Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 28
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Statue of Constantine the Great -
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Forbidden City in Beijing -
Gateway Arch -
Ladislaus the Posthumous
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Feast day of Simon the Zealot | unreferenced section |
| Ohi Day in Greece (1940) | refimprove |
| 1420 – Beijing was officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty in the same year that the Forbidden City, the seat of government, was completed. | unreferenced section |
| 1835 – A confederation of Māori chiefs known as the United Tribes of New Zealand signed the Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand. | contradictory between United Tribes and Declaration articles |
| 1893 – In Saint Petersburg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky led the first performance of his Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique, nine days before his death. | refimprove section |
| 1915 – Richard Strauss conducted the first performance of his tone poem An Alpine Symphony in Berlin. | refimprove section |
| 1918 – The Czechoslovak provisional government declared the country's independence from Austria-Hungary, forming the First Czechoslovak Republic in Prague. | Too much uncited |
| 1922 – The fascist Blackshirts marched on Rome to take over the Italian government. | lots of CN tags especially in one section |
| 1965 – Nostra aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, was promulgated by Pope Paul VI, absolving the Jews of the killing of Jesus, and calling for increased relations with all non-Christian religions. | needs more footnotes |
| Francis Bacon |b|1909 | refimprove section |
| John Hewson |b|1946 | tagged for tone issues |
| Red Auerbach |d|2006 | Unreffed paras, peacock para |
| Feast day of Saint Jude the Apostle (Western Christianity) | Lots of cn |
Eligible
- 312 – Civil wars of the Tetrarchy: Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in Rome.
- 1453 – Ladislaus the Posthumous was crowned King of Bohemia, although George of Poděbrady remained in control of the government.
- 1640 – Treaty of Ripon is agreed, ending the Second Bishops’ War and forcing Charles I to summon the Long Parliament, ultimately leading to the First English Civil War.
- 1664 – 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.
- 1886 – In New York Harbor, U.S. president Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty (pictured), a gift from France commemorating the Declaration of Independence; New York City office workers responded by spontaneously holding the first ticker-tape parade.
- 1891 – The Mino–Owari earthquake, the strongest known inland earthquake in Japan's history, caused widespread damage and 7,273 deaths.
- 1919 – The U.S. Congress passed the Volstead Act over president Woodrow Wilson's veto, reinforcing Prohibition in the United States.
- 1925 – The funerary mask of Tutankhamun , possibly originally made for Queen Neferneferuaten, was uncovered for the first time in approximately 3,250 years.
- 1940 – World War II: Italy invaded Greece after Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas rejected Benito Mussolini's ultimatum demanding the cession of Greek territory.
- 1965 – In St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., the 630-foot (190 m)-tall steel catenary Gateway Arch was completed.
- 1995 – A fire broke out on a Baku Metro train in Azerbaijan's capital, killing 289 people and injuring 270 others in the world's deadliest subway disaster.
- 2007 – In the Argentine general election, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman to be elected president of Argentina.
- Born/died this day: | Margaret I of Denmark |d|1412| Peter Tordenskjold |b|1691| Robert Liston |b|1794| Charlotte Turner Smith |d|1806| Max Henry Ferrars |b|1846| Rosalie Slaughter Morton |b|1876| O. G. S. Crawford |b|1886| Ganjar Pranowo|b|1968| Aki Toyosaki|b|1986| Carlos Guastavino |d|2000|
Notes
- Prohibition in the United States appears on January 17, so Volstead Act should not appear in the same year
- KV62 appears on November 26, so Tutankhamun's mask should not appear in the same year
Flight spare of Prospero
- 1707 – The Hōei earthquake ruptured all segments of the Nankai megathrust simultaneously – the only earthquake recorded to have done so.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: As George Washington's Continental Army retreated northward from New York City, the British Army captured the village of White Plains.
- 1928 – Indonesian composer Wage Rudolf Supratman introduced "Indonesia Raya", now the country's national anthem.
- 1971 – Prospero (flight spare pictured), the first British satellite launched on a British rocket, lifted off from Launch Area 5B in Woomera, South Australia.
- 1992 – Hans-Adam II threatened to dismiss the Landtag of Liechtenstein over disagreements on the date of a referendum for the country's accession to the EEA.
- 2013 – The first terrorist attack in Beijing's recent history took place when members of the Turkistan Islamic Party drove a vehicle into a crowd, killing five people and injuring thirty-eight others.
- Ibas of Edessa (d. 457)
- Johann Karl August Musäus (d. 1787)
- Bill Gates (b. 1955)
- Lucy Bronze (b. 1991)
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