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October 28 in History

Browse historical events, births, deaths and battles recorded on October 28. Every item below is rendered from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

Events: 197Births: 3Deaths: 2Battles: 17Coronations: 5

Historical Events on October 28

1065
Abdication
Tostig · England · Oxford

At a general Witen Tostigs laws are anulled & Tostig is deposed

1065
Acceptance of Morcar
Harold II · England · Oxford

Harold accepts Morcar's recognition as Earl of Northumbria as part of the peace settlement.

1065
Acceptance of Tostig's Exile
Edward the Confessor · England · Oxford

Edward accepts Tostig's exile despite his earlier desire to restore him.

1065
Acceptance of Tostig's Exile
Harold II · England · Oxford

Harold accepts the settlement that sends his brother Tostig into exile.

1065
Advice Against Civil War
Harold II · England · Oxford

Harold supports compromise rather than a royal military campaign that could trigger civil war.

1065
Council of Oxford
Tostig · England · Oxford

At Oxford, Harold accepts the Northumbrian demands, Tostig remains outlawed, and Morcar is recognised as Earl of Northumbria.

1065
Council of Oxford
Tostig · England · Oxford

Morcar, Harolds brother-in-law, became the new Earl of Northumbria. Harold yields to the rebels demands & banishes Tostig from the country. At a general Witen Tostigs laws are anulled & Cnuts reinstated

1065
Deposition
Tostig · England · Oxford

The October settlement accepts Tostig's deposition from Northumbria and confirms Morcar as the new earl.

1065
Deposition Confirmed
Tostig · England · Oxford

The settlement at Oxford confirms Tostig's removal and recognizes Morcar as the new earl.

1065
Exile of Tostig
Tostig · England · Oxford

Morcar, Harolds brother-in-law, became the new Earl of Northumbria. Forced into exile in Norway

1065
Exile Settlement
Tostig · England · Oxford

The Oxford settlement leaves Tostig in exile and confirms Morcar as Earl of Northumbria.

1065
Oxford Conference
Morcar · England · Oxford

Morcar's supporters insist at Oxford that his election must be recognized.

1065
Oxford Mediation
Harold II · England · Oxford

Harold continues negotiations at Oxford after failing to reconcile Tostig with the Northumbrians.

1065
Oxford Negotiations
Tostig · England · Oxford

Negotiations at Oxford end without restoring Tostig to Northumbria.

1065
Oxford Settlement
Edward the Confessor · England · Oxford

Edward accepts a settlement recognizing Morcar and ending Tostig's rule in Northumbria.

1065
Presentation of Rebel Demands
Harold II · England · Oxford

Harold presents the rebels' demands to the royal government during the Oxford settlement.

1065
Reballion of Rebels in Oxford
Edward the Confessor · England · Oxford

Edward accepts the settlement under which Morcar replaces Tostig as Earl of Northumbria.

1065
Reballion of Rebels in Oxford
Edward the Confessor · England · Oxford

Morcar is elected Earl & Tostig deposed. At a general Witen Tostigs laws are anulled & Cnuts reinstated

1065
Reballion of Rebels in Oxford
Morcar · England · Oxford

Morcar is elected Earl & Tostig deposed. At a general Witen Tostigs laws are anulled & Cnuts reinstated

1065
Reballion of Rebels in Oxford
Morcar · England · Oxford

Morcar's position as Earl of Northumbria is accepted during the settlement reached at Oxford.

1065
Recognition as Earl
Morcar · England · Oxford

The Oxford settlement legalizes Morcar's position as Earl of Northumbria.

1065
Recognition of Morcar
Edward the Confessor · England · Oxford

Edward's government recognizes Morcar as Earl of Northumbria after the Oxford negotiations.

1307
Burial
Edward I · England · Westminster Abbey

Buried in Westminster Abbey

1600
Capture of Transylvania
Sigismund Bathory · Romania · Transylvania

Begins to persecute the Catholic population. An Imperial army under George Basta occupies Transylvania

1600
Imperial Army
Sigismund Bathory · Romania · Transylvania

An Imperial army under George Basta occupies Transylvania

1628
Capture of La Rochelle
Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu · France · La Rochelle

The starving Hugenot city of La Rochelle surrenders to Richelieu

1647
Agitators
Robert Everard · England · Putney

Everard, known as Buff Coat, speaks for the radical soldier representatives as the Agitators and New Agents bring their constitutional demands before the General Council of the Army

