Today In History
Today is Saturday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2023. There are 64 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
On Oct. 28, 1922, fascism came to Italy as Benito Mussolini took control of the government.
ON THIS DATE
› 1636: The General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative act establishing Harvard College.
› 1726: The original edition of “Gulliver’s Travels,” a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift, was first published in London.
› 1858: Rowland Hussey Macy opened his first New York store at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan.
› 1886: The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
› 1914: Medical researcher Jonas Salk, who developed the first successful polio vaccine, was born in New York.
› 1919: Congress enacted the Volstead Act, which provided for enforcement of Prohibition, over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto.
› 1936: President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicated the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
› 1962: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba; in return, the U.S. secretly agreed to remove nuclear missiles from U.S. installations in
Turkey.
› 1991: What became known as “The Perfect Storm” began forming hundreds of miles east of Nova Scotia; lost at sea during the storm were the six crew members of the Andrea Gail, a swordfishing boat from Gloucester, Massachusetts.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Jazz singer Cleo Laine is 96. Actor Joan Plowright is 94. Actor Jane Alexander is 84. Actor Dennis Franz is
79. Actor Telma Hopkins is 75. Caitlyn Jenner is
74. Actor Annie Potts is
71. Songwriter/producer Desmond Child is 70. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is 68. The former president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is 67. Rock musician Stephen Morris (New Order) is
66. Rock singer-musician William Reid (The Jesus & Mary Chain) is 65. Actor Mark Derwin is 63. Actor Daphne Zuniga is
61. Actor Lauren Holly is
60. Actor Chris Bauer is
57. Actor-comedian Andy Richter is 57. Actor Julia Roberts is 56. Country singer-musician Caitlin Cary is 55. Actor Jeremy Davies is 54. Singer Ben Harper is 54. Country singer Brad Paisley is 51. Actor Joaquin Phoenix is 49. Actor Gwendoline Christie is 45. Singer Justin Guarini (TV: “American Idol”) is 45. Pop singer Brett Dennen is 44. Actor Charlie Semine is
43. Actor Matt Smith is
41. Actor Finn Wittrock is 39. Actor Troian Bellisario is 38. Singer/rapper Frank Ocean is 36. Actor Lexi Ainsworth (TV: “General Hospital”) is 31. Actor Nolan Gould is 25.