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28th of October 0097 EVENT Emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard, to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
28th of October 0306 EVENT Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
28th of October 0312 EVENT Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine I defeats Maxentius, becoming the sole Roman Emperor.
28th of October 1061 EVENT Empress Agnes, acting as Regent for her son, brings about the election of Bishop Cadalus, the Antipope Honorius II.
28th of October 1516 EVENT Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza.
28th of October 1531 EVENT Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia falls under Imam Ahmad's control.
28th of October 1538 EVENT The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomas de Aquino, is established.
28th of October 1628 EVENT The Siege of La Rochelle, which had lasted for 14 months, ends with the surrender of the Huguenots.
28th of October 1636 EVENT A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
28th of October 1664 EVENT The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
28th of October 1707 EVENT The 1707 Hoei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, Japan
28th of October 1775 EVENT American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.
28th of October 1776 EVENT American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains : British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans.
28th of October 1834 EVENT The Battle of Pinjarra is fought in the Swan River Colony in present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. Between 14 and 40 Aborigines are killed by British colonists.
28th of October 1835 EVENT The United Tribes of New Zealand is established with the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
28th of October 1864 EVENT American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) ends : Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia.
28th of October 1886 EVENT In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
28th of October 1891 EVENT The Mino-Owari earthquake, the largest earthquake in Japan's history, strikes Gifu Prefecture.
28th of October 1893 EVENT Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathetique, receives its premiere performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer's death.
28th of October 1915 EVENT Richard Strauss conducts the first performance of his tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie in Berlin.
28th of October 1918 EVENT World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years.
28th of October 1918 EVENT New Polish government in Western Galicia is established.
28th of October 1919 EVENT The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
28th of October 1922 EVENT March on Rome: Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
28th of October 1928 EVENT Declarated of Youth Pledge in Indonesia , the first time Indonesia Raya song was sung
28th of October 1929 EVENT Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval.
28th of October 1936 EVENT U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicates the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
28th of October 1940 EVENT World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece's entry into World War II.
28th of October 1942 EVENT The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska.
28th of October 1948 EVENT Swiss chemist Paul Muller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
28th of October 1954 EVENT The modern Kingdom of the Netherlands is re-founded as a federal monarchy.
28th of October 1958 EVENT John XXIII, is elected as Pope.
28th of October 1962 EVENT Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that he had ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
28th of October 1964 EVENT Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam.
28th of October 1965 EVENT Construction on the St. Louis Arch is completed.
28th of October 1965 EVENT Nostra Aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of responsibility for the death of Jesus, reversing Innocent III's 760 year-old declaration.
28th of October 1971 EVENT Britain launches its first satellite, Prospero, into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket.
28th of October 1982 EVENT Spanish Socialist Workers' Party wins elections, leading to first Socialist government in Spain after death of Franco. Felipe Gonzalez becomes Prime Minister-elect.
28th of October 1985 EVENT Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
28th of October 1986 EVENT The centenary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty is celebrated in New York Harbor.
28th of October 1995 EVENT 289 people are killed and 265 injured in Baku Metro fire, the deadliest subway disaster.
28th of October 1998 EVENT An Air China jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan.
28th of October 2005 EVENT Plame affair: Lewis Libby, Vice-president Dick Cheney's chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. Libby resigns later that day.
28th of October 2006 EVENT Funeral service takes place for those executed at Bykivnia forest, outside Kiev, Ukraine. 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s : early 1940s are reburied.
28th of October 2007 EVENT Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina.
28th of October 2009 EVENT NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program.