1647
Agitators
Matthew Weale · England · Putney

Weale is associated with the New Agents who help carry the soldiers' demands into the Putney Debates, where the Army Council is forced to examine the Agreement of the People

1647
Agitators
John Wildman · England · Putney

Wildman assists the Agitators and New Agents by presenting radical arguments for the Agreement of the People against the Grandees' more moderate settlement

1647
Agreement of the People
William Allen · England · Putney

Allen takes part among the soldiers' representatives supporting the Agreement of the People, seeking constitutional guarantees before the Army accepts any settlement with Parliament or the King

1647
Agreement of the People
Robert Everard · England · Putney

Everard, known as Buff Coat, represents the New Agents who bring the Agreement of the People into the Army Council as the soldiers' alternative to the Grandees' Heads of the Proposals

1647
Agreement of the People
Maximilian Petty · England · Putney

Petty supports the Agreement of the People as a written constitutional settlement, pressing the case that political authority should be founded on the birthright and consent of the people

1647
Agreement of the People
Edward Sexby · England · Putney

Sexby explains that soldiers and their civilian advisers have come to the Army Council to press the Agreement of the People because the Army's sacrifices require a secure public settlement

1647
Agreement of the People
John Wildman · England · Putney

Wildman and other radical representatives press the Agreement of the People before the Army Council during the Putney Debates

1647
Agreement of the People
John Wildman · England · Putney

Wildman and other radical representatives press the Agreement of the People before the General Council of the Army during the Putney Debates

1647
Agreement of the People
John Wildman · England · Putney

Wildman helps present the Agreement of the People before the General Council of the Army, arguing that England's settlement should rest on the people's consent rather than on King, Lords and Commons alone

1647
Army Council
John Wildman · England · Putney

Wildman takes part before the Army Council as radical soldiers and civilian Leveller advisers press the Agreement of the People against the more moderate Heads of the Proposals

1647
Grandees
Oliver Cromwell · England · Putney

Cromwell chairs the Army Council at Putney for the Grandees, attempting to preserve Army unity while allowing Agitators and Leveller advisers to present their constitutional demands

1647
Levellers
Robert Everard · England · Putney

Everard, known as Buff Coat, presents the Agreement of the People to the General Council of the Army and helps bring Leveller constitutional demands into the Army debates

1647
Levellers
Thomas Fairfax · England · Putney

Senior officers in the Army, nicknamed the Grandees, are angered by The Case of the Armie Truly Stated and invite the New Agents and their civilian supporters to debate their proposals before the General Council of the Army at the Putney Debates

1647
Levellers
Thomas Fairfax · England

Senior officers in the Army, nicknamed the Grandees, are angered by "The Case of the Army Truly Stated" and order the unofficial Agitators to explain their principles before the General Council of the Army at the Putney Debates

1647
Levellers
Edward Sexby · England · Putney

Sexby represents the Army radical side of the Leveller cause, arguing that the soldiers' sacrifices in the war require a settlement based on liberty, indemnity and political security

1647
Levellers
John Wildman · England · Putney

Wildman assists the Army radicals and New Agents at Putney, helping press the Leveller Agreement of the People against the Grandees' more moderate constitutional settlement

1647
Presentation of Agreement
John Wildman · England · Putney

Wildman helps present the Agreement of the People to the Army Council as an alternative constitutional settlement.

1647
Putney Debates
William Allen · England · Putney

Allen takes part as one of the Agitators, helping represent soldiers who believed the Army's sacrifices entitled them to a voice in the political settlement

1647
Putney Debates
William Clarke · England · Putney

Clarke records the proceedings for the General Council, preserving the arguments of the officers, Agitators and civilian advisers who took part

1647
Putney Debates
Oliver Cromwell · England · Putney

Cromwell attends Army Council debates over political settlement, representation and the army's demands.

