October 28

Events

Pre-1600

97 – Roman emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.

306 – Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor.

312 – Constantine I defeats Maxentius in the battle of the Milvian Bridge, becoming the sole Roman emperor in the West.

969 – The Byzantine Empire recovers Antioch from Arab rule.

1061 – Pietro Cadalo is appointed by the German Imperial court as antipope to the pope Alexander II, who was elected in the previous month.

1344 – The lower town of Smyrna is captured by Latin Christians in response to Aydınid piracy during the Smyrniote crusades.

1420 – Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty when the Forbidden City is completed.

1449 – Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.

1453 – Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague.

1492 – Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World, surmising that it is Japan.

1516 – Second Ottoman–Mamluk War: Mamluks fail to stop the Ottoman advance towards Egypt at the Battle of Yaunis Khan.

1520 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean.

1531 – Abyssinian–Adal war: The Adal Sultanate seizes southern Ethiopia.

1538 – The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.

1562 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, defeats the forces of the rebelious George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, in the battle of Corrichie.

1601–1900

1628 – French Wars of Religion: The Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots after fourteen months.

1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.

1640 – The Treaty of Ripon is signed, ending the hostilities of the Second Bishops' War.

1664 – The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.

1707 – The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan.

1726 – The novel Gulliver's Travels written by Jonathan Swift is published.

1746 – The 1746 Lima–Callao earthquake causes up to 6,000 deaths in Peru, the deadliest in its history up to that point.

1776 – American Revolutionary War: British troops under General William Howe attack General George Washington's Continental Army and capture Chatterton Hill in the Battle of White Plains during the New York and New Jersey campaign.

1834 – The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists.

1835 – The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.

1864 – American Civil War: In East Tennessee, Union forces under General Alvan C. Gillem route Confederate troops under General John C. Vaughn during the Battle of Morristown.

1886 – US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.

1891 – The Mino–Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, occurs.

1893 – Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.

1901–present

1918 – World War I: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.

1918 – World War I: Czech politicians peacefully take over the city of Prague, thus establishing the First Czechoslovak Republic.

1919 – 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 – Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.

1928 – Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.

1940 – World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.

1942 – The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.

1948 – Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.

1948 – Ecological disaster in Donora, Pennsylvania.

1949 – An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.

1954 – Aeroflot Flight 136 crashes near Krasnoyarsk, killing 19.

1956 – 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 – John XXIII is elected Pope.

1962 – The Cuban Missile Crisis ends and Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.

1965 – Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.

1971 – Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.

1982 – The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.

1989 – Aloha Island Air Flight 1712, a Twin Otter 300, crashed into terrain at night in Hawaii killing all 20 occupants onboard.

1990 – Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule.

1995 – The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.

2006 – A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.

2007 – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.

2009 – The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.

2009 – NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.

2009 – US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

2013 – Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China.

2014 – 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 – 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 – 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.

2025 – 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.

Births

Pre-1600

1017 – Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1056)

1466 – Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536)

1479 – John Gage, English courtier (died 1556)

1510 – Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1572)

1550 – Stanislaus Kostka, Polish saint (died 1568)

1585 – Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop and theologian (died 1638)

1599 – Marie of the Incarnation, foundress of the Ursuline Monastery in Quebec (died 1672)

1601–1900

1610 – Jacob Kettler, 3rd duke of Courland and Semigallia (died 1682)

1667 – Maria Anna of Neuburg, Queen consort of Spain

1690 – Peter Tordenskjold, Norwegian admiral (died 1720)

1693 – Šimon Brixi, Czech composer (died 1735)

1696 – Maurice de Saxe, French general (died 1750)

1703 – Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and engineer (died 1768)

1718 – Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, astronomer, and explorer (died 1793)

1733 – Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer (died 1803)

1754 – John Laurens, American soldier (died 1782)

1767 – Marie of Hesse-Kassel (died 1852)

1793 – Eliphalet Remington, American businessman, founded Remington Arms (died 1861)

1794 – Robert Liston, Scottish surgeon (died 1847)

