October 28 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for October 28
In the headlines today:

2004	The last Boeing 757 jetliner rolls off the assembly line at its Everett, Washington, plant.
2003	A Russian Soyuz space capsule brings US astronaut Ed Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko safely to Earth in Kazakhstan, after six months aboard the International Space Station.
1995	The Atlanta Braves win the World Series, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 4 games to 2.
1965	The Gateway Arch is completed in St. Louis, MO, at a cost of $15 million.
1965	Pope Paul VI decrees that Jews are absolved of blame for the crucifixion of Christ. (photo credit: NARA)
1962	US president John F. Kennedy and Russian Premier Kruschev reach agreement on the Cuban missile crisis.
1961	Groundbreaking ceremonies take place for Shea Stadium at Flushing Meadows, NY.
1958	Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli is elected Pope; he takes the name John XXIII.
1949	Eugenie Anderson, the first US woman ambassador, is sworn in.
1922	Benito Mussolini takes control and brings fascism to Italy.
1919	The US Congress overrides the presidential veto of the Volstead Prohibition Act.
1886	US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, in New York Harbor.
1793	Eli Whitney applies for a patent for his cotton gin.
1726	The Jonathan Swift fantasy Gulliver's Travels is first published.
1636	Harvard College is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1492	Explorer Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba and claims it for Spain.
1348	The third wave of the Great Plague hits the Old World.