28th of October 2009 EVENT The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
28th of October 1466 BIRTHDAY Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch theologian and Catholic priest (d. 1536)
28th of October 1510 BIRTHDAY Francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572)
28th of October 1585 BIRTHDAY Cornelius Jansen, Dutch bishop (d. 1638)
28th of October 1667 BIRTHDAY Maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740)
28th of October 1691 BIRTHDAY Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720)
28th of October 1697 BIRTHDAY Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768)
28th of October 1703 BIRTHDAY Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (d. 1768)
28th of October 1718 BIRTHDAY Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary (d. 1793)
28th of October 1767 BIRTHDAY Queen Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel of Denmark and Norway (d. 1852)
28th of October 1793 BIRTHDAY Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer (d. 1861)
28th of October 1804 BIRTHDAY Pierre Francois Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (d. 1849)
28th of October 1818 BIRTHDAY Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d. 1883)
28th of October 1837 BIRTHDAY Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese shogun (d. 1913)
28th of October 1839 BIRTHDAY Edward P. Allen, American politician (d. 1909)
28th of October 1845 BIRTHDAY Zygmunt Florenty Wroblewski, Polish physicist (d. 1888)
28th of October 1846 BIRTHDAY Georges Auguste Escoffier, French chef (d. 1935)
28th of October 1854 BIRTHDAY Jean-Marie Guyau, French philosopher and poet (d. 1888)
28th of October 1860 BIRTHDAY Jigoro Kano, Japanese martial artist (d. 1938)
28th of October 1864 BIRTHDAY Adolfo Camarillo, American-born Mexican land owner and rancher (d. 1958)
28th of October 1875 BIRTHDAY Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, American geographer and editor (d. 1966)
28th of October 1877 BIRTHDAY Joe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1952)
28th of October 1879 BIRTHDAY Channing H. Cox, American politician (d. 1968)
28th of October 1881 BIRTHDAY Bruno Soderstrom, Swedish athlete (d. 1969)
28th of October 1881 BIRTHDAY Vin Coutie, Australian footballer
28th of October 1884 BIRTHDAY William Douglas Cook, New Zealander horticulturalist (d. 1967)
28th of October 1885 BIRTHDAY Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet (d. 1922)
28th of October 1889 BIRTHDAY Juliette Beliveau, Quebec comedian (d. 1975)
28th of October 1891 BIRTHDAY Ormer Locklear, American movie stunt pilot (d. 1920)
28th of October 1892 BIRTHDAY Dink Johnson, American musician (d. 1954)
28th of October 1896 BIRTHDAY Howard Hanson, American composer (d. 1981)
28th of October 1897 BIRTHDAY Edith Head, American costume designer (d. 1981)
28th of October 1901 BIRTHDAY Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (d. 1979)
28th of October 1902 BIRTHDAY Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (d. 1986)
28th of October 1903 BIRTHDAY Evelyn Waugh, English writer (d. 1966)
28th of October 1907 BIRTHDAY John Hewitt, Northern Irish poet (d. 1987)
28th of October 1908 BIRTHDAY Arturo Frondizi, Argentine politician (d. 1995)
28th of October 1909 BIRTHDAY Francis Bacon, Irish painter (d. 1992)
28th of October 1912 BIRTHDAY Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (d. 2005)
28th of October 1913 BIRTHDAY Douglas Seale, English actor (d. 1999)
28th of October 1914 BIRTHDAY Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (d. 1995)
28th of October 1914 BIRTHDAY Glenn Robert Davis, American politician (d. 1988)
28th of October 1914 BIRTHDAY Richard Laurence Millington Synge, British biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
28th of October 1917 BIRTHDAY Jack Soo, American actor (d. 1979)
28th of October 1921 BIRTHDAY Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (the 40th Yokozuna) (d. 1973)
28th of October 1922 BIRTHDAY Butch van Breda Kolff, American basketball coach (d. 2007)
28th of October 1922 BIRTHDAY Gershon Kingsley, German composer
28th of October 1922 BIRTHDAY Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (d. 2003)
28th of October 1924 BIRTHDAY Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (d. 1996)
28th of October 1925 BIRTHDAY Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (d. 2006)
28th of October 1926 BIRTHDAY Bowie Kuhn, American baseball executive (d. 2007)
28th of October 1927 BIRTHDAY Cleo Laine, British singer
28th of October 1927 BIRTHDAY Roza Makagonova, Russian actress (d. 1995)
