Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: October 28
October 28, 2024 is the 302nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 64 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Scorpio is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 28
- 1628 –The Siege of La Rochelle, which had lasted for 14 months, ends with the surrender of the Huguenots.
- 1707 –The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.
- 1891 –The Mino-Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan’s history, strikes Gifu Prefecture.
- 1893 –Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer’s death.
- 1919 –The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
- 1958 –John XXIII, is elected Pope.
- 1982 –The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party wins elections, leading to the first Socialist government in Spain after death of Franco. Felipe Gonzalez becomes Prime Minister-elect.
- 2009 –NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program.
- 2009 –The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
Who were born on October 28?
- 1818 –Ivan Turgenev, Russian writer (d. 1883)
- 1881 –Bruno Söderström, Swedish athlete (d. 1969)
- 1917 –Jack Soo, American actor (d. 1979)
- 1922 –Gershon Kingsley, German composer
- 1928 –Iry LeJeune, American musician (d. 1955)
- 1941 –Curtis Lee, American singer
- 1946 –Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1959 –James Keelaghan, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
- 1983 –Jarrett Jack, American basketball player
- 1983 –Joe Thomas, English actor
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