1647
Putney Debates
Oliver Cromwell · England · Putney

Cromwell argues that the meeting should receive the radicals' proposals in orderly fashion so that the Army can judge their intentions and preserve unity

1647
Putney Debates
Oliver Cromwell · England · Putney

Cromwell chairs the opening session because Fairfax is absent and invites officers, soldiers and civilian advisers to speak on the public settlement after the First Civil War

1647
Putney Debates
Robert Everard · England · Putney

Everard, identified in the record as Buff Coat, presents the soldiers' request for advice on the Agreement of the People and joins the debate over the Army's political programme

1647
Putney Debates
Thomas Fairfax · England · Putney

Fairfax is absent through illness, but the debates take place under the authority of the Army command that sought to prevent division between officers and rank-and-file soldiers

1647
Putney Debates
Thomas Fairfax · England · Putney

Senior officers in the Army, nicknamed the Grandees, are angered by The Case of the Armie Truly Stated and invite the New Agents and their civilian supporters to explain their principles before the General Council of the Army at the Putney Debates

1647
Putney Debates
Thomas Fairfax · England

Senior officers in the Army (nicknamed "Grandees") were incensed by the "Case of the Army" and ordered the unofficial Agitators to give an account of their principles before the General Council of the Army, known as the Putney Debates

1647
Putney Debates
Henry Ireton · England · Putney

Ireton argues against immediate manhood suffrage and defends property-based political rights.

1647
Putney Debates
Henry Ireton · England · Putney

Ireton explains that The Case of the Army had been referred to a committee, creating the immediate reason for inviting the New Agents to state their principles at Putney

1647
Putney Debates
Henry Ireton · England · Putney

Ireton supports committee examination of The Case of the Army, because the Grandees want the New Agents' demands tested before the Army accepts any radical settlement

1647
Putney Debates
Maximilian Petty · England · Putney

Petty takes part as a civilian adviser connected with the Army radicals, supporting proposals for a written constitutional settlement based on popular consent

1647
Putney Debates
Maximilian Petty · England · Putney

The Agitators are assisted by civilians including John Wildman and Maximilian Petty, who had been connected to Army affairs as civilian advisers

1647
Putney Debates
Maximillian Petty · England · Putney

The Agitators are assisted by some civilians, notably John Wildman and Maximillian Petty, who had been connected to the Army as civilian advisers

1647
Putney Debates
Thomas Rainsborough · England · Putney

Rainsborough takes part as the highest-ranking officer sympathetic to the Leveller position and challenges continued negotiation with the King

1647
Putney Debates
Edward Sexby · England · Putney

Sexby says the Army and kingdom require speedy relief, making soldiers' arrears, indemnity and constitutional security part of the reason the debates take place

1647
Putney Debates
Edward Sexby · England · Putney

Sexby takes part for the Army radicals, explaining that soldiers and their advisers have come to present their constitutional demands to the General Council of the Army

1647
Putney Debates
Matthew Weale · England · Putney

Weale, probably the Bedfordshire Man from Whalley's regiment, is associated with the New Agents who brought the soldiers' constitutional case before the General Council

1647
Putney Debates
John Whalley · England · Putney

Whalley's regiment is represented through the soldier known as the Bedfordshire Man, showing that regimental agents helped force the constitutional dispute onto the Army Council's agenda

1647
Putney Debates
John Wildman · England · Putney

The Agitators are assisted by some civilians, notably John Wildman and Maximillian Petty, who had been connected to the Army as civilian advisers

1647
Putney Debates
John Wildman · England · Putney

The Agitators are assisted by civilians including John Wildman and Maximilian Petty, who had been connected to Army affairs as civilian advisers

1647
Putney Debates
John Wildman · England · Putney

Wildman takes part as a civilian adviser to the Army radicals, helping press the Agreement of the People as an alternative to settlement by King, Lords and Commons

1688
States General Support
William III of Orange · England · The Hague

The States General formally supports the expedition of William III of Orange, presenting the intervention as necessary for Dutch security and Protestant interests.

1836
Peru-Bolivian Confederation
Andres de Santa Cruz y Calahumana · Bolivia · Huaura

Santa Cruz creates the Peru-Bolivian Confederation and becomes its Supreme Protector.

1836
Rule of Peru
Andres de Santa Cruz y Calahumana · Bolivia · Huaura

Santa Cruz formally organises Bolivia, North Peru and South Peru within the confederation.

1850
Conference of Warsaw
Frederick William IV · Germany · Warsaw

Russia supports Austria's efforts to crush the revolutions of 1848

1850
Conference of Warsaw
Felix zu Schwarzenburg · Austria · Warsaw

The Conference of Warsaw results in Russian support for Austria as well as the restoration of the German Confederation

1850
Conference of Warsaw
Felix zu Schwarzenburg · Austria · Warsaw

The Warsaw Conference is attended by the Kingdom of Prussia, the Austrian Empire and the Russian Empire

1850
Conference of Warsaw
Felix zu Schwarzenburg · Austria · Warsaw

The aims of the conference are to re-establish order in the German states following the revolutions of 1848 and to prevent war between Austria and Prussia over the Hessian Question

1850
German Confederation
Felix zu Schwarzenburg · Austria · Warsaw

The Conference of Warsaw results in Russian support for Austria as well as the restoration of the German Confederation

1853
Calafat Bridgehead
Omar Pasha · Turkey · Calafat

Supports the Ottoman advance across the Danube that establishes the fortified Calafat bridgehead.