28th of October 1928 BIRTHDAY Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general
28th of October 1928 BIRTHDAY Iry LeJeune, American musician (d. 1955)
28th of October 1929 BIRTHDAY Joan Plowright, British actress
28th of October 1929 BIRTHDAY Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (d. 1988)
28th of October 1929 BIRTHDAY John Hollander, American poet
28th of October 1930 BIRTHDAY Bernie Ecclestone, English motorsports figure
28th of October 1932 BIRTHDAY Suzy Parker, American actress (d. 2003)
28th of October 1932 BIRTHDAY Spyros Kyprianou, Cyprian politician (d. 2002)
28th of October 1933 BIRTHDAY Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (d. 1983)
28th of October 1935 BIRTHDAY Alan Clarke, British film director (d. 1990)
28th of October 1936 BIRTHDAY Charlie Daniels, American musician
28th of October 1936 BIRTHDAY Carl Davis, American-born British conductor and composer
28th of October 1937 BIRTHDAY Lenny Wilkens, American basketball player and coach
28th of October 1938 BIRTHDAY Dave Budd, American basketball player
28th of October 1938 BIRTHDAY Anne Perry, English-born novelist
28th of October 1938 BIRTHDAY David Dimbleby, English television commentator
28th of October 1939 BIRTHDAY Miroslav Cerar, Yugoslav gymnast
28th of October 1939 BIRTHDAY Jane Alexander, American actress
28th of October 1940 BIRTHDAY Susan Harris, American television writer and producer
28th of October 1941 BIRTHDAY Hank Marvin, English guitarist
28th of October 1941 BIRTHDAY Curtis Lee, American singer
28th of October 1941 BIRTHDAY John Hallam, Irish actor (d. 2006)
28th of October 1942 BIRTHDAY Kees Verkerk, Dutch speed skater
28th of October 1943 BIRTHDAY Conny Froboess, German singer
28th of October 1943 BIRTHDAY Charo Lopez, Spanish actress
28th of October 1944 BIRTHDAY Dennis Franz, American actor
28th of October 1944 BIRTHDAY Anton Schlecker, German businessman
28th of October 1944 BIRTHDAY Coluche, French comedian and actor (d. 1986)
28th of October 1945 BIRTHDAY Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (d. 2006)
28th of October 1945 BIRTHDAY Wayne Fontana, British singer (The Mindbenders)
28th of October 1946 BIRTHDAY Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and coach
28th of October 1946 BIRTHDAY John Hewson, Australian politician
28th of October 1948 BIRTHDAY Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
28th of October 1949 BIRTHDAY Bruce Jenner, American athlete
28th of October 1949 BIRTHDAY Tracy Reed, American actress
28th of October 1950 BIRTHDAY Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian human rights activist
28th of October 1950 BIRTHDAY Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
28th of October 1952 BIRTHDAY Annie Potts, American actress
28th of October 1953 BIRTHDAY Desmond Child, American songwriter
28th of October 1953 BIRTHDAY Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman and hockey executive
28th of October 1955 BIRTHDAY Bill Gates, American software executive
28th of October 1956 BIRTHDAY Dave Wyndorf, American singer (Monster Magnet)
28th of October 1956 BIRTHDAY Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian politician
28th of October 1957 BIRTHDAY Stephen Morris, British musician (Joy Division and New Order)
28th of October 1957 BIRTHDAY Zach Wamp, American politician
28th of October 1958 BIRTHDAY Ashok Chavan, Indian politician
28th of October 1958 BIRTHDAY William Reid, Scottish musician (The Jesus and Mary Chain)
28th of October 1959 BIRTHDAY Randy Wittman, American basketball player
28th of October 1960 BIRTHDAY Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist
28th of October 1960 BIRTHDAY Mark Derwin, American actor
28th of October 1962 BIRTHDAY Daphne Zuniga, American actress
28th of October 1962 BIRTHDAY Scotty Nguyen, Vietnamese-born American professional poker player
28th of October 1962 BIRTHDAY Erik Thorstvedt, Norwegian footballer
28th of October 1963 BIRTHDAY Lauren Holly, American actress
28th of October 1963 BIRTHDAY James Miller, American parachutist and paraglider pilot (d. 2002)
28th of October 1963 BIRTHDAY Eros Ramazzotti, Italian singer
28th of October 1963 BIRTHDAY Sheryl Underwood, American comedian
28th of October 1965 BIRTHDAY Jami Gertz, American actress
28th of October 1966 BIRTHDAY Steve Atwater, American football player
28th of October 1966 BIRTHDAY Aris Spiliotopoulos, Greek politician
28th of October 1966 BIRTHDAY Andy Richter, American comedian and actor
28th of October 1967 BIRTHDAY Julia Roberts, American actress
28th of October 1967 BIRTHDAY Monica Chan, Hong Kong actress and beauty pageant winner
28th of October 1967 BIRTHDAY John Romero, American video game designer
