In the present day is Tuesday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2025. There are 64 days left within the 12 months.
In the present day in historical past:
On Oct. 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a present from the folks of France, was devoted in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
Additionally on this date:
In 1636, the Normal Court docket of Massachusetts handed a legislative act establishing Harvard School.
In 1858, Rowland Hussey Macy opened his first New York retailer at Sixth Avenue and 14th Avenue in Manhattan.
In 1919, Congress handed the Volstead Act, which offered the means for enforcement of a Prohibition period ban on alcohol, over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto.
In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicated the Statue of Liberty on its fiftieth anniversary.
In 1962, Soviet chief Nikita Khrushchev knowledgeable america that he had ordered the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba; in return, the U.S. secretly agreed to take away nuclear missiles from U.S. installations in Turkey as the 2 superpowers defused tensions of the Cuban missile disaster.
In 1991, what turned often called “The Excellent Storm” started forming tons of of miles east of Nova Scotia; misplaced at sea throughout the storm had been the six crew members of the Andrea Gail, a fishing boat from Gloucester, Massachusetts.
In 2001, the households of individuals killed within the Sept. 11 terrorist assault in New York gathered at floor zero in decrease Manhattan for a memorial service full of prayer and track.
In 2012, the San Francisco Giants received their second World Sequence title in three years, beating the Detroit Tigers to finish a four-game sweep.
In 2018, The Boston Crimson Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the World Sequence in 5 video games.
In 2021, Fb CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated his firm was rebranding itself as Meta, an effort to embody its virtual-reality imaginative and prescient for the long run, whereas conserving the Fb title for the social community itself.
In 2022, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took management of Twitter for $44 billion after a protracted authorized battle and months of uncertainty. He subsequently rebranded the social media platform as X in 2023.
In 2022, Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was severely overwhelmed by a hammer-wielding assailant who broke into their San Francisco residence. Lower than three weeks later, Nancy Pelosi introduced she would stay within the Home however step down as speaker within the subsequent Congress.
In 2024, the Pentagon disclosed that North Korea had despatched about 10,000 troops to Russia to coach and sure battle in opposition to Ukraine, a transfer seen as piling extra strain on Ukraine’s overstretched military and stoking geopolitical tensions within the Indo-Pacific area.
In the present day’s Birthdays:
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Lenny Wilkens is 88.
- Actor Jane Alexander is 86.
- Actor Dennis Franz is 81.
- Actor-singer Telma Hopkins is 77.
- TV persona and Olympic gold medal decathlete Caitlyn Jenner is 76.
- Actor Annie Potts is 73.
- Microsoft co-founder Invoice Gates is 70.
- Actor Daphne Zuniga (ZOO’-nih-guh) is 63.
- Actor Lauren Holly is 62.
- Speak present host-comedian Sheryl Underwood is 62.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Steve Atwater is 59.
- Actor-comedian Andy Richter is 59.
- Actor Julia Roberts is 58.
- Singer Ben Harper is 56.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Terrell Davis is 53.
- Nation singer Brad Paisley is 53.
- Actor Joaquin Phoenix is 51.
- Actor Gwendoline Christie is 47.
- Actor Matt Smith is 43.
- Actor Troian Bellisario is 40.
- Singer-songwriter Frank Ocean is 38.
- Tennis participant Taylor Fritz is 28.
- Actor Nolan Gould is 27.
