October 28
Day of the year
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October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 64 days remain until the end of the year.
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| 2023 (Saturday) |
| 2022 (Friday) |
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| 2020 (Wednesday) |
| 2019 (Monday) |
| 2018 (Sunday) |
| 2017 (Saturday) |
| 2016 (Friday) |
Events
Pre-1600
- 97 â Roman emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
- 306 â Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor.
- 312 â Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West.
- 969 â The Byzantine Empire recovers Antioch from Arab rule.
- 1344 â The lower town of Smyrna is captured by Latin Christians in response to Aydınid piracy during the Smyrniote crusades.[1]
- 1420 â Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty when the Forbidden City is completed.
- 1449 â Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
- 1453 â Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague.
- 1492 â Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World, surmising that it is Japan.[2]
- 1516 â Second OttomanâMamluk War: Mamluks fail to stop the Ottoman advance towards Egypt at the Battle of Yaunis Khan.
- 1520 â Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean.[3]
- 1531 â AbyssinianâAdal war: The Adal Sultanate seizes southern Ethiopia.
- 1538 â The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.
1601â1900
- 1628 â French Wars of Religion: The Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots after fourteen months.
- 1636 â The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.
- 1640 â The Treaty of Ripon is signed, ending the hostilities of the Second Bishops' War.[4]
- 1664 â The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
- 1707 â The 1707 HÅei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan.
- 1726 â The novel Gulliver's Travels written by Jonathan Swift is published.
- 1746 â The 1746 LimaâCallao earthquake causes up to 6,000 deaths in Peru, the deadliest in its history up to that point.[5]
- 1776 â American Revolutionary War: British troops attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Continental Army.
- 1834 â The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists.
- 1835 â The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
- 1864 â American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital of Richmond is repulsed.
- 1886 â US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
- 1891 â The MinoâOwari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, occurs.
- 1893 â Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
1901âpresent
- 1918 â World War I: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the PolishâUkrainian War.
- 1918 â World War I: Czech politicians peacefully take over the city of Prague, thus establishing the First Czechoslovak Republic.[6]
- 1919 â The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
- 1922 â Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
- 1928 â Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.[7]
- 1940 â World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
- 1942 â The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
- 1948 â Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
- 1948 â Ecological disaster in Donora, Pennsylvania.[8]
- 1949 â An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
- 1954 â Aeroflot Flight 136 crashes near Krasnoyarsk, killing 19.[9]
- 1956 â Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
- 1958 â John XXIII is elected Pope.
- 1962 â The Cuban Missile Crisis ends and Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
- 1965 â Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
- 1971 â Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
- 1982 â The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
- 1989 â Aloha Island Air Flight 1712, a Twin Otter 300, crashed into terrain at night in Hawaii killing all 20 occupants onboard.[10][11]
- 1990 â Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule.
- 1995 â The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
- 2006 â A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
- 2007 â Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
- 2009 â The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
- 2009 â NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
- 2009 â US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.[12]
- 2013 â Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China.
- 2014 â A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.
- 2018 â Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.
- 2023 â The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 12 to 11, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so.[13]
- 2025 â Hurricane Melissa makes landfall near Black River, Jamaica, killing over 30 people, as well as tying the 1935 Labor Day hurricane as the most intense landfall in the North Atlantic.[14]
Births
Pre-1600
- 1017 â Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1056)
- 1466 â Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536)
- 1479 â John Gage, English courtier (died 1556)
- 1510 â Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of GandÃa, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1572)
- 1550 â Stanislaus Kostka, Polish saint (died 1568)
- 1585 â Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop and theologian (died 1638)
- 1599 â Marie of the Incarnation, foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec (died 1672)
1601â1900
- 1610 â Jacob Kettler, 3rd duke of Courland and Semigallia (died 1682)
- 1667 â Maria Anna of Neuburg, Queen consort of Spain
- 1690 â Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian admiral (died 1720)
- 1693 â Å imon Brixi, Czech composer (died 1735)
