October 28 is day 301 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Sweetmorn, The Aftermath 9, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.17.2 by the Mayan Long Count
-On this day in history:
-On October 21, 1520, Ferdinand Magellan "discovered" the straight now known as the Straight of Magellan. . .
-On October 28, 1453, Ladislaus the Posthumous was crowned king of Bohemia in Prague. Not really any big deal, it is just that folks named "the Posthumous" while living tend to get my attention. I mean, when they die are they then post-posthumous. Anyway, his brief 17 year life as royal/imperial at birth is as full of skullduggery and such as one might imagine of one borh son of a recently deceased powerful Habsburg monarch.
-On October 28, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in Cuba, alas. A horrible person who did horrible things, promoted horrible things, and left a horrible legacy. His myth is far vaster than he was in reality, starting with his egregious misconceptions about the diameter of the earth. A buffoon, but an evil one.
-On October 28, 1538, The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino was founded in what became the Dominican Republic.
-On October 28, 1636, The Massachusetts Bay Colony voted to have a theological college, which eventaully become Harvard.
-On October 28, 1867, 1893 – Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique" was premièred. Unfortunately, as to the composer, it was 9 days posthumous.
-On October 28, 1919 Congress passed the Volstead Act with horrible repercussions that should've served as a warning so sane persons to not go and declare a "war on drugs." Sadly, no rational people were involved in the latter decision nor in its perpetuation to this day.
-On October 28, 1922 Mussolini's Fascists marched on Rome and ook over Italy's government. Ours, less flamboyant and overt, quietyly and slowly insinuated themselves into positions of control and power.
-On October 28, 1967, 1962 Khrushchev ordered the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
- -Born this day in: 1466 – Erasmus, a philosopher 1892 – Dink Johnson, pianist, drummer, and clarinet player 1902 – Elsa Lanchester, married Frankenstein's monster 1905 – Tatyana Pavlovna Ehrenfest, mathematician 1914 – Jonas Salk, biologist and physician 1927 – Cleo Laine, singer 1931 – Harold Battiste, saxophonist, pianist, and composer 1936 – Charlie Daniels, singer, songwriter, fiddler, and guitarist 1936 – Ted Hawkins, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1937 – Graham Bond, English keyboardist, saxophonist, and singer 1939 – Andy Bey, singer and pianist 1941 – Hank Marvin, singer and guitarist 1945 – Elton Dean, saxophonist and keyboardisy 1945 – Wayne Fontana, singer 1948 – Telma Hopkins, singer 1952 – Tuck Andress, jazz guitarist 1969 – Ben Harper, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1980 – Agnes Obel, singer, songwriter, and pianist
- -Died this day in: 1646 – William Dobson, painter 1703 – John Wallis, cryptographer and mathematician 1704 – John Locke, philosopher and physician 1768 – Michel Blavet, flute player and composer 1806 – Charlotte Turner Smith, poet and noverlist 1818 – Abigail Adams, writer 1877 – Robert Swinhoe, diplomat, biologist, ornithologist, and entomologist 1899 – Ottmar Mergenthaler, engineer who invented the linotype 1970 – Baby Huey, singer and songwriter 1975 – Oliver Nelson, saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer 1989 – Henry Hall, bandleade, composer, and actor 2001 - Gerard Hengeveld, pianist and composer 2005 – Richard Smalley, chemist, physicist, and astronomer 2009 – Taylor Mitchell, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The only adult human known to have been attacked and killed by coyotes.
- -Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: Animation Day
- - -Music goes here, iirc, well, With apologies ;-)
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