Wednesday, October 28
This Day in History
Notable events for this date, from the public record.
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Civil wars of the Tetrarchy: Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in Rome.
Read the record1453
Ladislaus the Posthumous was crowned King of Bohemia, although George of Poděbrady remained in control of the government.
Read the record1664
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.
Read the record1707
The Hōei earthquake ruptured all segments of the Nankai megathrust simultaneously – the only earthquake recorded to have done so.
Read the record1835
In the first major engagement of the Texas Revolution, the Texian Army repelled a Mexican attack at the grounds of Mission Concepcion south of Downtown San Antonio.
Read the record1886
In New York Harbor, U.S. president Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty (pictured), a gift from France commemorating the Declaration of Independence.
Read the record1925
The funerary mask of Tutankhamun, possibly originally made for Queen Neferneferuaten, was uncovered for the first time in approximately 3,250 years.
Read the record1928
Indonesian composer Wage Rudolf Supratman introduced "Indonesia Raya", now the country's national anthem.
Read the record1965
In St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., the 630-foot (190 m)-tall steel catenary Gateway Arch was completed.
Read the record1971
Prospero (flight spare pictured), the first British satellite launched on a British rocket, lifted off from Launch Area 5B in Woomera, South Australia.
Read the record2007
In the Argentine general election, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman to be elected president of Argentina.
Read the record2013
Members of the Turkistan Islamic Party drove a vehicle into a crowd in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, killing five people and injuring thirty-eight others.
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