- 1696 â Maurice de Saxe, French general (died 1750)
- 1703 â Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and engineer (died 1768)
- 1718 â Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer (died 1793)
- 1733 â Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer (died 1803)
- 1754 â John Laurens, American soldier (died 1782)
- 1767 â Marie of Hesse-Kassel (died 1852)
- 1793 â Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms (died 1861)
- 1794 â Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon (died 1847)
- 1804 â Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (died 1849)
- 1815 â ĽudovÃt Å túr, Slovak philologist and politician (died 1856)
- 1816 â Malwida von Meysenbug, German writer (died 1903)
- 1837 â Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shÅgun (died 1913)[15]
- 1839 â Edward P. Allen, American captain, lawyer, and politician (died 1909)
- 1845 â Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (died 1888)
- 1846 â Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (died 1935)
- 1854 â Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet (died 1888)
- 1860 â KanÅ JigorÅ, Japanese martial artist (died 1938)
- 1864 â Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (died 1958)
- 1867 â Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator (died 1911)
- 1875 â Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist (died 1966)
- 1877 â Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (died 1952)
- 1879 â Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1968)
- 1880 â Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1940)
- 1880 â Billy Wedlock, English footballer (died 1965)
- 1881 â Vin Coutie, Australian footballer (died 1951)
- 1884 â William Douglas Cook, New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum (died 1967)
- 1886 â O. G. S. Crawford, British archaeologist (died 1957)[16]
- 1886 â Noel Macklin, English soldier and engineer (died 1946)
- 1888 â Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (died 1964)
- 1889 â Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress and singer (died 1975)
- 1892 â Dink Johnson, American pianist, drummer, and clarinet player (died 1954)
- 1893 â Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (died 1970)
- 1896 â Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (died 1981)
- 1897 â Edith Head, American costume designer (died 1981)
- 1897 â Hans Speidel, German general (died 1984)
1901âpresent
- 1901 â Ambrogio Gianotti, Italian partigiano and priest (died 1969)[17]
- 1901 â Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (died 1979)
- 1902 â Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (died 1986)[18]
- 1903 â John Chamberlain, American historian, journalist, and critic (died 1995)
- 1903 â Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic (died 1966)[18]
- 1904 â George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (died 1986)
- 1905 â Tatyana Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician (died 1984)
- 1907 â John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (died 1987)
- 1908 â Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (died 1995)
- 1909 â Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator (died 1992)[18]
- 1912 â Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (died 2005)
- 1914 â Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (died 1988)
- 1914 â Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (died 1995)[18]
- 1914 â Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
- 1916 â Pearl Hackney, English actress (died 2009)
- 1917 â Jack Soo, American actor and singer (died 1979)
- 1919 â Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (died 1966)
- 1919 â Hans Klenk, German race car driver (died 2009)
- 1921 â Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (died 1973)
- 1922 â Gershon Kingsley, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)
- 1922 â Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)
- 1922 â Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach (died 2007)
- 1923 â John Connell, American actor (died 2015)
- 1924 â Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1996)
- 1924 â Peddibhotla Suryakantam, Telugu actress (died 1994)
- 1925 â Ian Hamilton Finlay, Bahamian-Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (died 2006)
- 1926 â Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of Baseball (died 2007)[18]
- 1927 â Cleo Laine, English singer and actress (died 2025)[19]
- 1928 â Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general (died 2021)
- 1928 â William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
- 1929 â Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1988)
- 1929 â Virginia Held, American philosopher, author, and academic
- 1929 â John Hollander, American poet, critic, and educator (died 2013)
- 1929 â Joan Plowright, English actress[19] (died 2025)[20]
- 1930 â Bernie Ecclestone, English businessman
- 1931 â Harold Battiste, American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (died 2015)
- 1932 â Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (died 2002)
- 1932 â Suzy Parker, American model and actress (died 2003)
- 1933 â Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (died 1983)
- 1933 â Michael Noakes, English painter and illustrator (died 2018)
- 1934 â Charles A. Gargano, American diplomat, businessman and government official
- 1935 â Alan Clarke, English director and screenwriter (died 1990)
- 1936 â Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (died 2020)[18]
- 1936 â Ted Hawkins, American soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)
- 1937 â Graham Bond, English keyboard player, singer, and saxophonist (died 1974)
- 1937 â Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach[18] (died 2025)