1853
Occupation of Calafat
Ismail Pasha · Turkey · Calafat

Crosses the Danube from Vidin and establishes an Ottoman bridgehead at Calafat.

1880
Constitution of Bolivia
Narciso Campero · Bolivia · La Paz

Campero promulgates the constitution that anchors Bolivia's later oligarchic republic.

1909
End of Holstein-Ledreborg Government
Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg · Denmark · Copenhagen

The Holstein-Ledreborg Government ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Council President of Denmark.

1909
First Zahle Government
Carl Theodor Zahle · Denmark · Copenhagen

Begins the First Zahle Government in Copenhagen and serves as Council President of Denmark.

1911
Naval War Staff
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Great Britain

Completes a memorandum advocating the creation of a Naval War Staff

1912
Defence of Scutari
Hasan Riza Pasha · Turkey · Scutari

Organises Ottoman resistance at Scutari.

1912
Promotion to Lieutenant
Alfred Jodl · Germany · Augsburg

Jodl is commissioned as a lieutenant in the Bavarian artillery.

1912
Siege of Scutari
Nicholas Petrovic-Njegos · Montenegro · Scutari

Montenegrin forces besiege Scutari.

1915
Dismissal
Henry Herbert Asquith · Great Britain

Reduces the size of the War Council

1915
Resignation of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Great Britain

Threatens to resign if Asquith carries out his announcement to reduce the War Council

1915
War Council Reduced
Henry Herbert Asquith · Great Britain

Reduces the size of the War Council.

1917
Kerensky-Krasnov Rising
Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky · Russia · Gatchina

Kerensky joins Krasnov's headquarters while seeking military support for a counter-revolutionary campaign.

1917
Kerensky-Krasnov Rising
Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov · Russia · Tsarskoye Selo

Krasnov gathers Cossack forces south of Petrograd after agreeing to support Kerensky's attempt to challenge Bolshevik power.

1917
Kerensky-Krasnov Rising
Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov · Russia · Gatchina

Krasnov's Cossack detachment advances toward Gatchina during the unsuccessful attempt to restore the Provisional Government.

1917
Military Revolutionary Committee
Nikolai Ilyich Podvoisky · Russia · Petrograd

The committee helps defend the new regime.

1918
Constitution of Germany
Maximilian of Baden · Germany · Berlin

The Kaiser signs amended constitution

1918
Czechoslovak Independence
Alois Rasin · Czech Republic · Prague

Helps proclaim Czechoslovak independence in Prague.

1922
Committee of Action
Benito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini · Italy · Milan

The Committee of Action is formed in Milan which becomes the fascist HQ

1922
Coup
Benito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini · Italy

The PNF is the main agent of an attempted coup, the March on Rome

1922
Declaration of Measures Safety
Luigi Facta · Italy

Signed by the Facta Cabinet, orders Royal guards & Carabinieri to prevent disturbances

1922
March on Rome
Benito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini · Italy

The PNF is the main agent of an attempted coup, the March on Rome

1922
Martial Law
Vittorio Emanuele · Italy

Agrees to declare a state of emergency & use the army to impose martial law

1922
PNF
Benito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini · Italy

The PNF is the main agent of an attempted coup, the March on Rome

1922
Reballion of Believes fascist
Emanuele Pugliese · Italy

Believes fascist revolt can ended in a few hours but the King refuses to use the Army

1922
Reballion of Believes the fascist
Emanuele Pugliese · Italy

Believes the fascist revolt can be put down but the King refuses to use the Army

1922
Reballion of put down the
Luigi Facta · Italy · Rome

Advises the King to use the Army to put down the rebellion but the King refuses

1922
Resignation of Luigi Facta
Luigi Facta · Italy

Fails to get Victor Emmanuel to agree to martial law & resigns

1922
State of Emergency
Vittorio Emanuele · Italy

Agrees to declare a state of emergency & use the army to impose martial law

1923
Prime Minister of Iran
Pahlavi · Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Persia

1929
Black Monday
Herbert Clerk Hoover · United States of America

The first "Black Monday", more investors decide to get out of the market, and the slide continues with a record loss in the Dow for the day of 13%

