Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 28
This is a list of selected October 28 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| Feast day of Jude the Apostle (Western Christianity) | refimprove |
| Ohi Day in Greece (1940) | unreferenced |
| 1922 – The Fascist Blackshirts marched on Rome to take over the Italian government. | both Blackshirts and March on Rome need more footnotes |
| 1940 – The Balkans Campaign in World War II: Italy invaded Greece after Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas rejected Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's ultimatum demanding the occupation of Greek territory. | unreferenced section |
| 1965 – Nostra Aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, was promulgated by Pope Paul VI, absolving the Jews of the killing of Jesus, and calling for increased relations with all non-Christian religions. | refimprove, needs 3rd party sources |
Eligible
- 1886 – In New York Harbor, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty , a gift from France, to commemorate the centennial of the United States Declaration of Independence.
- 1918 – Czechoslovakia gained its independence from Austria-Hungary.
- 1919 – The U.S. Congress passed the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, reinforcing Prohibition in the United States.
- 1965 – In St. Louis, Missouri, the 630-foot (190 m) tall parabolic steel Gateway Arch was completed.
- 2007 – In the Argentine general election, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman to be elected President of Argentina, winning with a 22 percent lead over her nearest rival, one of the widest margins obtained by a candidate since the collapse of the National Reorganization Process in 1983.
October 28: Feast day of Simon the Zealot (Western Christianity)
- 312 – Constantine the Great (statue pictured) defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in Rome.
- 1664 – The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, the forerunner to the Royal Marines, was established at the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company in London.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: As George Washington's Continental Army retreated northward from New York City, the British Army captured the village of White Plains.
- 1835 – Māori chiefs signed the Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand and established the United Tribes of New Zealand.
- 1928 – Indonesian composer Wage Rudolf Supratman introduced "Indonesia Raya", now the country's national anthem.
- 1995 – The world's deadliest subway disaster took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, when an electrical malfunction caused a fire that killed 289 passengers and injured 265 more.