- 1938 â Keigo Abe, Japanese martial artist and coach (died 2019)
- 1938 â Kenneth Best, Liberian journalist, founded The Daily Observer
- 1938 â Howard Blake, English composer and conductor
- 1938 â Dave Budd, American basketball player
- 1938 â Gary Cowan, Canadian golfer
- 1938 â David Dimbleby, English journalist
- 1938 â Anne Perry, English author (died 2023)
- 1939 â Jane Alexander, American actress and producer[19]
- 1939 â Andy Bey, American singer and pianist
- 1939 â Miroslav Cerar, Slovenian gymnast and lawyer
- 1939 â Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)
- 1940 â Susan Harris, American screenwriter and producer
- 1941 â Hank Marvin, English singer and guitarist
- 1942 â Terence Donovan, English-Australian actor
- 1942 â Abdelkader Fréha, Algerian footballer (died 2012)
- 1942 â Gillian Lovegrove, English computer scientist and academic
- 1942 â Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater
- 1943 â Jimmy McRae, Scottish race car driver
- 1943 â Karalyn Patterson, English psychologist and academic
- 1944 â Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (died 2014)
- 1944 â Coluche, French comedian and actor (died 1986)
- 1944 â Dennis Franz, American actor[19]
- 1944 â Anton Schlecker, German businessman, founded the Schlecker Company
- 1945 â Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (died 2015)
- 1945 â Wayne Fontana, English pop singer (died 2020)[21]
- 1945 â Don Iverson, American golfer
- 1946 â John Hewson, Australian economist and politician
- 1946 â Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2022)
- 1946 â Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet and academic
- 1948 â Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress[19]
- 1949 â Dwight Davis, American basketball player[22]
- 1949 â Caitlyn Jenner, American decathlete and actress[18]
- 1950 â Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and activist
- 1950 â Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
- 1951 â Peter Hitchens, English journalist and author
- 1951 â Joe R. Lansdale, American martial artist and author
- 1952 â Annie Potts, American actress[19]
- 1953 â Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman
- 1953 â Desmond Child, American musician, songwriter, and producer[19]
- 1955 â Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft[18]
- 1955 â Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman
- 1956 â Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran[18]
- 1956 â Volker Zotz, Austrian philosopher, scholar, and author
- 1957 â Marian Bell, English economist and academic
- 1957 â Stephen Morris, English drummer[19]
- 1957 â Zach Wamp, American businessman and politician
- 1958 â Concha GarcÃa Campoy, Spanish journalist (died 2013)
- 1958 â Ashok Chavan, Indian businessman and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
- 1958 â William Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist[19]
- 1959 â James Keelaghan, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1959 â Toshio Masuda, Japanese composer
- 1959 â Randy Wittman, American basketball player and coach
- 1960 â Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist and mathematician
- 1962 â Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer and manager
- 1962 â Daphne Zuniga, American actress[19]
- 1963 â Kevin Dineen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[23]
- 1963 â Lauren Holly, American actress[19]
- 1963 â Sheryl Underwood, American comedian, actress, and talk show host[19]
- 1964 â Andrew Bridgen, English soldier and politician
- 1964 â Peter Coyne, Australian rugby league player
- 1965 â Jami Gertz, American actress[19]
- 1965 â David Warburton, English pianist, businessman, and politician
- 1965 â Miyako Yoshida, Japanese ballerina
- 1966 â Steve Atwater, American football player
- 1966 â Chris Bauer, American actor[19]
- 1966 â Matt Drudge, American blogger and activist, founded the Drudge Report
- 1966 â Andy Richter, American actor, producer, and screenwriter[19]
- 1966 â Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs
- 1967 â Kevin Macdonald, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 â Julia Roberts, American actress and producer[19]
- 1967 â John Romero, American video game designer, co-founded Id Software
- 1968 â Chris Broussard, American journalist and sportscaster
- 1968 â Marc Lièvremont, French rugby player and coach
- 1968 â Mayumi Ozaki, Japanese wrestler
- 1969 â Steven Chamuleau, Dutch cardiologist[24]
- 1969 â Jeremy Davies, American actor[19]
- 1969 â Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
- 1969 â Ben Harper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[19]
- 1969 â Wolfgang Kocevar, Austrian politician[25]
- 1969 â Noriyoshi Omichi, Japanese baseball player and coach
- 1970 â Alan Peter Cayetano, Filipino politician and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
- 1970 â Greg Eagles, American voice actor and producer
- 1971 â Roxana Briban, Romanian soprano and actress (died 2010)
- 1971 â Caroline Dinenage, English businesswoman and politician
- 1972 â Terrell Davis, American football player and sportscaster
- 1972 â Brad Paisley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[19]
- 1972 â Trista Sutter, American reality star
- 1973 â Montel Vontavious Porter, American wrestler and actor
- 1973 â Aleksandar StanojeviÄ, Serbian footballer and manager
- 1974 â Braden Looper, American baseball player
- 1974 â Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1974 â Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer[19]
- 1974 â Dejan StefanoviÄ, Serbian footballer and coach
- 1974 â Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993
- 1976 â Keiron Cunningham, British rugby league player and coach
- 1976 â Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer
- 1976 â Simone Loria, Italian footballer
