Born on October 28
October 28 birthdays & history
If you were born on October 28, you share a birthday with Bill Gates, Erasmus and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. October 28 babies are Scorpio, with opal as their birthstone and the marigold as their birth flower. October 28 is the 302nd day of the year in leap years (301st in other years).
Famous people born on October 28
- 1955Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
- 1466Erasmus, Dutch philosopher
- 1956Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian engineer and politician, 6th President of Iran
- 1967Julia Roberts, American actress and producer
- 1974Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer
- 1914Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician
- 1933Garrincha, Brazilian footballer
- 1903Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic
- 1909Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator
- 1982Matt Smith, English actor and director
What happened on October 28
- 1453Ladislaus the Posthumous was crowned King of Bohemia, although George of Poděbrady remained in control of the government.
- 1835The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
- 1886In New York Harbor, U.S. president Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France commemorating the Declaration of Independence.
- 1925The funerary mask of Tutankhamun, possibly originally made for Queen Neferneferuaten, was uncovered for the first time in approximately 3,250 years.
- 1928Indonesian composer Wage Rudolf Supratman introduced "Indonesia Raya", now the country's national anthem.
- 1942The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
- 1948Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
- 1958John XXIII is elected Pope.
- 1965Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
- 1971Prospero, the first British satellite launched on a British rocket, lifted off from Launch Area 5B in Woomera, South Australia.
- 1982The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
- 2007In the Argentine general election, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman to be elected president of Argentina.
Also observed on October 28
- International Animation Day (ASIFA)
- Ohi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities), a national day in Greece.
- Youth Pledge Day or Hari Sumpah Pemuda (Indonesia)
Questions, answered
What star sign is October 28?
People born on October 28 are Scorpio. Their birthstone is opal and their birth flower is the marigold.
Which famous people were born on October 28?
Bill Gates (1955), Erasmus (1466), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Julia Roberts (1967), Joaquin Phoenix (1974), Jonas Salk (1914) were all born on October 28.
What happened on October 28 in history?
Among other things: in 1971, Prospero, the first British satellite launched on a British rocket, lifted off from Launch Area 5B in Woomera, South Australia; in 1982, The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party; in 2007, In the Argentine general election, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman to be elected president of Argentina.
Can I get a newspaper front page from October 28?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any October 28 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “October 28”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.