1929
Wall Street Crash
Herbert Clerk Hoover · United States of America

The first "Black Monday", more investors decide to get out of the market, and the slide continues with a record loss in the Dow for the day of 13%

1932
Prime Minister of Iran
Pahlavi · Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Persia

1935
Exile of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler · Germany · Berlin

17,000 Polish Jews are expelled

1938
International Brigade
Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Franco-Bahamonde · Spain · Barcelona

Farewell parade of the International Brigade

1939
Altmark Refuelling near Tristan da Cunha
Hans Langsdorff · Germany · Tristan da Cunha

Graf Spee meets Altmark near Tristan da Cunha for another refuelling before turning toward the Indian Ocean.

1939
Indian Ocean Diversion Begins
Hans Langsdorff · Germany · South Atlantic

Langsdorff turns Graf Spee toward the Indian Ocean to widen the search for merchant targets and complicate British tracking.

1940
Advisery War Council
Robert Menzies · Australia

Founds the Advisery War Council

1940
Greek War
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Great Britain · London

Promises support after Italy attacks Greece.

1940
Invasion of Greece
George II · Greece

The Battle of Greece becomes a continuation of the Greco-Italian War

1940
Invasion of Greece
Emmanuel Grazzi · Italy

Metaxas rejected the ultimatum (the refusal is commemorated as Ohi Day, a national holiday in Greece), but even before its expiration, Italian troops had invaded Greece through Albania. Italian Ambassador Emmanuel Grazzi presents Metaxas with a three-hour ultimatum, in which he demands free passage for troops to occupy unspecified "strategic sites" within Greek territory

1940
Invasion of Greece
Ioannis Metaxas · Greece

The Battle of Greece becomes a continuation of the Greco-Italian War

1940
Invasion of Greece
Benito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini · Italy

Metaxas rejects the Italian ultimatum (commemorated as Ohi Day, a national holiday in Greece)

1940
Invasion of Greece
Benito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini · Italy

The failed invasion attempt diverts German divisions from the Russian front

1940
Italian Ultimatum Rejected
Ioannis Metaxas · Greece · Athens

Metaxas rejects Italy's ultimatum and Greece enters the Second World War.

1941
Enigma Machine
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Great Britain · London

Orders urgent priority for Bletchley Park resources after receiving the codebreakers' appeal for more support.

1941
Enigma Machine
Alan Mathison Turing · Great Britain

Make sure they have all they want on extreme priority and report to me that this has been done.", more than two hundred bombes were in operation by the end of the war.

1941
Enigma Machine
Alan Mathison Turing · Great Britain

This record states: Churchill then wrote a memo to General Ismay which read: "ACTION THIS DAY.

1941
Enigma Machine
Alan Mathison Turing · Great Britain

This record states: Writes directly to Churchill spelling out his difficulties emphasising how small the need is compared with the vast expenditure of men and money by the forces and compared with the level of assistance they could offer.

1943
Strike
Franklin Delano Roosevelt · United States of America

Miners go on strike

1944
Invasion of Germany
Dwight David Eisenhower · United States of America · River Rhine

Orders destruction of German forces west of the Rhine to establish bridgeheads

1944
Northern Norway Evacuation Order Transmitted
Alfred Jodl · Germany · Berlin

Jodl transmits an order for evacuation and destruction in northern Norway as German forces withdraw.

1944
November Offensive
Dwight David Eisenhower · United States of America · River Rhine

Orders destruction of German forces west of the Rhine to establish bridgeheads

1944
Offensive
Dwight David Eisenhower · United States of America · River Rhine

Orders the November Offensive which destroys all German forces west of the River Rhine

1944
Scorched Earth Measures in Northern Norway Ordered
Alfred Jodl · Germany · Northern Norway

The order transmitted by Jodl directs destruction intended to deny shelter and resources to advancing Soviet forces.

1944
Wedemeyer Appointment
Chiang Kai-Shek · China · Chongqing

Appoints Albert Wedemeyer as chief of staff for the China Theater after the United States reorganizes the former China-Burma-India command.

1945
National Assembly
Eduard Benes · Czech Republic

Unanimously confirmed as the president of the republic by the National Assembly

1945
President of Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes · Czech Republic

Unanimously confirmed as the president of the republic by the National Assembly

1956
Israeli Intentions Assessed before Attack
John Foster Dulles · United States of America · Washington

Dulles receives reports indicating that Israeli military action against Egypt may be imminent.

