Year 1420
Beijing had officially named the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
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28 October: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 28 October.
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Year 1490
Christopher Columbus arrived in Cuba after his first voyage.
Year 1627
Jahangir, Mughal emperor, weak from asthma and no food, died at Bhimghar near Kashmir. He was buried at Shahdara (Lahore) on the banks of the Ravi. During his last days, he remained in the custody of Aurangzeb.
Year 1636
Establishment of Harvard University in the United States.
Year 1811
Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died.
Year 1867
Swami Vivekanand Sister Nivedita, great freedom fighter, revolutionary and politician, was born at Dunganon in Ireland.
Year 1886
France presented the Statue of Liberty to America as a token of friendship.
Year 1888
Gandhiji reaches London. Lives on vegatarian diet. Takes lessons in dancing and music for a short time, thinking they are necessary parts of a gentleman's equipment.
Year 1904
Political relations were established between Panama and Uruguay.
Year 1913
Jain Shwetambar Terapanthi Sabha was established.
Year 1922
Fascists in Italy, led by Benito Mussolini, overthrow the government in Rome.
Year 1940
In World War II, Italy invaded Greece.
Year 1947
Sheikh Mohammad Abdulla invited to form an interim government in J&K.
Year 1962
Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, announced that his country will withdraw nuclear missiles deployed in Sadi, Cuba, targeted by the US.
Year 1962
US pledges to rush arms to India.
Year 1964
Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
Year 1969
Tarapur Atomic Power Station started.
Year 1981
Underground Metro Train Compartments were tested on trial basis at Calcutta.
Year 1984
Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe.
Year 1991
Chruchill Alemao of Goa set free by court.
Year 1992
Karnataka government withdraws order allowing nine private organisations to start capitation fee for engineering colleges.
Year 1997
Cabinet permits RBI to issue rupee notes of 1000 denomination.
Year 1997
Gold import placed under Open General Licence.
Year 2000
The Royal Canadian Mounted police arrest two Sikhs, Ripudaman Singh Malik (53) and Ajaib Singh Bagri (51), in Vancouver in connection with the downing of Air India Boeing 747 en route from Canada to London in 1985.
Born 1867
Margaret Nobel Sister Nivedita, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda.
Born 1886
O.G. S. Crawford, British archaeologist
Born 1911
Mutyalswami Muniswami Naidu, cricket Test umpire, one test in 1951-52, was born at Vadodara, Gujarat.
Born 1928
M.G.K. Menon, Physics expert, was born.
Born 1930
Anjaan, a famous lyricist in the Hindi cinema.
Born 1955
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft.
Born 1955
Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman
Born 1956
Mohammad Ahmadinejad, the 6th President of Iran.
Born 1958
Ashok Chavan, Indian businessman and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Born 1963
Urjit Patel, an Indian economist, who served as the 24th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
Born 1967
Julia Roberts, American actress.
Born 1969
Leena Nair, the first female, first Asian, youngest ever Chief Human Resource Officer of Unilever and member of the Unilever Leadership Executive.
Born 1974
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix, an American actor, environmentalist, animal rights activist, and producer.
Born 1979
Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube, and the first person to upload a video on youtube.
Died 1627
Jahangir, 4th Mughal Emperor.
Died 1811
Yashwantrao Holkar, a diplomat of Peshwa kingdom, died.
Died 1900
Max Müller, a German-born philologist and Orientalist.
Died 1944
Helen White, the first American woman to receive a doctorate.
Died 1964
Padmabhushan Vaikunthbhai Mehta, famous Gandhian leader, passed away.
Died 1977
Shantiprasad Jain, industrialist, died.
Died 1997
Dr. V. Doreswamy Iyengar (77), Veena maestro, a household name among Carnatic music lovers, passed away in Bangalore.
Died 1998
Ghulam Ahmed, former Indian cricket captain, died in Hyderabad.
Died 1998
Thomas Harold Flowers, an English engineer with the British General Post Office.
Died 1999
Rafael Alberti Merello, a Spanish poet.
Died 2002
Erling Persson, founder of H&M.
Died 2010
Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenland’s first prime minister.
Died 2013
Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (b. 1929)