UNDATED (AP) Monday, Oct. 28, is the 301st day of 2019. There are 64 days left in the year.
- Highlight in History:
- On Oct. 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
- On this date:
- In 1726, the original edition of Gulliver’s Travels, a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift, was first published in London.
- In 1858, Rowland Hussey Macy opened his first New York store at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan.
- In 1922, fascism came to Italy as Benito Mussolini took control of the government.
- In 1940, Italy invaded Greece during World War II.
- In 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba; in return, the U.S. secretly agreed to remove nuclear missiles from U.S. installations in Turkey.
- In 1965, Pope Paul VI issued a Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions which, among other things, absolved Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
- In 1976, former Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman entered a federal prison camp in Safford, Arizona, to begin serving his sentence for Watergate-related convictions (he was released in April 1978).
- In 1980, President Jimmy Carter and Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan faced off in a nationally broadcast, 90-minute debate in Cleveland.
- In 2001, the families of people killed in the September 11 terrorist attack gathered in New York for a memorial service filled with prayer and song.
- In 2002, American diplomat Laurence Foley was assassinated in front of his house in Amman, Jordan, in the first such attack on a U.S. diplomat in decades.
- Also in 2002, a student flunking out of the University of Arizona nursing school shot three of his professors to death, then killed himself.
- In 2003, firefighters beat back flames on Los Angeles’ doorstep, saving hundreds of homes in the city’s San Fernando Valley from California’s deadliest wildfires in more than a decade.
- In 2013, Penn State said it would pay $59.7 million to 26 young men over claims of child sexual abuse at the hands of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
- Ten years ago:
- Taliban militants stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff in the heart of the Afghan capital, leaving 11 dead, including five U.N. staff and three attackers.
- A car bomb exploded in a crowded market in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing at least 112.
- Angela Merkel was sworn in for a second term as German chancellor.
- The defending champion Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Yankees 6-1 in Game 1 of the World Series.
- Five years ago:
- An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff, with debris falling in flames over the launch site in Virginia.
- A video was posted online by a group called Hollaback! showing actress Shoshana Roberts being verbally accosted by men as she silently walked through Manhattan over a 10-hour period; the video “went viral,” spurring outrage and sparking discussions about the pervasiveness of street harassment that women face.
- The World Series was evened at three games each as the Kansas City Royals routed the San Francisco Giants 10-0.
- One year ago:
- The Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-1, with the help of two home runs from Steve Pearce, to wrap up a World Series in five games.
- A brash far-right congressman, Jair Bolsonaro, cruised to a 10-point victory in Brazil’s presidential election, becoming the latest world leader to rise to power by mixing tough, often violent talk with hard-right positions.
- Birthdays:
- Jazz singer Cleo Laine is 92.
- Actress Joan Plowright is 90.
- Musician-songwriter Charlie Daniels is 83.
- Actress Jane Alexander is 80.
- Jazz singer Andy Bey is 80.
- Actor Dennis Franz is 75.
- Pop singer Wayne Fontana is 74.
- Actress Telma Hopkins is 71.
- Caitlyn Jenner is 70.
- Actress Annie Potts is 67.
- Songwriter/producer Desmond Child is 66.
- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is 64.
- The former president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is 63.
- Rock musician Stephen Morris (New Order) is 62.
- Country/gospel singer-musician Ron Hemby (The Buffalo Club) is 61.
- Rock singer-musician William Reid (The Jesus & Mary Chain) is 61.
- Actor Mark Derwin is 59.
- Actress Daphne Zuniga is 57.
- Actress Lauren Holly is 56.
- Talk show host-comedian-actress Sheryl Underwood is 56.
- Actress Jami Gertz is 54.
- Actor Chris Bauer is 53.
- Actor-comedian Andy Richter is 53.
- Jazz bassist Richard Bona is 52.
- Actress Julia Roberts is 52.
- Country singer-musician Caitlin Cary is 51.
- Actor Jeremy Davies is 50.
- Singer Ben Harper is 50.
- Jazz guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel is 49.
- Country singer Brad Paisley is 47.
- Actor Joaquin Phoenix is 45.
- Actress Gwendoline Christie is 41.
- Singer Justin Guarini (TV: American Idol) is 41.
- Pop singer Brett Dennen is 40.
- Rock musician Dave Tirio (Plain White T’s) is 40.
- Actor Charlie Semine is 39.
- Actor Matt Smith is 37.
- Actor Finn Wittrock is 35.
- Actress Troian Bellisario is 34.
- Singer/rapper Frank Ocean is 32.
- Actress Lexi Ainsworth (TV: General Hospital) is 27.
- Actor Nolan Gould is 21.
- Thought for the day:
- “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” — George Orwell (Eric Blair), English author (1903-1950).
