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« on: October 28, 2009, 07:15:47 am »

Wednesday, October 28th
The 301st day of 2009.
There are 64 days left in the year.
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Today's Highlights 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. (Go to article.)

On Oct. 28, 1914, Dr. Jonas Edward Salk, the American medical researcher who developed the first vaccine against polio, was born. Following his death on June 23, 1995, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
   On October 28, 1865, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about outdoor advertisements marring the beauty of the landscape. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
On this date in:

1636    Harvard College was founded.

1793    Eli Whitney applied for a patent for the cotton gin.

1919    Congress enacted the Volstead Act, which provided for enforcement of Prohibition, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.

1922    Fascism came to Italy as Benito Mussolini took control of the government.

1940    Italy invaded Greece during World War II.

1958    The Roman Catholic patriarch of Venice, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was elected pope, taking the name John XXIII.

1962    Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.

1965    Pope Paul VI issued a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

1976    Former Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman entered a federal prison camp in Safford, Ariz., to begin serving his sentence for Watergate-related convictions.

1980    Republican nominee Ronald Reagan asked voters during a debate with President Jimmy Carter in Cleveland "are you better off than you were four years ago?"

2005    Vice President Dick Cheney's top adviser, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, resigned after he was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice, perjury and making false statements in the CIA leak investigation. (Libby was convicted and sentenced to 30 months in prison. President George W. Bush commuted his sentence.)

2006    Hall of Fame basketball coach Red Auerbach died at age 89.

2007    Argentina's first lady, Cristina Fernandez, claimed victory in the country's presidential election, becoming the first woman elected to the post.

2008    Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to four months in jail for his part in a sex-and-text scandal.

Current Birthdays

Bill Gates turns 54 years old today.

AP Photo/Bernat Armangue Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates turns 54 years old today.


82    Cleo Laine
Jazz singer

80    Joan Plowright
Actress

73    Charlie Daniels
Country musician

72    Lenny Wilkens
Hall of Fame basketball coach

70    Jane Alexander
Actress

68    Curtis Lee
Singer

65    Dennis Franz
Actor ("NYPD Blue")

64    Wayne Fontana
Singer

61    Telma Hopkins
Actress

60    Bruce Jenner
Olympic track and field gold medalist

57    Annie Potts
Actress ("Designing Women")

52    Stephen Morris
Rock musician (New Order)

51    Ron Hemby
Country musician (The Buffalo Club)

51    William Reid
Rock musician (The Jesus & Mary Chain)

49    Mark Derwin
Actor

47    Daphne Zuniga
Actress ("Melrose Place")

46    Lauren Holly
Actress

44    Jami Gertz
Actress

43    Chris Bauer
Actor

43    Andy Richter
Actor, comedian

41    Caitlin Cary
Country musician

40    Jeremy Davies
Actor

40    Ben Harper
Rock singer

37    Terrell Davis
Football player

37    Brad Paisley
Country singer

35    Joaquin Phoenix
Actor ("Walk the Line")

31    Justin Guarini
Singer ("American Idol")

30    Brett Dennen
Singer

30    Dave Tirio
Rock musician (Plain White T's)

Historic Birthdays

Dr. Jonas Edward Salk

10/28/1914 - 6/23/1995
American physician and researcher; developed polio vaccine
(Go to obit.)

38    Henry III
10/28/1017 - 10/5/1056
King of Holy Romam Empire and Germany (1046-56)

69    Desiderius Erasmus
10/28/1466 - 7/12/1536
Dutch scholar

52    Cornelius Otto Jansen
10/28/1585 - 5/6/1638
Flemish Roman Catholic reform leader

67    Eliphalet Remington
10/28/1793 - 8/12/1861
American firearms manufacturer and inventor

88    Georges Auguste Escoffier
10/28/1846 - 2/12/1935
French culinary artist

90    Gilbert H. Grosvenor
10/28/1875 - 2/4/1966
American geographer; president of National Geographic Society (1920-54)

84    Howard Hanson
10/28/1896 - 2/26/1981
American composer and conductor

83    Edith Head
10/28/1897 - 10/24/1981
American motion-picture costume designer

62    Evelyn Waugh
10/28/1903 - 4/10/1966
English writer

82    Francis Bacon
10/28/1909 - 4/28/1992
British painter


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