History Of 28 October | On This Day In World

In the history of the World, some other important events recorded on the date of 28 October are as follows: -

➧ 1851: British Indian Association was established in Bengal.

➧ 1867: Birth of Sister Nivedita, disciple of Swami Vivekananda in Ireland.

➧ 1886: The then US President Grover Cleveland formally unveils the 'Statue of Liberty' gifted from France as a token of friendship.

➧ 1913: Jain Shwetambar Terapanthi Sabha established.

➧ 1918: Czechoslovakia became independent after Austria and Hungary separated.

➧ 1929: US stock market Wall Street collapses. Due to which the business market fell 24 per cent.

➧ 1944: In the Second World War, Germany's constituent Bulgaria surrendered unconditionally to the Soviet Union.

➧ 1954: Ernest Hemingway received the Nobel Prize for Literature.

➧ 1955: Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, born in Washington.

➧ 1962: Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, announces that his country will withdraw nuclear missiles deployed in Sadi, Cuba, targeted by the United States.

➧ 1963: Birth of 24th Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Urjit Patel.

➧ 1988: Microsoft co-founder gave $ 10 million to Paul Allen University of Washington Library.

➧ 2009: 117 killed, 213 injured in a bomb blast in Peshawar, Pakistan.

➧ 2011: Death of noted satirist Shrilal Shukla.

➧ 2012: Germany's Sebastian Vettel wins the Formula One Indian Grand Prix title.

➧ 2012: American Serena Williams wins her third season of the tennis title; Defeated Russia's Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3 in the WTA Championship in Istanbul, Turkey.

➧ 2015: The World Health Organization ranks Tuberculosis with HIV (TB) as the world's deadliest infectious diseases, killing 1.2 million (2014).

➧ 2018: Ukrainian tennis star Alina Svitolina recorded her biggest win of her career when she won 3-6 6-2 6-2 over American Sloan Stephens in a classic WTA Finals title decider in Singapore.

➧ 2018: Political crisis in Sri Lanka after parliament sacked by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and cabinet by President Sirisena, with one person killed in protests, Parliament suspended for two weeks.

➧ 2019: The country of Georgia was hit by a major cyber attack affecting 2,000 websites, TV channels and government departments.