
1955 - Digby Jones, English politician and businessman
1955 - Yves Simoneau, Canadian movie and television director
1955 – Bill Gates, American entrepreneur
1956 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former President of Iran
1956 - Sandy Clark, Scottish footballer and coach
1956 - Franky Vercateuren, Belgian footballer and coach
1957 - Florence Arthaud, French sailor (d. 2015)
1957 - Stephen Paul David Morris, British musician
1957 - Scott Hahn, American theologian
1958 - William Reid, Scottish musician
1958 - Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (d. 2013)
1958 - Ashok Chavan, Indian politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
1962 - Scotty Nguyen, Vietnamese-born American professional poker player
1962 - Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer
1962 – Daphne Zuniga, American actress
1963 - Lauren Holly, American actress
1963 - Eros Ramazzotti, Italian singer-songwriter and musician
1963 - Sheryl Underwood, American comedian and talk show host
1964 - Andrew Bridgen, English politician
1965 - Jami Gertz, American actress
1966 - Andy Richter, American actor and comedian
1967 - Richard Bona, Cameroonian musician
1967 - Kevin Macdonald, Scottish movie director
1967 – Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein
1967 – Julia Roberts, American actress
1967 - John Romero, American video game designer
1968 – Marc Lièvremont, French rugby player and coach
1969 - Ben Harper, American rock musician
1969 - Jeremy Davies, American actor
1972 – Brad Paisley, American musician
1973 – Alvin Burke, Jr., American professional wrestler known under the ring name Montel Vontavious Porter or MVP.
1974 – Joaquin Phoenix, American actor
1974 - Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager
1974 - Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer

From 1976

1979 – Aki Hakala, Finnish drummer
1979 - Isabella Ochichi, Kenyan athlete
1979 - Martin Skoula, Czech ice hockey player
1979 - Jawed Karim, German-American internet entrepreneur and co-founder of YouTube
1979 - Natina Reed, American actress, rapper and singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
1980 – Alan Smith, English footballer
1981 – Milan Baros, Czech footballer
1981 - Solomon Andargachew, Ethiopian footballer
1982 - Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player
1982 - Mai Kuraki, Japanese singer-songwriter, pianist and producer
1982 – Matt Smith, British actor
1983 - Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
1984 – Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
1984 - Kári Kristjánsson, Icelandic handball player
1984 - Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player
1985 - Troian Bellisario, American actress
1986 - Aki Toyosaki, Japanese voice actress
1987 - Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter
1988 - Jamie xx, English musician, DJ and record producer
1988 - Go Eun-ah, South Korean actress
1989 - Camille Muffat, French swimmer (d. 2015)
1991 - Lucy Bronze, English footballer
1996 - Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player
1996 - Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress
1997 - Sierra McCormick, American actress
1997 - Taylor Hinz, American tennis player
1998 - Nolan Gould, American actor
2004 - Miss Beazley, George W. Bush's pet dog (d. 2014)

Deaths

Observances

Czech Republic and Slovakia: National holiday marking the independence of Czechoslovakia in 1918
Ochi Day in Greece, Cyprus and Greek communities