Mrs. Gadget: Today in History: October 28. Events, Famous Birthdays & Deaths. Symphony# 5 -Beethoven

Mrs. Gadget: Today in History: October 28. Events, Famous Birthdays & Deaths. Symphony# 5 -Beethoven. Today in History: October 28. Ref. https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/o... https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/o... Events: 1997 Stock markets crash around the world over fears of a global economic meltdown. 2005 Libby "Scooter" Lewis, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, resigns after being indicted for "outing" CIA agent Valerie Plame. 1982 The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party wins election, giving Spain its first Socialist government since the death of right-wing President Francisco Franco. 1971 Britain launches the satellite Prospero into orbit, using a Black Arrow carrier rocket; this is the first and so far (2013) only British satellite launched by a British rocket. 1965 Construction completed on St. Louis Arch; at 630 feet (192m), it is the world's tallest arch. 1962 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders Soviet missiles removed from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. 1960 In a note to the OAS (Organization of American States), the United States charges that Cuba has been receiving substantial quantities of arms and numbers of military technicians" from the Soviet bloc. 1944 The first B-29 Superfortress bomber mission flies from the airfields in the Mariana Islands in a strike against the Japanese base at Truk. 1940 Italy invades Greece, launching six divisions on four fronts from occupied Albania. 1927 Pan American Airways launches the first scheduled international flight. 1919 Over President Wilson's veto, Congress passes the National Prohibition Act, or Volstead Act, named after its promoter, Congressman Andrew J. Volstead. It provides enforcement guidelines for the Prohibition Amendment. 1914 The German cruiser Emden, disguised as a British ship, steams into Penang Harbor near Malaya and sinks the Russian light cruiser Zhemchug. 1914 George Eastman announces the invention of the color photographic process. 1904 The St. Louis police try a new investigation method: fingerprints. 1901 Race riots sparked by Booker T. Washington's visit to the White House kill 34. 1886 The Statue of Liberty, originally named Liberty Enlightening the World, is dedicated at Liberty Island, N. Y., formerly Bedloe's Island, by President Grover Cleveland 1863 In a rare night attack, Confederates under Gen. James Longstreet attack a Federal force near Chattanooga, Tennessee, hoping to cut their supply line, the "cracker line." They fail. 1793 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on the cotton gin, a machine which cleans the tight-clinging seeds from short-staple cotton easily and effectively--a job which was previously done by hand. 1768 Germans and Acadians join French Creoles in their armed revolt against the Spanish governor of New Orleans. 1636 Harvard College, the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, is founded in Cambridge, Mass. 1628 After a fifteen-month siege, the Huguenot town of La Rochelle surrenders to royal forces. 1216 Henry III of England is crowned. 0969 After a prolonged siege, the Byzantines end 300 years of Arab rule in Antioch. 0312 Constantine the Great defeats Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius at the Mulvian Bridge. -Famous Deaths: 2000 Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball infielder (Houston Astros, Detroit Tigers), dies in a car accident at 31 2001 Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch composer (b. 1910) 2002 Margaret Booth, American film editor (b. 1898) 2002 Erling Persson, Swedish entrepreneur (b. 1917) 2004 Jimmy McLarnin, Northern Irish-born boxer (b. 1907) 2004 Gil Mellé, American jazz saxophonist and composer, dies at 72 2005 Eugene K. Bird, German prison director (b. 1926) 2005 Bob Broeg, American sports writer (b. 1918) 2005 Raymond Hains, French artist (b. 1926) 2005 Tony Jackson, American professional basketball player, (ABL - Chicago Majors, 1961-63; ABA - three teams, 1967-69), dies at 62 2005 Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean singer and musician (b. 1922) 2005 Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor (b. 1929) 2005 Richard Smalley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943 -Famous Birthdays, 1981 Milan Baroš, Czech footballer 1982 Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player 1982 Anthony Lerew, American baseball player 1982 Matt Smith, English actor (11th Doctor in Doctor Who), born in Northampton 1983 Jarrett Jack, American basketball player 1984 Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer 1984 Amanda Paige, American model 1985 Richard Smith, American entrepreneur 1985 Nomcebo [Nkwanyana], South African singer-songwriter ("Jerusalema"), born in Hammarsdale, Republic of South Africa 1987 Frank Ocean [Christopher Breaux], American singer-songwriter ("Thinkin' 'Bout You"), born in Long Beach, California 1987 Choi Na-yeon, South Korean golfer (US Open 2012), born in Seoul, South Korea 1991 Molly Ostertag, American cartoonist (Witch Boy books) 1996 Naelee Rae, American actress 1996 Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress (1408, Water Pills), born in Tarzana, California