1956
Israeli Mobilisation Warning Sent
Dwight D. Eisenhower · United States of America · Washington

Eisenhower warns Israel against widening the Middle East crisis as mobilisation becomes evident.

1956
Operation Kadesh Political Approval
David Ben-Gurion · Israel · Jerusalem

Ben-Gurion gives final political approval for the Sinai offensive.

1956
Operation Tarnegol Air Command
Dan Tolkowsky · Israel · Eastern Mediterranean

Tolkowsky commands the Israeli Air Force as it intercepts an Egyptian aircraft carrying senior military officers on the eve of Kadesh.

1956
Sinai Mobilisation Ordered
Moshe Dayan · Israel · Israel

Dayan orders final mobilisation and deployment for Operation Kadesh.

1958
Wir Wunderkinder
Kurt Hoffmann · Germany · West Germany

Directs Wir Wunderkinder, a satire of post-war West Germany.

1959
Metropole Hotel Registration
Lee Harvey Oswald · United States of America · Moscow

After leaving the hospital, Lee checked out of the Hotel Berlin and registered at Moscow's Metropole Hotel.

1961
Beatles, The
Brian Epstein · Great Britain · Liverpool

Brian Epstein learns of the existence of The Beatles

1962
Cuban Crisis Resolution Broadcast
Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev · Russia · Moscow

Publicly accepts a settlement based on Soviet missile withdrawal and an American pledge not to invade Cuba.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Sergei Biryuzov · Russia · Moscow

Biryuzov's missile forces received orders to dismantle the Cuban launch sites and prepare the strategic missiles for return shipment.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
McGeorge Bundy · United States of America · White House

Bundy helped coordinate immediate follow-up after the Soviet decision to dismantle and remove the offensive missiles.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Alejandro Castro · Cuba

Khrushchev agrees to remove the Soviet missiles from Cuba. Castro demands that the USA evacuate Cuba's Guantanamo naval base.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Alejandro Castro · Cuba · Havana

Castro issued five demands for a broader settlement and rejected foreign inspection on Cuban territory.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Alejandro Castro · Cuba · Havana

Castro learned that Khrushchev had agreed to remove the missiles without first securing Cuban approval of the settlement.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Raul Castro · Cuba · Cuba

Raul Castro helped manage Cuban military readiness after Moscow announced that the strategic missiles would be withdrawn.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Anatoly Dobrynin · Russia · Washington

Dobrynin reported American reactions to Moscow as the Soviet government announced acceptance of the missile-withdrawal settlement.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko · Russia · Moscow

Gromyko participated in implementing the diplomatic settlement after Khrushchev agreed to withdraw the offensive missiles.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Washington

Kennedy welcomed Khrushchev's decision as an important contribution to peace.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America · Washington

Kennedy directed officials to continue verification and quarantine measures until Soviet offensive weapons were actually removed.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Robert Francis Kennedy · United States of America · Washington

Robert Kennedy participated in discussions on implementing the agreement while maintaining secrecy around the private Turkish missile understanding.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev · Russia · Moscow

Khrushchev agrees to remove the Soviet missiles from Cuba. Khruschev removes the missiles but on the understanding the USA does not invade Cuba.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev · Russia · Moscow

Khrushchev ordered the offensive missiles dismantled and returned to the Soviet Union under the emerging settlement.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Rodion Malinovsky · Russia · Moscow

Malinovsky transmitted orders connected with dismantling and returning the offensive missile systems after the political settlement.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
John A. McCone · United States of America · Washington

McCone emphasized continued reconnaissance and verification after Khrushchev agreed to dismantle and remove the offensive missiles.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Robert McNamara · United States of America · Washington

McNamara directed the military to maintain pressure and surveillance while Soviet forces began preparing the missiles for removal.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Dean Rusk · United States of America · Washington

Rusk directed diplomatic work on verification and implementation after Moscow announced that the missiles would be removed.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Theodore Chaikin Sorensen · United States of America · White House

Sorensen assisted with Kennedy's public response welcoming the Soviet decision to remove the missiles from Cuba.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Maxwell Davenport Taylor · United States of America · Pentagon

Taylor kept United States forces at high readiness while officials awaited evidence that Soviet dismantling had begun.

