On Thursday, October 28th, the book of history records, among other things:
1636: The first college of the New England states is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts and named after the Puritan theologian John Harvard (1607-1638).
1776: In the Battle of White Plains, the American militias suffer a defeat by the British, but they fail to control the rebels.
1871: The British journalist Henry Morton Stanley comes across the British researcher David Livingstone (1813-1873) who was believed to be lost in Udjidji in the middle of Africa.
1886: The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France to the USA, is inaugurated in the port entrance of New York. The monumental monument was created by the sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi.
1946: The “Association of Intellectual Creators” is founded in Vienna.
1956: The Hungarian Prime Minister Imre Nagy dissolves the hated communist secret police AVO.
1956: The Polish Cardinal Wyszyński is released from prison.
1971: Under the conservative government of Edward Heath, the London House of Commons voted with a large majority in favor of Great Britain joining the European Economic Community (EEC).
1996: The Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on the highly controversial Hebron question are broken off without result.
Birthdays: Moritz Graf von Sachsen, der “Maréchal de Saxe”, dt. Heerführer und frz. Marshal (1696-1750); Bill Harris, US jazz musician (1916-1973); Erich Mende, dt. Politician (1916-1998); Horst Antes, dt. Painter / Graphic Designer / Sculptor (1936); Ted Hawkins, US singer (1936-1995); Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran. Politician, 2005-13 President (1956); Milan Baroš, ehem. Czech. Soccer Player (1981).
Days of Death: William Dobson, brit. Painter (1611-1646); Johann Peter Krafft, dt.-east. Painter (1780-1856); Charles Despiau, frz. Sculptor (according to other information 30. 10.) (1874-1946); John Gerard Braine, brit. Writer (1922-1986); Jiří Gruša, Czech. Writer (1938-2011); Franz Ringel, east. Painter / Graphic Artist (1940-2011).
Name days: Simon, Judas, Alfred, Ermelinde, Anastasia, Fidelius, Luzian, Cyrillus, Faro, Franz.