October 28
People born on this day are Scorpio.
- 1989
Aloha Island Air Flight 1712, a Twin Otter 300, crashed into terrain at night in Hawaii killing all 20 occupants onboard.
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Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule.
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The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
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A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
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NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
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US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
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A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.
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Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.
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The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 12 to 11, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so.
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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall near Black River, Jamaica, killing over 30 people, as well as tying the 1935 Labor Day hurricane as the most intense landfall in the North Atlantic.
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Two high-speed trains collide in Los Yébenes, south of Madrid, Spain, killing 69 passengers and injuring nearly 200.
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2006Yoon Do-young, South Korean footballer
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2001Sonay Kartal, British tennis player
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1998Nolan Gould, American actor
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1997Stetson Bennett, American football player
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1997Taylor Fritz, American tennis player
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1997Georgia Godwin, Australian artistic gymnast
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1996Jack Eichel, American ice hockey player
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1995Glen Kamara, Finnish footballer
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1995Jae'Sean Tate, American basketball player
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1995An Ye-seul, South Korean singer
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1994Andrew Harrison, American basketball player
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1992Jeon Ji-hee, South Korean table tennis player
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