1804 – Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (died 1849)

1815 – Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (died 1856)

1816 – Malwida von Meysenbug, German writer (died 1903)

1837 – Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shōgun (died 1913)

1839 – Edward P. Allen, American captain, lawyer, and politician (died 1909)

1845 – Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (died 1888)

1846 – Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (died 1935)

1854 – Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet (died 1888)

1860 – Kanō Jigorō, Japanese martial artist (died 1938)

1864 – Adolfo Camarillo, Mexican-American rancher and philanthropist (died 1958)

1867 – Sister Nivedita, Irish-Indian nurse, author, and educator (died 1911)

1875 – Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, Turkish-Canadian journalist (died 1966)

1877 – Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (died 1952)

1879 – Channing H. Cox, American lawyer and politician, 49th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1968)

1880 – Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-Estonian astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1940)

1880 – Billy Wedlock, English footballer (died 1965)

1881 – Vin Coutie, Australian footballer (died 1951)

1884 – William Douglas Cook, New Zealand horticulturalist, founded Eastwoodhill Arboretum (died 1967)

1886 – O. G. S. Crawford, British archaeologist (died 1957)

1886 – Noel Macklin, English soldier and engineer (died 1946)

1888 – Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (died 1964)

1889 – Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress and singer (died 1975)

1892 – Dink Johnson, American pianist, drummer, and clarinet player (died 1954)

1893 – Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (died 1970)

1896 – Howard Hanson, American composer, conductor, and educator (died 1981)

1897 – Edith Head, American costume designer (died 1981)

1897 – Hans Speidel, German general (died 1984)

1901–present

1901 – Ambrogio Gianotti, Italian partigiano and priest (died 1969)

1901 – Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (died 1979)

1902 – Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (died 1986)

1903 – John Chamberlain, American historian, journalist, and critic (died 1995)

1903 – Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic (died 1966)

1904 – George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author (died 1986)

1905 – Tatyana Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician (died 1984)

1907 – John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic (died 1987)

1908 – Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (died 1995)

1909 – Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator (died 1992)

1912 – Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (died 2005)

1914 – Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician (died 1988)

1914 – Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (died 1995)

1914 – Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)

1916 – Pearl Hackney, English actress (died 2009)

1917 – Jack Soo, American actor and singer (died 1979)

1919 – Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (died 1966)

1919 – Hans Klenk, German race car driver (died 2009)

1921 – Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (died 1973)

1922 – Gershon Kingsley, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)

1922 – Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician, 1st Vice President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)

1922 – Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball player and coach (died 2007)

1923 – John Connell, American actor (died 2015)

1924 – Antonio Creus, Spanish race car driver and motorcycle racer (died 1996)

1924 – Peddibhotla Suryakantam, Telugu actress (died 1994)

1925 – Ian Hamilton Finlay, Bahamian-Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (died 2006)

1926 – Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of Baseball (died 2007)

1927 – Cleo Laine, English singer and actress (died 2025)

1928 – Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general (died 2021)

1928 – William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

1929 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1988)

1929 – Virginia Held, American philosopher, author, and academic

1929 – John Hollander, American poet, critic, and educator (died 2013)

1929 – Joan Plowright, English actress (died 2025)

1930 – Bernie Ecclestone, English businessman

1931 – Harold Battiste, American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (died 2015)

1932 – Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (died 2002)

1932 – Suzy Parker, American model and actress (died 2003)

1933 – Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (died 1983)

1933 – Michael Noakes, English painter and illustrator (died 2018)

1934 – Charles A. Gargano, American diplomat, businessman and government official

1935 – Alan Clarke, English director and screenwriter (died 1990)

1936 – Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (died 2020)

1936 – Ted Hawkins, American soul-blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1995)

1937 – Graham Bond, English keyboard player, singer, and saxophonist (died 1974)

1937 – Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach (died 2025)

1938 – Keigo Abe, Japanese martial artist and coach (died 2019)