28th of October 1967 BIRTHDAY Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein
28th of October 1967 BIRTHDAY Kevin Macdonald, Scottish film director
28th of October 1968 BIRTHDAY Marc Lievremont, French rugby union footballer and coach
28th of October 1969 BIRTHDAY Ben Harper, American musician
28th of October 1969 BIRTHDAY Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
28th of October 1972 BIRTHDAY Terrell Davis, American football player
28th of October 1972 BIRTHDAY Brad Paisley, American musician
28th of October 1973 BIRTHDAY Aleksandar Stanojevic, Serbian football manager and former player
28th of October 1973 BIRTHDAY Alvin Burke, Jr., American professional wrestler
28th of October 1974 BIRTHDAY Joaquin Phoenix, American actor
28th of October 1974 BIRTHDAY Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer
28th of October 1974 BIRTHDAY Braden Looper, American baseball player
28th of October 1974 BIRTHDAY Dejan Stefanovic, Serbian footballer
28th of October 1974 BIRTHDAY Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and beauty queen
28th of October 1976 BIRTHDAY Keiron Cunningham, Welsh rugby league player
28th of October 1977 BIRTHDAY Lauren Woodland, American actress
28th of October 1978 BIRTHDAY Marta Etura, Spanish actress
28th of October 1978 BIRTHDAY Justin Guarini, American singer
28th of October 1979 BIRTHDAY Martin Skoula, Czech ice hockey player
28th of October 1979 BIRTHDAY Aki Hakala, Finnish musician
28th of October 1980 BIRTHDAY Kanzi, American bonobo
28th of October 1980 BIRTHDAY Christy Hemme, American professional wrestler
28th of October 1980 BIRTHDAY Dimitri Liakopoulos, Greek actor
28th of October 1980 BIRTHDAY Alan Smith, English footballer
28th of October 1981 BIRTHDAY Solomon Andargachew, Ethiopian footballer
28th of October 1981 BIRTHDAY Milan Baros, Czech footballer
28th of October 1981 BIRTHDAY Nick Montgomery, English footballer
28th of October 1981 BIRTHDAY Nate McLouth, American baseball player
28th of October 1982 BIRTHDAY Mai Kuraki, Japanese singer
28th of October 1982 BIRTHDAY Jeremy Bonderman, American baseball player
28th of October 1982 BIRTHDAY Anthony Lerew, American baseball player
28th of October 1982 BIRTHDAY Matt Smith, English actor
28th of October 1983 BIRTHDAY Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
28th of October 1983 BIRTHDAY Joe Thomas, English actor
28th of October 1984 BIRTHDAY Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
28th of October 1984 BIRTHDAY Bryn Evans, New Zealander rugby player
28th of October 1984 BIRTHDAY Amanda Paige, American model
28th of October 1985 BIRTHDAY Troian Bellisario American Actress
28th of October 1986 BIRTHDAY Anthony Griffith, English footballer
28th of October 1988 BIRTHDAY Devon Murray, Irish singer and actor
28th of October 0312 DEATH Maxentius, Roman emperor (Born c.278)
28th of October 1225 DEATH Jien, Japanese poet and historian (Born 1155)
28th of October 1312 DEATH Queen Elisabeth of Tirol (Born 1262)
28th of October 1412 DEATH Margaret I of Denmark, wife of Haakon VI of Norway (Born 1353)
28th of October 1485 DEATH Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch humanist (Born 1443)
28th of October 1520 DEATH Pier Gerlofs Donia, Frisian pirate (Born 1480)
28th of October 1568 DEATH Ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (Born 1539)
28th of October 1627 DEATH Emperor Jahangir of India (Born 1569)
28th of October 1639 DEATH Stefano Landi, Italian composer (Born 1587)
28th of October 1646 DEATH William Dobson, English painter (Born 1610)
28th of October 1661 DEATH Agustin Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (Born 1518)
28th of October 1676 DEATH Jean Desmarets, French writer (Born 1595)
28th of October 1703 DEATH John Wallis, English mathematician (Born 1616)
28th of October 1704 DEATH John Locke, English philosopher (Born 1632)
28th of October 1708 DEATH Prince George of Denmark, consort of Anne of England (Born 1653)
28th of October 1716 DEATH Stephen Fox, British politician (Born 1627)
28th of October 1740 DEATH Empress Anna of Russia (Born 1693)
28th of October 1754 DEATH Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Born 1708)
28th of October 1755 DEATH Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (Born 1689)
28th of October 1763 DEATH Heinrich, count von Bruhl, German statesman (Born 1700)
28th of October 1768 DEATH Michel Blavet, French flutist (Born 1700)
28th of October 1792 DEATH Paul Mohring, German physician and scientist (Born 1710)
28th of October 1792 DEATH John Smeaton, British civil engineer (Born 1724)
