October 28
This day in history:
- 1531 β AbyssinianβAdal war: The Adal Sultanate seizes southern Ethiopia.
- 1520 β Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean.
- 1919 β The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
- 1707 β The 1707 HΕei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan.
Births:
- 1963 β Kevin Dineen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1905 β Tatyana Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician (d. 1984)
- 1864 β Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (d. 1958)
Deaths:
- 2006 β Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (b. 1954)
- 1703 β John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (b. 1616)
- 2018 β Colin Sylvia, Australian rules footballer (b. 1985)
Holidays:
- *Youth Pledge Day or *
- Anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazis, celebrating the liberation from Nazi German troops of the territory of current Ukraine
- International Animation Day (ASIFA)
Random Article of the day:
2000 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team