1938 – Kenneth Best, Liberian journalist, founded The Daily Observer

1938 – Howard Blake, English composer and conductor

1938 – Dave Budd, American basketball player

1938 – Gary Cowan, Canadian golfer

1938 – David Dimbleby, English journalist

1938 – Anne Perry, English author (died 2023)

1939 – Jane Alexander, American actress and producer

1939 – Andy Bey, American singer and pianist

1939 – Miroslav Cerar, Slovenian gymnast and lawyer

1939 – Curtis Lee, American singer-songwriter (died 2015)

1940 – Susan Harris, American screenwriter and producer

1941 – Hank Marvin, English singer and guitarist

1942 – Terence Donovan, English-Australian actor (died 2026)

1942 – Abdelkader Fréha, Algerian footballer (died 2012)

1942 – Gillian Lovegrove, English computer scientist and academic

1942 – Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater

1943 – Jimmy McRae, Scottish race car driver

1943 – Karalyn Patterson, English psychologist and academic

1944 – Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (died 2014)

1944 – Coluche, French comedian and actor (died 1986)

1944 – Dennis Franz, American actor

1944 – Anton Schlecker, German businessman, founded the Schlecker Company

1945 – Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (died 2015)

1945 – Wayne Fontana, English pop singer (died 2020)

1945 – Don Iverson, American golfer

1946 – John Hewson, Australian economist and politician

1946 – Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2022)

1946 – Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet and academic

1948 – Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress

1949 – Dwight Davis, American basketball player

1949 – Caitlyn Jenner, American decathlete and actress

1950 – Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and activist

1950 – Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist

1951 – Peter Hitchens, English journalist and author

1951 – Joe R. Lansdale, American martial artist and author

1952 – Annie Potts, American actress

1953 – Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman

1953 – Desmond Child, American musician, songwriter, and producer

1955 – Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft

1955 – Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman

1956 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran

1956 – Volker Zotz, Austrian philosopher, scholar, and author

1957 – Marian Bell, English economist and academic

1957 – Stephen Morris, English drummer

1957 – Zach Wamp, American businessman and politician

1958 – Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist (died 2013)

1958 – Ashok Chavan, Indian businessman and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra

1958 – William Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1959 – James Keelaghan, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer

1959 – Toshio Masuda, Japanese composer

1959 – Randy Wittman, American basketball player and coach

1960 – Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist and mathematician

1962 – Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer and manager

1962 – Daphne Zuniga, American actress

1963 – Kevin Dineen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1963 – Lauren Holly, American actress

1963 – Sheryl Underwood, American comedian, actress, and talk show host

1964 – Andrew Bridgen, English soldier and politician

1964 – Peter Coyne, Australian rugby league player

1965 – Jami Gertz, American actress

1965 – David Warburton, English pianist, businessman, and politician

1965 – Miyako Yoshida, Japanese ballerina

1966 – Steve Atwater, American football player

1966 – Chris Bauer, American actor

1966 – Matt Drudge, American blogger and activist, founded the Drudge Report

1966 – Andy Richter, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1966 – Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs

1967 – Kevin Macdonald, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter

1967 – Julia Roberts, American actress and producer

1967 – John Romero, American video game designer, co-founded Id Software

1968 – Chris Broussard, American journalist and sportscaster

1968 – Marc Lièvremont, French rugby player and coach

1968 – Mayumi Ozaki, Japanese wrestler

1969 – Steven Chamuleau, Dutch cardiologist

1969 – Jeremy Davies, American actor

1969 – Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer

1969 – Ben Harper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1969 – Wolfgang Kocevar, Austrian politician

1969 – Noriyoshi Omichi, Japanese baseball player and coach

1970 – Alan Peter Cayetano, Filipino politician and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines

1970 – Greg Eagles, American voice actor and producer

1971 – Roxana Briban, Romanian soprano and actress (died 2010)

1971 – Caroline Dinenage, English businesswoman and politician

1972 – Terrell Davis, American football player and sportscaster

1972 – Brad Paisley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1972 – Trista Sutter, American reality star

