28 October is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. On this day in the tear: 1017 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1056) 1510 – Francisco Borgia, Spanish Jesuit (d. 1572) 1536 - Felix Platter, Swiss writer and physician (d. 1614) 1667 - Maria Anna of Neuburg, Queen of Spain (d. 1740) 1691 – Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720) 1697 – Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768) 1703 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (d. 1768) 1733 - Franz Ignaz von Beecke, German composer (d. 1803) 1767 – Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel, Queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1852) 1803 - Caroline Unger, Austrian singer (d. 1877) 1804 - Pierre Francois Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (d. 1849) 1818 - Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d. 1883) (November 9 in Gregorian calendar) 1864 - Adolfo Camarillo, American-born Mexican land owner and rancher (d. 1958) 1896 – Howard Hanson, American composer (d. 1981) 1914 – Jonas Salk, American doctor, developed the Polio vaccine (d. 1996) 1922 - Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician (d. 2003) 1927 – Cleo Laine, British singer 1930 – Bernie Ecclestone, British Formula 1 executive 1932 – Spyros Kyprianou, President of Cyprus (d. 2002) 1935 - Alan Clarke, British movie director (d. 1990) 1936 - Carl Davis, American-born British conductor and composer 1938 – David Dimbleby, British broadcaster 1941 - Curtis Lee, American singer 1945 - Wayne Fontana, American singer 1951 - Ronnie and Donnie Galyon, American conjoined twins 1955 – Bill Gates, American entrepreneur 1957 - Stephen Paul David Morris, British musician 1969 - Ben Harper, American rock musician 1972 – Brad Paisley, American musician 1979 – Ali Hakala, Finnish drummer 1979 - Natina Reed, American actress, rapper and singer-songwriter (d. 2012) 1984 – Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer 1987 - Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 01:45:00 +0000
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