Daily Calendar for Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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) –
- Stephen Nedoroscik (Olympic gymnast ) –
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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