We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
Day: October 28, 2012
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On This Day: October 28
Updated October 27, 2012, 2:28 pm
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.
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.
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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. 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. 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 Cristina Fernandez was elected Argentina’s first woman president. 2009 Angela Merkel was sworn in for a second term as German chancellor. Current Birthdays
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Actress Julia Roberts turns 45 years old today.
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Actor Jeremy Davies (“Lost”) turns 43 years old today.
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1929 Joan Plowright, Actress, turns 83 1936 Charlie Daniels, Country musician, turns 76 1937 Lenny Wilkens, Hall of Fame basketball coach, turns 75 1944 Dennis Franz, Actor (“NYPD Blue”), turns 68 1945 Wayne Fontana, Singer, turns 67 1949 Bruce Jenner, Olympic track and field gold medalist, turns 63 1952 Annie Potts, Actress (“Designing Women”), turns 60 1955 Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp. Chairman, turns 57 1962 Daphne Zuniga, Actress (“Melrose Place”), turns 50 1963 Lauren Holly, Actress, turns 49 1965 Jami Gertz, Actress, turns 47 1966 Andy Richter, Actor, comedian, turns 46 1969 Ben Harper, Rock singer, turns 43 1972 Brad Paisley, Country singer, turns 40 1974 Joaquin Phoenix, Actor (“Walk the Line”), turns 38 Historic Birthdays
Dr. Jonas Edward Salk 10/28/1914 – 6/23/1995 American physician and researcher; developed polio vaccine.Go to obituary »
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 scholar52 Cornelius Otto Jansen 10/28/1585 – 5/6/1638
Flemish Roman Catholic reform leader67 Eliphalet Remington 10/28/1793 – 8/12/1861
American firearms manufacturer and inventor88 Georges Auguste Escoffier 10/28/1846 – 2/12/1935
French culinary artist90 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 conductor83 Edith Head 10/28/1897 – 10/24/1981
American motion-picture costume designer62 Evelyn Waugh 10/28/1903 – 4/10/1966
English writer82 Francis Bacon 10/28/1909 – 4/28/1992
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