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Daily Calendar for Thursday, October 28, 2021

Died

  • John Locke (philosopher) –
  • Abigail Adams (U.S. First Lady) –
  • Red Auerbach (basketball coach) –
  • Porter Wagoner (country music singer) –
  • Matthew Perry (actor) –

Born

  • Francis Bacon (painter) –
  • Dr. Jonas Salk (discovered polio vaccine) –
  • Cleo Laine (singer) –
  • Joan Plowright (actress) –
  • Charlie Daniels (musician) –
  • Lenny Wilkens (basketball player, coach) –
  • Jane Alexander (actress) –
  • Dennis Franz (actor) –
  • Bill Gates (Microsoft founder) –
  • Lauren Holly (actress) –
  • Jami Gertz (actress) –
  • Julia Roberts (actress) –
  • Brad Paisley (country singer) –
  • Joaquin Phoenix (actor) –

Events

  • Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba and claimed it for Spain–
  • Harvard College founded in Massachusetts–
  • The Statue of Liberty was unveiled in the New York Harbor–
  • The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor was dedicated by President Cleveland–
  • St. Louis police became the first in the U.S. to use fingerprinting–
  • The Jack Benny Show made its television debut–
  • Ernest Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature–
  • An X17.2 solar flare occurred that, at the time, was the third most powerful ever recorded–
  • The Boston Red Sox swept the Colorado Rockies to win the World Series–
  • Mike Lowell of the Boston Red Sox was named World Series MVP–

Weather

  • Lander, Wyoming, received 27 inches of snow–
  • The temperature at Big Piney, Wyoming, plunged to -15 degrees F–
  • The Georgia mountains received five inches of snow–
  • Cyclone 05B in the Indian Ocean became a Category 5–

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