1973 – Montel Vontavious Porter, American wrestler and actor

1973 – Aleksandar Stanojević, Serbian footballer and manager

1974 – Braden Looper, American baseball player

1974 – Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager

1974 – Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer

1974 – Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer and coach

1974 – Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993

1976 – Keiron Cunningham, British rugby league player and coach

1976 – Martin Lepa, Estonian footballer

1976 – Simone Loria, Italian footballer

1978 – Gwendoline Christie, English actress

1978 – Justin Guarini, American singer-songwriter and actor

1979 – Olcay Çetinkaya, Turkish footballer

1979 – Jawed Karim, American computer scientist

1979 – Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (died 2012)

1979 – Martin Škoula, Czech ice hockey player

1980 – Christy Hemme, American wrestler and ring announcer

1980 – Agnes Obel, Danish singer-songwriter and pianist

1980 – Alan Smith, English footballer and coach

1981 – Milan Baroš, Czech footballer

1981 – Shane Gore, English footballer

1981 – Nate McLouth, American baseball player

1981 – Nick Montgomery, English-Scottish footballer

1982 – Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player

1982 – Enver Jääger, Estonian footballer

1982 – Anthony Lerew, American baseball player

1982 – Hironori Saruta, Japanese footballer

1982 – Matt Smith, English actor and director

1983 – Jarrett Jack, American basketball player

1983 – Kayo Noro, Japanese singer and actress

1983 – Joe Thomas, English actor and screenwriter

1984 – Bryn Evans, New Zealand rugby player

1984 – Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer

1984 – Finn Wittrock, American actor

1985 – Tyrone Barnett, English footballer

1985 – Troian Bellisario, American actress

1985 – Anthony Fantano, American music critic

1986 – May Calamawy, Egyptian-Palestinian actress

1986 – Isabelle Eriksson, Swedish athlete

1986 – Anthony Griffith, English footballer

1986 – Aki Toyosaki, Japanese voice actress and singer

1987 – Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter

1988 – Edd Gould, English cartoonist and animator (died 2012)

1988 – Devon Murray, Irish actor

1988 – Jamie xx, English musician, DJ, record producer and remixer

1989 – Devin Ebanks, American basketball player

1989 – Camille Muffat, French swimmer (died 2015)

1991 – Lucy Bronze, English footballer

1992 – Lexi Ainsworth, American actress

1992 – Jeon Ji-hee, South Korean table tennis player

1992 – Maria Sergejeva, Estonian figure skater

1994 – Andrew Harrison, American basketball player

1995 – Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer

1995 – Jae'Sean Tate, American basketball player

1995 – An Ye-seul, South Korean singer

1996 – Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress

1996 – Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player

1996 – Una Raymond-Hoey, Irish cricketer

1997 – Stetson Bennett, American football player

1997 – Taylor Fritz, American tennis player

1997 – Georgia Godwin, Australian artistic gymnast

1998 – Nolan Gould, American actor

2001 – Sonay Kartal, British tennis player

2006 – Yoon Do-young, South Korean footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

312 – Maxentius, Roman emperor (born 278)

457 – Ibas of Edessa, Syrian bishop

816 – Beggo, count of Toulouse and Paris

875 – Remigius of Lyon, Frankish archbishop

1138 – King Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland

1225 – Jien, Japanese monk, historian, and poet (born 1155)

1266 – Saint Arsenije I Sremac

1310 – Ecumenical Patriarch Athanasius I of Constantinople (born 1230)

1312 – Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (born 1262)

1412 – Margaret I of Denmark (born 1353)

1468 – Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (born 1425)

1568 – Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shōgun (born 1539)

1592 – Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Flemish diplomat

1594 – Ōkubo Tadayo, Japanese general (born 1532)

1601–1900

1627 – Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (born 1569)

1639 – Stefano Landi, Italian composer and educator (born 1587)

1646 – William Dobson, English painter (born 1610)

1661 – Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish priest and playwright (born 1618)

1676 – Jean Desmarets, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1595)

1703 – John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (born 1616)

1704 – John Locke, English physician and philosopher (born 1632)

