What are the important events that happened on October 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 28: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 28 is the 301^st 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.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 15, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,761,609,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahenagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac 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.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,694 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 28 Historical Events

• 1516 –
  Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza.
• 1707 –
  The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan
• 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 –
  A new Polish government in Western Galicia is established.
• 1940 –
  World War II: Greece rejects Italy’s ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece’s entry into World War II.
• 1995 –
  289 people are killed and 265 injured in Baku Metro fire, the deadliest subway disaster.
• 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.

Who were born on October 28?

• 1466 –
  Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, Dutch theologian and Catholic priest (d. 1536)
• 1691 –
  Peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720)
• 1877 –
  Joe Adams, American baseball player (d. 1952)
• 1913 –
  Douglas Seale, English actor (d. 1999)
• 1959 –
  James Keelaghan, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
• 1960 –
  Mark Derwin, American actor
• 1967 –
  Julia Roberts, American actress
• 1969 –
  Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Puerto Rican screenwriter and producer
• 1971 –
  Leonidas Sabanis, Greek weightlifter
• 1987 –
  Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter

Who died on October 28?

• 1412 –
  Margaret I of Denmark, wife of Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1353)
• 1485 –
  Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch humanist (b. 1443)
• 1661 –
  Agustín Moreto y Cavana, Spanish playwright (b. 1518)
• 1708 –
  Prince George of Denmark, consort of Anne of England (b. 1653)
• 1857 –
  Louis Eugène Cavaignac, French soldier and politician (b. 1802)
• 1939 –
  Alice Brady, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1959 –
  Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary figure (b. 1932)
• 2002 –
  Margaret Booth, American film editor (b. 1898)
• 2010 –
  James MacArthur, American actor (b. 1937)
• 2010 –
  Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlander statesman (b. 1938)