Gateway Arch Construction

St. Louis’s Gateway Arch is completed

Born on This Day

"Les Sculptures" Jacquemus' Fashion Show : Photocall At Fondation Maeght At Saint-Paul-De-Vence

Julia Roberts

1967 -

Oscar-winning actress who reigned in 1990s rom-coms like "Pretty Woman" before meatier turns in films like "Erin Brockovich."

onePULSE: A Benefit for Orlando, Inside, Los Angeles, USA - 19 Aug 2016

Caitlyn Jenner

1949 -

American athlete who broke records in the decathlon at the 1976 Olympics. Came out publicly as a transgender woman in 2015.

10th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony

Bill Gates

1955 -

Computer programmer and entrepreneur who co-founded the software giant Microsoft.

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OCT28

The night before his opera "Don Giovanni" is set to premiere in Prague, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart pulls an all-nighter to complete the overture. With no time to rehearse, the orchestra sight-read it in the concert hall, to rapturous response.

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Statue of Liberty dedicated

The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States, is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. Originally known as “Liberty Enlightening the World,” the statue was proposed by the French abolitionist Edouard de Laboulaye to commemorate the Franco-American alliance during the […]

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Congress overrides presidential veto of the Volstead Act, ushering in Prohibition

Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto. The Volstead Act provided for the enforcement of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, also known as the Prohibition Amendment. The movement for the prohibition of alcohol began in the early 19th century, when Americans concerned about the adverse effects of drinking began forming […]

Italy invades Greece

On October 28, 1940, Mussolini’s army, already occupying Albania, invades Greece in what will prove to be a disastrous military campaign for the Duce’s forces. Mussolini surprised everyone with this move against Greece; even his ally, Adolf Hitler, was caught off-guard, especially since the Duce had led Hitler to believe he had no such intention. […]

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Nikita Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1960, Khrushchev had launched plans to install medium and intermediate range ballistic missiles in Cuba that would put the eastern United States within range of nuclear attack. In the summer of 1962, U.S. spy planes flying over Cuba had […]

Leif Erickson Tunnel completes 1,593-mile I-35

On October 28, 1992, Duluth, Minnesota mayor Gary Doty cuts the ribbon at the mouth of the brand-new, 1,480-foot–long Leif Erickson Tunnel on Interstate 35. With the opening of the tunnel, that highway—which stretches 1,593 miles—was finished at last. As a result, the federal government announced, the Interstate Highway System itself was 99.7 percent complete. […]

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President Bill Clinton signs the Digital Millennium Copyright Act into law

On October 28, 1998, President Bill Clinton signs into law the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The legislation was written in order to strengthen existing federal copyright protections against new threats posed by the Internet and by the democratization of high technology. . According to an ABC news report, it was none other than the […]

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