Historical Events on October 28.

1. International Animation Day

2. 1420, 28th October: Beijing had officially named the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

3. 1490, 28th October: Christopher Columbus arrived in Cuba after his first voyage.

4. 1636, 28th October: Establishment of Harvard University in the United States.

5. 1886, 28th October: France presented the Statue of Liberty to America as a token of friendship.

6. 1904, 28th October: Political relations were established between Panama and Uruguay.

7. 1913, 28th October: Jain Shwetambar Terapanthi Sabha was established.

8. 1922, 28th October: Fascists in Italy, led by Benito Mussolini, overthrow the government in Rome.

9. 1940, 28th October: In World War II, Italy invaded Greece.

10. 1962, 28th October: Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, announced that his country will withdraw nuclear missiles deployed in Sadi, Cuba, targeted by the US.

11. 1969, 28th October: Tarapur Atomic Power Station started.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on October 28.

1. 1867: Margaret Nobel Sister Nivedita, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda.

2. 1886: O.G. S. Crawford, British archaeologist 

3. 1930: Anjaan, a famous lyricist in the Hindi cinema.

4. 1955: Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft.

5. 1955: Indra Nooyi, an American corporate officer of Indian descent.

6. 1956: Mohammad Ahmadinejad, the 6th President of Iran.

7. 1958: Ashok Chavan, Indian politician.

8. 1963: Urjit Patel, an Indian economist, who served as the 24th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

9. 1967: Julia Roberts, American actress.

10. 1969: Leena Nair, the first female, first Asian, youngest ever Chief Human Resource Officer of Unilever and member of the Unilever Leadership Executive.

11. 1974: Joaquin Rafael Phoenix, an American actor, environmentalist, animal rights activist, and producer.

12. 1979: Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube, and the first person to upload a video on youtube.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on October 28.

1. 1627: Jahangir, 4th Mughal Emperor.

2. 1900: Max Müller, a German-born philologist and Orientalist.

3. 1944: Helen White, the first American woman to receive a doctorate.

4. 1998: Thomas Harold Flowers, an English engineer with the British General Post Office.

5. 1999: Rafael Alberti Merello, a Spanish poet.

6. 2002: Erling Persson, founder of H&M.

7. 2010: Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenland’s first prime minister.

8. 2013: Rajendra Yadav, Indian writer.

28-October-1627

Jahangir, Mughal emperor, weak from asthma and no food, died at Bhimghar near Kashmir. He was buried at Shahdara (Lahore) on the banks of the Ravi. During his last days, he remained in the custody of Aurangzeb.

28-October-1811

Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died.

28-October-1867

Swami Vivekanand Sister Nivedita, great freedom fighter, revolutionary and politician, was born at Dunganon in Ireland.

28-October-1888

Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment.

28-October-1911

Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat.

28-October-1928

M.G.K. Menon, Physics expert, was born.

28-October-1929

Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966), was born.

28-October-1946

Gandhiji leaves for Calcutta. Riots break out in Bihar.

28-October-1947

Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K.

28-October-1962

US pledges to rush arms to India.

28-October-1964

Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.

28-October-1977

Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died.

28-October-1981

Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.

28-October-1984

Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe.

28-October-1991

Chruchill Alemao of Goa set free by court.

28-October-1992

Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.

28-October-1996

L.K. Advani, BJP President, appears personally for the first time in a Gwalior Court.

28-October-1996

Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) spills into Western UP from Delhi.

28-October-1996

Goa upset Karnataka to win their first Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever.

28-October-1996

Press Council of India to set up a 5-member committee headed by Chairman P.B. Sawant to inquire into the attack on journalists outside the New Delhi residence of Kanshi Ram.

28-October-1997

Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination.

28-October-1997

Gold import placed under Open General Licence.

28-October-1997

Govt. extends ceasefire in Nagaland by 3 months from October 31.

28-October-1997

Dr. V. Doreswamy Iyengar (77), Veena maestro, household name among Carnatic music lovers, passed away in Bangalore.

28-October-1998

Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.

28-October-1998

The 1997 B.C. Roy National Award was presented to 18 medical experts.

28-October-1998

The 1998 Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award is presented to 11 young scientists.

28-October-1999

The Delhi High Court stays TRAI's plan to introduce free incoming calls on mobile phones from November 1.

28-October-1999

Insurance Bill is introduced amid protest in the Lok Sabha.

28-October-2000

The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985.