About October 28

October 28, 2025 is the 301st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 64 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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Scorpio is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 112 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On October 28

  • 306 –
    Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
  • 1516 –
    Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza.
  • 1538 –
    The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established.
  • 1707 –
    The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan
  • 1775 –
    American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.
  • 1776 –
    American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains – British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans.
  • 1834 –
    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.
  • 1835 –
    The United Tribes of New Zealand is established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence.
  • 1886 –
    In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
  • 1918 –
    World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of an independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years.
  • 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.
  • 1929 –
    Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval.
  • 1940 –
    World War II: Greece rejects Italy’s ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece’s entry into World War II.
  • 1942 –
    The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • 1948 –
    Swiss chemist Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
  • 1965 –
    Construction on the St. Louis Arch is completed.
  • 1982 –
    The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party wins elections, leading to the first Socialist government in Spain after death of Franco. Felipe Gonzalez becomes Prime Minister-elect.
  • 1998 –
    An Air China jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan.
  • 2006 –
    The 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.
  • 2007 –
    Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina.

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