28th of October 1800 DEATH Artemas Ward, American politician and soldier (Born 1727)
28th of October 1806 DEATH Charlotte Turner Smith, British poet and novelist (Born 1749)
28th of October 1818 DEATH Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States (Born 1744)
28th of October 1841 DEATH Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (Born 1792)
28th of October 1857 DEATH Louis Eugene Cavaignac, French soldier and politician (Born 1802)
28th of October 1877 DEATH Robert Swinhoe, British naturalist (Born 1835)
28th of October 1879 DEATH Marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French writer (Born 1799)
28th of October 1899 DEATH Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-born inventor (Born 1854)
28th of October 1900 DEATH Max Muller, German-born orientalist (Born 1823)
28th of October 1914 DEATH Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer, music critic and teacher (Born 1850)
28th of October 1916 DEATH Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (Born 1838)
28th of October 1916 DEATH Oswald Boelcke, German WWI pilot (Born 1891)
28th of October 1917 DEATH Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (Born 1831)
28th of October 1918 DEATH Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician (Born 1845)
28th of October 1929 DEATH Bernhard von Bulow, German statesman (Born 1849)
28th of October 1939 DEATH Alice Brady, American actress (Born 1892)
28th of October 1952 DEATH Billy Hughes, Australian politician (Born 1862)
28th of October 1957 DEATH Ernst Grafenberg, German physician and scientist (Born 1881)
28th of October 1959 DEATH Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary figure (Born 1932)
28th of October 1965 DEATH Earl Bostic, American saxophonist (Born 1913)
28th of October 1969 DEATH Constance Dowling, American actress (Born 1920)
28th of October 1970 DEATH Baby Huey, American soul singer (Born 1944)
28th of October 1973 DEATH Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer (Born 1889)
28th of October 1973 DEATH Sergio Tofano, Italian actor (Born 1883)
28th of October 1975 DEATH Oliver Nelson, American jazz composer and arranger (Born 1932)
28th of October 1975 DEATH Georges Carpentier, French boxer (Born 1894)
28th of October 1986 DEATH John Braine, British novelist (Born 1922)
28th of October 1987 DEATH Andre Masson, French artist (Born 1896)
28th of October 1989 DEATH Henry Hall, British bandleader (Born 1898)
28th of October 1990 DEATH Erich Gostl German WWII figure (Born 1925)
28th of October 1997 DEATH Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter (Born 1915)
28th of October 1998 DEATH Ted Hughes, British poet (Born 1930)
28th of October 2000 DEATH Lida Baarova, Czech actress (Born 1914)
28th of October 2000 DEATH Andujar Cedeno, Dominican baseball player (Born 1969)
28th of October 2000 DEATH Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (Born 1912)
28th of October 2001 DEATH Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch composer (Born 1910)
28th of October 2002 DEATH Margaret Booth, American film editor (Born 1898)
28th of October 2002 DEATH Erling Persson, Swedish entrepreneur (Born 1917)
28th of October 2004 DEATH Jimmy McLarnin, Northern Irish-born boxer (Born 1907)
28th of October 2005 DEATH Eugene K. Bird, German prison director (Born 1926)
28th of October 2005 DEATH Bob Broeg, American sports writer (Born 1918)
28th of October 2005 DEATH Raymond Hains, French artist (Born 1926)
28th of October 2005 DEATH Tony Jackson, American basketball player (Born 1942)
28th of October 2005 DEATH Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean singer and musician (Born 1922)
28th of October 2005 DEATH Ljuba Tadic, Serbian actor (Born 1929)
28th of October 2005 DEATH Richard Smalley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (Born 1943)
28th of October 2006 DEATH Red Auerbach, American basketball coach and executive (Born 1917)
28th of October 2006 DEATH Trevor Berbick, Jamaican boxer (Born 1955)
28th of October 2006 DEATH Marijohn Wilkin, American songwriter (Born 1920)
28th of October 2007 DEATH Jimmy Makulis, Greek singer (Born 1935)
28th of October 2007 DEATH Porter Wagoner, American country singer (Born 1927)
28th of October 2010 DEATH James MacArthur, American actor (Born 1937)
28th of October 2010 DEATH Gerard Kelly, Scottish actor (Born 1959)
28th of October 2010 DEATH Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlander statesman (Born 1938)
28th of October 2010 DEATH Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist (Born 1934)
28th of October 2010 DEATH Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist (Born 1932)