October 28

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Gateway Arch completed, 1965
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Cold War
The Cuban Missile Crisis comes to an end, 1962
Crime
Chuck Berry goes on trial for the second time, 1961
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Statue of Liberty dedicated, 1886
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Workers complete the famous Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, 1965
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Grover Cleveland dedicates Statue of Liberty, 1886
Sports
Princeton-Chicago football game is broadcast across the country, 1922
Vietnam War
Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, 1962
U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing of North Vietnam., 1964
Viet Cong commandos raid U.S. airfields, 1965
World War I
German sailors begin to mutiny, 1918
World War II
Italy invades Greece, 1940

Vietnam War

Oct 28, 1964:

U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing of North Vietnam.

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U.S. T-28 airplanes flown by Thai pilots bomb and strafe North Vietnamese villages in the Mugia Pass area. North Vietnam charged publicly that U.S. personnel participated in the raids, but U.S. officials denied that any Americans were involved.

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This Week in History, Oct 28 - Nov 3

Oct 28, 1962
Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba
Oct 28, 1964
U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing of North Vietnam.
Oct 28, 1965
Viet Cong commandos raid U.S. airfields
Oct 29, 1969
Bobby Seale gagged during his trial
Oct 29, 1971
U.S. troop strength reaches five-year low
Oct 30, 1965
Marines repel attack near Da Nang.
Oct 30, 1970
Heavy monsoon rains hit Vietnam
Oct 31, 1968
President Johnson announces bombing halt
Oct 31, 1970
Thieu vows to never accept a coalition government
Nov 01, 1964
Military and political situation in South Vietnam deteriorates
Nov 01, 1968
Two new programs initiated in South Vietnam
Nov 02, 1963
Diem murdered during coup
Nov 02, 1967
Johnson meets with "the Wise Men"
Nov 03, 1967
Battle of Dak To begins
Nov 03, 1969
Nixon calls on the "silent majority"

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