- 1978 â Gwendoline Christie, English actress[19]
- 1978 â Justin Guarini, American singer-songwriter and actor[19]
- 1979 â Olcay Ãetinkaya, Turkish footballer
- 1979 â Jawed Karim, American computer scientist
- 1979 â Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (died 2012)
- 1979 â Martin Å koula, Czech ice hockey player
- 1980 â Christy Hemme, American wrestler and ring announcer
- 1980 â Agnes Obel, Danish singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1980 â Alan Smith, English footballer and coach
- 1981 â Milan BaroÅ¡, Czech footballer
- 1981 â Shane Gore, English footballer
- 1981 â Nate McLouth, American baseball player
- 1981 â Nick Montgomery, English-Scottish footballer
- 1982 â Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player
- 1982 â Enver Jääger, Estonian footballer
- 1982 â Anthony Lerew, American baseball player
- 1982 â Hironori Saruta, Japanese footballer
- 1982 â Matt Smith, English actor and director[19]
- 1983 â Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
- 1983 â Kayo Noro, Japanese singer and actress
- 1983 â Joe Thomas, English actor and screenwriter
- 1984 â Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player
- 1984 â Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
- 1984 â Finn Wittrock, American actor[19]
- 1985 â Tyrone Barnett, English footballer
- 1985 â Troian Bellisario, American actress[19]
- 1985 â Anthony Fantano, American music critic
- 1986 â May Calamawy, Egyptian-Palestinian actress[26]
- 1986 â Isabelle Eriksson, Swedish athlete
- 1986 â Anthony Griffith, English footballer
- 1986 â Aki Toyosaki, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1987 â Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter[19]
- 1988 â Edd Gould, English cartoonist and animator (died 2012)
- 1988 â Devon Murray, Irish actor[18]
- 1988 â Jamie xx, English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer
- 1989 â Devin Ebanks, American basketball player[27]
- 1989 â Camille Muffat, French swimmer (died 2015)
- 1991 â Lucy Bronze, English footballer
- 1992 â Lexi Ainsworth, American actress[19]
- 1992 â Jeon Ji-hee, South Korean table tennis player[28]
- 1992 â Maria Sergejeva, Estonian figure skater
- 1994 â Andrew Harrison, American basketball player[29]
- 1995 â Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer
- 1995 â Jae'Sean Tate, American basketball player[30]
- 1995 â An Ye-seul, South Korean singer[31]
- 1996 â Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress
- 1996 â Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player
- 1996 â Una Raymond-Hoey, Irish cricketer
- 1997 â Stetson Bennett, American football player[32]
- 1997 â Taylor Fritz, American tennis player[33]
- 1997 â Georgia Godwin, Australian artistic gymnast[34]
- 1998 â Nolan Gould, American actor[19]
- 2001 â Sonay Kartal, British tennis player[35][36]
- 2006 â Yoon Do-young, South Korean footballer[37]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 312 â Maxentius, Roman emperor (born 278)
- 457 â Ibas of Edessa, Syrian bishop
- 816 â Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris
- 875 â Remigius of Lyon, Frankish archbishop
- 1138 â King BolesÅaw III Wrymouth of Poland
- 1225 â Jien, Japanese monk, historian, and poet (born 1155)
- 1266 â Saint Arsenije I Sremac
- 1310 â Ecumenical Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople (born 1230)
- 1312 â Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (born 1262)
- 1412 â Margaret I of Denmark (born 1353)[38]
- 1468 â Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (born 1425)
- 1568 â Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shÅgun (born 1539)
- 1592 â Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat
- 1594 â Åkubo Tadayo, Japanese general (born 1532)
1601â1900
- 1627 â Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (born 1569)
- 1639 â Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (born 1587)
- 1646 â William Dobson, English painter (born 1610)
- 1661 â AgustÃn Moreto y Cavana, Spanish priest and playwright (born 1618)
- 1676 â Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1595)
- 1703 â John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (born 1616)
- 1704 â John Locke, English physician and philosopher (born 1632)
- 1708 â Prince George of Denmark (born 1653)
- 1716 â Stephen Fox, English politician (born 1627)
- 1740 â Anna of Russia (born 1693)
- 1754 â Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (born 1708)
- 1755 â Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (born 1689)
- 1763 â Heinrich von Brühl, German general and politician (born 1700)
- 1768 â Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (born 1700)
- 1787 â Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (born 1735)
- 1792 â Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (born 1710)
- 1792 â John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (born 1724)
- 1800 â Artemas Ward, American general and politician (born 1727)
- 1806 â Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (born 1749)
- 1818 â Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (born 1744)
- 1841 â Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (born 1792)
- 1857 â Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (born 1802)
- 1877 â Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (born 1835)
- 1879 â Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (born 1799)
- 1899 â Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (born 1854)
- 1900 â Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (born 1823)
1901âpresent
- 1906 â Jean Benner, French artist (born 1836)[39]
- 1914 â Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (born 1850)
- 1916 â Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (born 1838)
- 1916 â Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (born 1891)