1708 – Prince George of Denmark, Duke of Cumberland (born 1653)

1716 – Stephen Fox, English politician (born 1627)

1740 – Anna of Russia (born 1693)

1754 – Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (born 1708)

1755 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (born 1689)

1763 – Heinrich von Brühl, German general and politician (born 1700)

1768 – Michel Blavet, French flute player and composer (born 1700)

1787 – Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (born 1735)

1792 – Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (born 1710)

1792 – John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (born 1724)

1800 – Artemas Ward, American general and politician (born 1727)

1806 – Charlotte Turner Smith, English poet and author (born 1749)

1818 – Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (born 1744)

1841 – Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (born 1792)

1857 – Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, French general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of France (born 1802)

1877 – Robert Swinhoe, English ornithologist and entomologist (born 1835)

1879 – Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French economist and politician (born 1799)

1899 – Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (born 1854)

1900 – Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (born 1823)

1901–present

1906 – Jean Benner, French artist (born 1836)

1914 – Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (born 1850)

1916 – Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (born 1838)

1916 – Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (born 1891)

1917 – Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1831)

1917 – Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (born 1841)

1918 – Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (born 1845)

1929 – Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1849)

1936 – Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (born 1870)

1939 – Alice Brady, American actress (born 1892)

1941 – Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (born 1876)

1945 – Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (born 1881)

1952 – Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862)

1957 – Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (born 1881)

1959 – Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (born 1932)

1963 – Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (born 1882)

1965 – Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (born 1882)

1969 – Constance Dowling, American model and actress (born 1920)

1970 – Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (born 1944)

1973 – Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (born 1889)

1973 – Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (born 1883)

1975 – Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (born 1894)

1975 – Oliver Nelson, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (born 1932)

1976 – Aarne Juutilainen, Finnish army captain (born 1904)

1978 – Rukmani Devi, Sri Lankan singer and actress (born 1923)

1983 – Otto Messmer, American animator and screenwriter (born 1892)

1986 – John Braine, English author (born 1922)

1987 – D. Djajakusuma, Indonesian filmmaker (born 1918)

1987 – André Masson, French soldier and painter (born 1896)

1989 – Henry Hall, English bandleader, composer, and actor (born 1898)

1993 – Juri Lotman, Russian-Estonian historian and scholar (born 1922)

1997 – Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (born 1915)

1998 – Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (born 1930)

1999 – Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1931)

2000 – Andújar Cedeño, Dominican baseball player (born 1969)

2001 – Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (born 1910)

2002 – Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (born 1898)

2002 – Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founded H&M (born 1917)

2003 – Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (born 1940)

2004 – Eugene K. Bird, American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (born 1926)

2005 – Bob Broeg, American soldier and journalist (born 1918)

2005 – Raymond Hains, French photographer (born 1926)

2005 – Tony Jackson, American basketball player (born 1942)

2005 – Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1922)

2005 – Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1943)

2005 – Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor and screenwriter (born 1929)

2006 – Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (born 1917)

2006 – Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (born 1954)

2006 – Marijohn Wilkin, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1920)

2007 – Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (born 1932)

2007 – Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927)

2009 – Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1990)

2010 – Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (born 1932)

2010 – James MacArthur, American actor (born 1937)

2010 – Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (born 1938)

2010 – Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (born 1934)

2011 – Tom Addington, English soldier (born 1919)

2012 – Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (born 1939)

2012 – John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (born 1936)

2012 – Jack Dellal, English businessman (born 1923)

2013 – Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1920)

2013 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1927)

2013 – Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (born 1949)

2013 – Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (born 1929)

2014 – Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (born 1927)

2014 – Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (born 1937)

2018 – Colin Sylvia, Australian rules footballer (born 1985)

2022 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1935)

2023 – Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor (born 1969)

2023 – Adam Johnson, American ice hockey player (born 1994)

2024 – Renato Martino, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1932)

2024 – Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)

2024 – Jamshid Sharmahd, German-American affiliate of Kingdom Assembly of Iran (born 1955)

2024 – Kazuo Umezu, Japanese manga artist (born 1936)

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

Francis Serrano

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