1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Llewellyn Thompson · United States of America · White House

Thompson helped assess Khrushchev's acceptance message and advised continued attention to Soviet implementation.

1962
Government
John Fitzgerald Kennedy · United States of America

Welcomes Krushchevs offer to remove missiles from Cuba. Khruschev removes the missiles but on the understanding the USA does not invade Cuba

1962
Order to Dismantle Cuban Missiles
Nikita Sergeyevich Khruschev · Russia · Moscow

Orders Soviet offensive missiles in Cuba dismantled and returned to the Soviet Union.

1964
Shadow Minister
Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Great Britain

Appointed shadow spokesman on pensions

1965
Pope Paul VI issues a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for
Levi Eshkol · Israel

Pope Paul VI issues a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

1966
Face to Face
Raymond Douglas Davies · Great Britain · London

The Kinks release Face to Face.

1968
Federation Law
Gustav Husak · Slovakia · Prague

Supports federalisation creating Czech and Slovak republics.

1971
European Community Entry Vote
Roy Harris Jenkins · Great Britain · London

Votes for European Community entry and helps rally pro-European Labour Members of Parliament.

1971
Labour Rebellion on Europe
Roy Harris Jenkins · Great Britain · London

Defies Labour's official position during the decisive Commons vote on European entry.

1973
Kilometre 101
Mohamed Abdel Ghani el-Gamasy · Egypt · Kilometre 101

Meets Israeli officers at Kilometre 101 to discuss implementation of the ceasefire.

1974
Speaker of House of Commons
Selwyn Lloyd · Great Britain

Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons

1976
Geneva Conference Opens
Ian Douglas Smith · Zimbabwe · Geneva

Smith attends negotiations on an interim authority and the transfer to majority rule.

1976
Geneva Conference Opens
Ian Douglas Smith · Zimbabwe · Geneva

Smith attends the opening of the Geneva Conference on Rhodesia's political future.

1976
Nuclear Export Policy
Gerald Ford · United States of America · Washington

Restricts reprocessing and sensitive nuclear exports.

1977
Never Mind the Bollocks
Paul Cook · Great Britain · London

Provides the hard, direct drumming throughout Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.

1977
Never Mind the Bollocks
Steve Jones · Great Britain · London

Records most of the guitar work and some bass parts on the Sex Pistols' only studio album.

1977
Never Mind the Bollocks
Bill Price · Great Britain · London

Engineers Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols during sessions at Wessex Studios.

1977
Never Mind the Bollocks
Chris Thomas · Great Britain · London

Produces Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols with engineer Bill Price.

1978
Moving Targets Album
Pauline Murray · Great Britain · Great Britain

Moving Targets enters the UK albums chart and reaches number twenty-two.

1981
Majles Approval
Mir Hossein Mousavi · Iran · Tehran

Majles approves Mousavi as prime minister after Khomeini accepts him as a compromise candidate

1981
Metallica
James Hetfield · United States of America · Los Angeles

Metallica is formed by guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield and Danish-born drummer Lars Ulrich, after both had placed classified advertisements in the publication The Recycler about forming a band

1981
Metallica
Lars Ulrich · United States of America · Los Angeles

Metallica is formed by guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield and Danish-born drummer Lars Ulrich, after both had placed classified advertisements in the publication The Recycler about forming a band

1984
Strike
Arthur Scargill · Great Britain

The Sunday Times discloses the miners asked Libya for money

1986
Metallica
Jason Newsted · United States of America

Jason Newsted, formerly of Arizonas Flotsam and Jetsam is asked to join, Newsted officially joins Metallica three weeks after Burtons funeral

1990
Election
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev · Russia · Georgia

Non Communist Parties triumph in elections in Georgia & call for independence

1990
European Monetary Union
Guido Carli · Italy · Rome

Supports the Rome conclusions advancing the second stage of economic and monetary union.

1990
European Political Union
Gianni De Michelis · Italy · Rome

Supports the Rome conclusions favouring gradual transformation of the Community into a political union.

1990
Independence of Georgia
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev · Russia · Georgia

Non Communist Parties triumph in elections in Georgia & call for independence

1990
Independence of Russia
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev · Russia · Georgia

Non Communist Parties triumph in elections in Georgia & call for independence

1990
Rome EMU Timetable
Theodor Waigel · Germany · Rome

Supports work on the timetable and institutional design for economic and monetary union.

