{"id":208298,"date":"2020-01-01T13:40:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T13:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/october-28\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T00:36:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T00:36:57","slug":"october-28","status":"publish","type":"otd_day","link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/october-28\/","title":{"rendered":"October 28: Facts & Historical Events On This Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 28th is the day we officially celebrate Plush Animal Lover’s Day and International Animation Day.

Welcome to the 301^{st day of the year! We’re rapidly approaching the end of the year, but first, who’s excited for Halloween?}

Find out the most need-to-know facts and historical events that all occurred on this unique day – October 28th.

Did you know that on this day in 1858, Macy’s opened their first department store in New York? On their first day of business, the company made $11.08, equivalent to $326.82 in today’s money.

Keep reading for more fun & interesting facts about October 28^{th in history!\r\n\r\n}

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What memorable events happened on October 28 in history? Keep reading to find out!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2019\r\n\r\n
Forty-two people were buried alive in a landslide in Bafoussam, Cameroon.\r\n\r\n
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2015\r\n\r\n
The World Health Organization ranked Tuberculosis as deadly as HIV in its list of the world’s most deadly diseases.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1992\r\n\r\n
Lee Jang Rim, the founder of the Dami Mission Christian Movement in South Korea, declared that the world would end.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The world didn’t end, and he was later convicted for stealing millions from his followers.\r\n\r\n
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1986\r\n\r\n
The Statue of Liberty celebrated its 100th birthday.\r\n\r\n
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1971\r\n\r\n
Prospero became the first British satellite to have been launched successfully by a British rocket.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1962\r\n\r\n
The Cuban Missile Crisis Ended.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
After thirteen of the tensest days of the Cold War, the Soviet Union announced it would dismantle the ballistic missiles it had placed in Cuba. In return, the United States agreed not to invade Cuba again.\r\n\r\n
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1954\r\n\r\n
Writer Ernest Miller Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature.\r\n\r\n
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1904\r\n\r\n
Fingerprinting was first officially used in the US in a St. Louis police department.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1858\r\n\r\n
Macy’s Department Store first opened.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1811\r\n\r\n
Prince Regent George Augustus Frederick purchased the first copy of Jane Austen’s novel “Sense and Sensibility.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1726\r\n\r\n
English literature classic Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift was published.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1538\r\n\r\n
The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino was founded in the Dominican Republic.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It was the first higher education institution formed in the New World; however, it wasn’t officially recognized until 1558. The University still functions and is called the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.\r\n\r\n
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1492\r\n\r\n
Explorer Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba.\r\n\r\n
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He claimed it for Spain and called it Juana.\r\n\r\n
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306 AD\r\n\r\n
Maxentius became a Roman emperor, until his death exactly six years later.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Famous Births\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Are you celebrating your birthday today? If so, did you know that you share the same birthday as Julia Roberts? See what other famous people were born on this day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1955\r\n\r\n
Bill Gates\r\n\r\n
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American\r\n\r\n
Business Magnate\r\n\r\n\r\n
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