- 1917 â Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1831)
- 1917 â Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (born 1841)
- 1918 â Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (born 1845)
- 1929 â Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1849)
- 1936 â Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (born 1870)
- 1939 â Alice Brady, American actress (born 1892)
- 1941 â Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (born 1876)
- 1945 â Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (born 1881)
- 1952 â Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862)[40]
- 1957 â Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (born 1881)
- 1959 â Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (born 1932)
- 1963 â Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (born 1882)
- 1965 â Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (born 1882)
- 1969 â Constance Dowling, American model and actress (born 1920)
- 1970 â Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (born 1944)
- 1973 â Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (born 1889)
- 1973 â Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (born 1883)
- 1975 â Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (born 1894)
- 1975 â Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (born 1932)
- 1976 â Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (born 1904)[41]
- 1978 â Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (born 1923)
- 1983 â Otto Messmer, American animator and screenwriter (born 1892)
- 1986 â John Braine, English author (born 1922)
- 1987 â André Masson, French soldier and painter (born 1896)
- 1989 â Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (born 1898)
- 1993 â Juri Lotman, Russian-Estonian historian and scholar (born 1922)
- 1997 â Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (born 1915)
- 1998 â Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (born 1930)
- 1999 â Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1931)
- 2000 â Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (born 1969)
- 2001 â Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (born 1910)
- 2002 â Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (born 1898)
- 2002 â Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founded H&M (born 1917)
- 2003 â Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (born 1940)[42]
- 2004 â Eugene K. Bird, American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (born 1926)
- 2005 â Bob Broeg, American soldier and journalist (born 1918)
- 2005 â Raymond Hains, French photographer (born 1926)
- 2005 â Tony Jackson, American basketball player (born 1942)
- 2005 â Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1922)
- 2005 â Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1943)
- 2005 â Ljuba TadiÄ, Serbian actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
- 2006 â Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (born 1917)
- 2006 â Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (born 1954)
- 2006 â Marijohn Wilkin, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1920)
- 2007 â Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (born 1932)
- 2007 â Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927)
- 2009 â Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1990)
- 2010 â Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (born 1932)
- 2010 â James MacArthur, American actor (born 1937)
- 2010 â Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (born 1938)
- 2010 â Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (born 1934)
- 2011 â Tom Addington, English soldier (born 1919)
- 2012 â Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (born 1939)
- 2012 â John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (born 1936)
- 2012 â Jack Dellal, English businessman (born 1923)
- 2013 â Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1920)
- 2013 â Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1927)
- 2013 â Aleksandar TijaniÄ, Serbian journalist (born 1949)
- 2013 â Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (born 1929)
- 2014 â Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (born 1927)
- 2014 â Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (born 1937)
- 2018 â Colin Sylvia, Australian rules footballer (born 1985)
- 2022 â Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1935)[43]
- 2023 â Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor (born 1969)[44]
- 2023 â Adam Johnson, American ice hockey player (born 1994)[45]
- 2024 â Renato Martino, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1932)[46]
- 2024 â Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)[47]
- 2024 â Jamshid Sharmahd, German-American affiliate of Kingdom Assembly of Iran (born 1955)[48]
- 2024 â Kazuo Umezu, Japanese manga artist (born 1936)[49]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Abdias of Babylon
- Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Eadsige
- Faro
- Fidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church)
- Firmilian
- Godwin of Stavelot
- Job of Pochayiv (repose) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- The Apostles Simon and Jude (Western Christianity)
- Lord of Miracles (Lima)
- October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State, celebrates the independence of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary in 1918. (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
- International Animation Day (ASIFA)
- Ohi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities), a national day in Greece.
- Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture)
- Youth Pledge Day or Hari Sumpah Pemuda (Indonesia)
- Anniversary of the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazis, celebrating the liberation from Nazi German troops of the territory of current Ukraine