1990
Rome Monetary Union Discussions
Efthymios Christodoulou · Greece · Rome

Represents Greek economic policy during negotiations on the institutional design of monetary union.

2002
Presidency Member Takes Office
Dragan Covic · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Sarajevo

Dragan Covic becomes Croat member of the Presidency

2002
Presidency Member Takes Office
Mirko Sarovic · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Sarajevo

Mirko Sarovic becomes Serb member of the Presidency

2002
Presidency Member Takes Office
Sulejman Tihic · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Sarajevo

Sulejman Tihic becomes Bosniak member of the Presidency

2003
Youngest Arsenal First-Team Player
Cesc Fabregas · Spain · London

Becomes Arsenal's youngest first-team player in a League Cup match against Rotherham United.

2019
Article 50 Extension
Boris Johnson · Great Britain · Brussels

The European Union grants a Brexit extension to 31 January 2020.

Births on October 28

1880
Birth of Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans
Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans · Great Britain

Birth of Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans

1933
Birth of Garrinca
Garrincha · Brazil · Pau Grande

Birth of Garrinca

1956
Birth of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad · Iraq · Garmsar

Birth of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Deaths on October 28

1562
Death of Huntly
George Gordon · Scotland · Corrichie

Huntly dies after defeat and capture at Corrichie

1627
Death of Jahangir
Jahangir · India

Death of Indiairth of Nuruddin Salim Jahangir

Battles on October 28

312
Battle of Milvian Brid
Constantine I the Great · Roman Empire · Milvian Brid

Defeats Maxentius & makes himself Master of the Roman Western Empire

312
Battle of Saxa Rubra
Constantine I the Great · Roman Empire · Saxa Rubra

Constantine defeats the rebel legions of Maxentius

1516
Battle of Yaunis Khan
Sinan Pasha · Turkey · Yaunis Khan

Defeats a Marmeluke force near Gaza

1562
Battle of Corrichie
George Gordon · Scotland · Corrichie

Huntly is defeated by forces loyal to Mary

1562
Battle of Corrichie
James Stewart · Scotland · Corrichie

Defeats George Gordon Earl of Huntly at Corrichie near Aberdeen

1562
Battle of Corrichie
James Stewart · Scotland · Corrichie

Moray commands Mary's forces at Corrichie

1595
Battle of Guirgevo
Sinan Pasha · Turkey · Guirgevo

The Prince of Transylvania in alliance with the Habsburgs defeats Pasha

1595
Battle of Guirgevo
Sigismund Bathory · Romania · Guirgevo

The Prince of Transylvania conquers Wallachia by defeating Pasha

1599
Battle of Selimbar
Michael the Brave · Romania · Selimbar

Defeats Andrew Bathory and enters Transylvania.

1600
Battle of Suceava
Sigismund Bathory · Romania · Suceava

Defeated by Michael of Moldova

1708
Battle of Poltava
Ivan Mazepa · Ukraine · Baturyn

Breaks with Peter I and seeks Swedish support before the Poltava campaign.

1709
Battle of Poltava
Frederick IV · Denmark · Copenhagen

Re-enters the war against Sweden after the Swedish defeat at Poltava.

1745
Battle of Prestonpans
William Augustus · Great Britain · London

After the Jacobite victory at Prestonpans Cumberland has returned to England

1776
Battle of White Plains
George Washington · United States of America · White Plains

The British forces inflict heavy casualties on Washingtons army

1940
Battle of Greece
George II · Greece

The Battle of Greece becomes a continuation of the Greco-Italian War

1940
Battle of Greece
Ioannis Metaxas · Greece

The Battle of Greece becomes a continuation of the Greco-Italian War

1940
Battle of Greece
Benito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini · Italy

The Battle of Greece becomes a continuation of the Greco-Italian War

Coronations on October 28

1216
Coronation
Henry III · England · Westminster Abbey

A simple golden band was placed on the young boys head, not by the Archbishop of Canterbury but by another clergyman-either Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester or Cardinal Guala Bicchieri, the Papal legate.

1216
Coronation
Henry III · England · Westminster Abbey

Henry III is inducted for a 2nd time.

1216
Coronation
Henry III · England · Westminster Abbey

Henry III swears an oath to defend the Church of God.

1216
Coronation
Henry III · England · Westminster Abbey

Henry III swears an oath to protect the peace of clergy and people and to defend the law.

1216
Coronation
Henry III · England · Westminster Abbey

Henry III was the first monarch to be crowned while still a minor.

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