October 28th, 1979

Born on October 28th, 1979

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The funerary mask of Tutankhamun , possibly originally made for Queen Neferneferuaten, was uncovered for the first time in approximately 3,250 years.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

October 28th, 1453

Ladislaus the Posthumous was crowned King of Bohemia, although George of Poděbrady remained in control of the government.

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

Born on October 28th, 1979

44

Jawed Karim

Co-founder of YouTube

*October 28th, 1979, Merseburg

44

Brett Dennen

American musician

*October 28th, 1979, Oakdale

44

Aki Hakala

Finnish musician, drummer

*October 28th, 1979, Espoo

44

Isabella Ochichi

Kenyan long-distance runner

*October 28th, 1979, Kisii

44

Olcay Çetinkaya

Turkish footballer

*October 28th, 1979, Istanbul

44

Martin Škoula

Czech ice hockey player

*October 28th, 1979, Litoměřice

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

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

66

Stephen Morris

British drummer

*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

59

Jan Suski

German illustrator

*October 28th, 1964, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

39

Finn Wittrock

American actor

*October 28th, 1984, Lenox

56

Julia Roberts

American actress (born 1967)

*October 28th, 1967, Smyrna

42

Milan Baroš

Czech footballer

*October 28th, 1981, Valašské Meziříčí

45

Gwendoline Christie

British actress

*October 28th, 1978, Worthing

41

Matt Smith

English actor (born 1982)

*October 28th, 1982, Northampton

43

Alan Smith

English footballer, born 1980

*October 28th, 1980, Rothwell

25

Camille Muffat

French swimmer

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

56

John Romero

American video game designer

*October 28th, 1967, Colorado Springs

42

Jan Komasa

Polish film director and screenwriter

*October 28th, 1981, Poznań

45

Marta Etura

Spanish actress

*October 28th, 1978, San Sebastián

60

Eros Ramazzotti

Italian musician (born 1963)

*October 28th, 1963, Rome

53

Ayad Akhtar

American actor and playwright

*October 28th, 1970, Staten Island

43

Agnes Obel

Danish singer, composer, and pianist

*October 28th, 1980, Copenhagen

36

Frank Ocean

American singer, songwriter, and rapper

*October 28th, 1987, Long Beach

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

59

Kurt Nowak

German theologian and church historian

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

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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