October 28th, 1893

Born on October 28th, 1893

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 28th, 1893?

October 28th, 1893

Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky

What else happened on October 28th?

October 28th, 2013

The first terrorist attack in Beijing's recent history took place when members of the Turkistan Islamic Party drove a vehicle into a crowd, killing five people and injuring thirty-eight others.

October 28th, 2007

In the Argentine general election, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman to be elected president of Argentina.

October 28th, 1995

A fire broke out on a Baku Metro train in Azerbaijan's capital, killing 289 people and injuring 270 others in the world's deadliest subway disaster.

October 28th, 1971

Prospero (flight spare pictured), the first British satellite launched on a British rocket, lifted off from Launch Area 5B in Woomera, South Australia.

October 28th, 1965

In St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., the 630-foot (190 m)-tall steel catenary Gateway Arch was completed.

October 28th, 1940

World War II: Italy invaded Greece after Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas rejected Benito Mussolini's ultimatum demanding the cession of Greek territory.

October 28th, 1928

Indonesian composer Wage Rudolf Supratman introduced "Indonesia Raya", now the country's national anthem.

October 28th, 1925

The funerary mask of Tutankhamun , possibly originally made for Queen Neferneferuaten, was uncovered for the first time in approximately 3,250 years.

October 28th, 1919

The U.S. Congress passed the Volstead Act over president Woodrow Wilson's veto, reinforcing Prohibition in the United States.

October 28th, 1891

The Mino–Owari earthquake, the strongest known inland earthquake in Japan's history, caused widespread damage and 7,273 deaths.

October 28th, 1886

In New York Harbor, U.S. president Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty (pictured), a gift from France commemorating the Declaration of Independence; New York City office workers responded by spontaneously holding the first ticker-tape parade.

October 28th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: As George Washington's Continental Army retreated northward from New York City, the British Army captured the village of White Plains.

October 28th, 1707

The Hōei earthquake ruptured all segments of the Nankai megathrust simultaneously – the only earthquake recorded to have done so.

October 28th, 1664

The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, the forerunner to the Royal Marines, was established at the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company in London.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 28th

Born on October 28th, 1893

73

Ida Wolff

German politician (1893-1966)

*October 28th, 1893, Brzeg †November 17th, 1966, Berlin

77

Karl Farkas

Austrian actor and writer

*October 28th, 1893, Vienna †May 16th, 1971, Vienna

74

Paul Arendt

German technician (1893-1968)

*October 28th, 1893, Hanover †June 7th, 1968, Brunswick

82

René Ahrlé

German photographer

*October 28th, 1893, Frankfurt †March 31st, 1976, Frankfurt

77

Christopher Kelk Ingold

British chemist (1893-1970)

*October 28th, 1893, London †December 8th, 1970, Edgware

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 28th?

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

66

Stephen Morris

British drummer

*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

82

Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter, 1909–1992

*October 28th, 1909, Dublin †April 28th, 1992, Madrid

59

Jan Suski

German illustrator

*October 28th, 1964, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

94

Joan Plowright

British actress

*October 28th, 1929, Brigg

96

Cleo Laine

English jazz singer and actress

*October 28th, 1927, Middlesex

56

Julia Roberts

American actress (born 1967)

*October 28th, 1967, Smyrna

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

80

Jonas Salk

Inventor of polio vaccine (1914-1995)

*October 28th, 1914, New York City †June 23rd, 1995, La Jolla

59

Kurt Nowak

German theologian and church historian

*October 28th, 1942, Leipzig †December 31st, 2001, Leipzig

86

Philip Saville

British screenwriter (1930–2016)

*October 28th, 1930, London †December 22nd, 2016, Hampstead

85

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke

American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942)

*October 28th, 1856, San Francisco †February 9th, 1942, San Francisco

49

Joaquin Phoenix

American actor

*October 28th, 1974, Río Piedras

56

John Romero

American video game designer

*October 28th, 1967, Colorado Springs

39

Finn Wittrock

American actor

*October 28th, 1984, Lenox

64

Ivan Turgenev

Russian writer (1818–1883)

*October 28th, 1818, Oryol †September 3rd, 1883, Bougival

60

Eros Ramazzotti

Italian musician (born 1963)

*October 28th, 1963, Rome

49

Garrincha

Brazilian association football player (1933-1983)

*October 28th, 1933, Pau Grande †January 20th, 1983, Rio de Janeiro

25

Camille Muffat

French swimmer

*October 28th, 1989, Nice †March 9th, 2015, Villa Castelli

Same year
Born in 1893

82

Mao Zedong

1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)

*December 26th, 1893, Shaoshan †September 9th, 1976, Zhongnanhai

93

Albert Szent-Györgyi

Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 (1896-1986)

*September 16th, 1893, Budapest †October 22nd, 1986, Woods Hole

67

Cedric Gibbons

American art director (1890–1960)

*March 23rd, 1893, Dublin †July 26th, 1960, Hollywood

84

Elisabeth Voigt

German lab technician and painter (1893-1977)

*August 5th, 1893, Leipzig †November 8th, 1977, Leipzig

53

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

*January 12th, 1893, Rosenheim †October 15th, 1946, Nuremberg Court Prison

99

Lillian Gish

American actress (1893–1993)

*October 14th, 1893, Springfield †February 27th, 1993, New York City

89

Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt

German historian (1893-1982)

*March 31st, 1893, Königsberg †October 9th, 1982, Lübeck

53

Joachim von Ribbentrop

German Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany (1893–1946)

*April 30th, 1893, Wesel †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

97

Ernst Theodor Eichelbaum

German politician and educationist (1893-1991)

*June 23rd, 1893, Berlin †April 16th, 1991, Schleswig-Holstein

77

Harold Lloyd

American actor and comedian (1893–1971)

*April 20th, 1893, Burchard †March 8th, 1971, Beverly Hills

79

Hans Scharoun

German architect (1893-1972)

*September 20th, 1893, Bremen †November 25th, 1972, West Berlin

87

Harold Urey

American physical chemist

*April 29th, 1893, Walkerton †January 5th, 1981, La Jolla

82

Hans Siburg

German general

*June 24th, 1893, Saarburg †February 27th, 1976, Lüneburg

84

Jomo Kenyatta

First Prime Minister (1963 to 1964) and President (1964 to 1978) of self-governing Kenya

*October 20th, 1893, Gatundu †August 22nd, 1978, Mombasa

74

Herbert Edward Read

English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968)

*December 4th, 1893, Muscoates †June 12th, 1968, Stonegrave

87

Cicely Courtneidge

English actress and comedian (1893–1980)

*April 1st, 1893, Sydney †April 26th, 1980, Putney

82

Wout Buitenweg

Dutch footballer (1893-1976)

*December 24th, 1893, Utrecht †November 10th, 1976, Utrecht

73

Dorothy Parker

American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967)

*August 22nd, 1893, West End †June 7th, 1967, New York City

50

Leslie Howard

British actor (1893–1943)

*April 3rd, 1893, London †June 1st, 1943, Cedeira

36

Vladimir Mayakovsky

Russian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)

*July 7th, 1893, Baghdati †April 14th, 1930, Moscow

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Public holidays on October 28th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1893 is a normal year and no leap year.

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