October 28
Today in America's Present Past
1636 | Harvard University was founded by a vote of the Massachusetts General Court.
1646 | Civil Rights: First Protestant church assembly for American Indians established in Massachusetts.
1754 | Revolutionary War hero and abolitionist John Laurens was born.
1776 | War of Independence: The Battle of White Plaines, New York.
1790 | The state of New York sells its claims to Vermont for $30,000.
1793 | Eli Whitney applies for a patent on the cotton gin machine.
1793 | Entrepreneur Eliphalet Remington was born.
1800 | Revolutionary War hero Artemas Ward died.
1818 | First Lady Abigail Adams died.
1835 | The Texas Battle of Concepción.
1846 | An early blizzard in the Sierra Nevadas starts, trapping the Donner pioneer Party.
1856 | Composer Franz Xavier Arens was born.
1863 | Civil War: The Battle at Wauhatchie, Georgia.
1864 | Civil War: The Battle of Wauhatchie, Tennessee.
1864 | Entrepreneur Adolfo Camarillo was born.
1864 | Civil War: The Second Battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia.
1864 | Civil War: The Second Battle of Newtonia, Missouri.
1867 | Maimonides College was founded.
1875 | Geographer Gilbert H. Grosvenor was born.
1886 | The Statue of Liberty was dedicated by President Cleveland, celebrated with the first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City, New York.
1893 | Mayor of Chicago Carter Harrison was assassinated by a disgruntled supporter.
1899 | Inventor Ottmar Mergenthaler died.
1914 | Scientist Jonas Salk was born.
1914 | Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was founded.
1916 | Meteorologist Cleveland Abbe died.
1919 | POTUS: Democrat President Wilson’s veto of the Prohibition Enforcement Bill is overridden.
1921 | The first gubernatorial recall election is held in North Dakota.
1922 | The first coast-to-coast broadcast of a football game.
1929 | Biologist Franklin W. Stahl was born.
1929 | Poet John Hollander was born.
1936 | POTUS: Democrat President Roosevelt rededicates the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
1944 | First woman to earn a Ph.D Helen Magill White died.
1954 | Ernest Hemingway earns the Nobel Prize for literature.
1955 | Entrepreneur Bill Gates was born.
1955 | Entrepreneur Indra Nooyi was born.
1936 | POTUS: Republican President Reagan rededicates the Statue of Liberty on its centennial anniversary.
1936 | Musician Charlie Daniels was born.
1967 | Actress Julia Roberts was born.
1972 | Musician Brad Paisley was born.
1973 | Pro Wrestler Montel Vontavious Porter was born.
1974 | Actor Joaquin Phoenix was born.
1980 | Pro Wrestler Christy Hemme was born.
2005 | Chemist Richard Smalley died.
2022 | Entertainer Jerry Lee Lewis died.
2023 | Actor Matthew Perry died.