October 28
October 28 is the 302nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 64 days remain until the year's end. It falls in autumn (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Scorpio.
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Astronomy
On October 28 the Sun's declination is approximately -14.4°. At this latitude the Sun is south of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere shorter days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a October 28.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
- Christian feast day: Abdias of Babylon
- Christian feast day: Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Eadsige
- Christian feast day: Faro
- Christian feast day: Fidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church)
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
2025 — 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. ↗(1 years ago)more
Hurricane Melissa was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that made a catastrophic landfall in Jamaica in late October 2025. By maximum sustained winds, it is tied with Hurricane Allen as the strongest Atlantic hurricane and with Hurricane Dorian and the 1935 Labor Day hurricane as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane.
2023 — 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. ↗(3 years ago)more
The 2023 Rugby World Cup final was a rugby union match played on 28 October 2023 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It marked the culmination of the 2023 Rugby World Cup and was played between New Zealand and the defending champions, South Africa. This was the first time that both finalists had already lost a game during the tournament.
2018 — 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. ↗(8 years ago)more
Jair Messias Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician and former military officer who served as the 38th president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 2019.
2014 — 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. ↗(12 years ago)more
Orbital-3, also known as Orb-3, was an attempted flight of Cygnus, an automated cargo spacecraft developed by United States–based company Orbital Sciences, on October 28, 2014. The mission was intended to launch at 22:22:38 UTC that evening.
- 2013 — Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China. ↗(13 years ago)
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On 28 October 2013, a car ran over pedestrians and crashed in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, in a terrorist suicide attack. Five people died in the incident; three inside the vehicle and two others nearby. Police identified the driver as Usmen Hasan and the two passengers as his wife, Gulkiz Gini, and his mother, Kuwanhan Reyim.
- 2009 — The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213. ↗(17 years ago)
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The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing occurred in Peshawar, Pakistan, when a car bomb was detonated in a Mina Bazar of the city. The bomb killed 137 people and injured more than 200 others, making it the deadliest attack in Peshawar's history.
2009 — NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program. ↗(17 years ago)more
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program and for research in aeronautics and space. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., NASA operates ten field centers across the U.S.
2009 — US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. ↗(17 years ago)more
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American president. Obama previously served as a U.S. senator representing Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
2007 — Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina. ↗(19 years ago)more
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the 56th President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, and later as the 37th Vice President of Argentina under President Alberto Fernández from 2019 to 2023. The widow of Néstor Kirchner, she was also First Lady during his presidency from 2003 to 2007.
2006 — A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police. ↗(20 years ago)more
The Bykivnia graves are a National Historic Memorial next to the former village of Bykivnia within Kyiv woodland, Bykivnia Forest. During the Stalinist period in the Soviet Union, it was one of the unmarked mass grave sites where the NKVD, the Soviet secret police, disposed of thousands of murdered "enemies of the Soviet state".
1995 — The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured. ↗(31 years ago)more
On 28 October 1995, a fire broke out in the subway system of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, between the Ulduz and Nariman Narimanov stations. According to official figures, the fire killed 289 people: 286 passengers and three rescue workers, while 270 people were injured.
1990 — Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule. ↗(36 years ago)more
Parliamentary elections were held in the Georgian SSR on 28 October 1990, with a second round on 11 November. They were the first free parliamentary elections in Georgia since 1919 and saw Round Table-Free Georgia emerge as the largest party in Parliament with 155 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout was 70%.
Notable births
2006 — Yoon Do-young, South Korean footballer ↗(20 years ago)more
Yoon Do-young is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Eerste Divisie Club FC Dordrecht, on loan from Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion. He made his debut professional appearance in the 2024 K League 1 season with Daejeon Hana Citizen.
2001 — Sonay Kartal, British tennis player ↗(25 years ago)more
Sonay Kartal is a British professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 44 in singles, achieved on 14 July 2025, and world No. 171 in doubles, achieved on 5 January 2026. Kartal has won one WTA Tour title and 14 ITF titles, all in singles. She is the current British No. 2 women's singles player.
1998 — Nolan Gould, American actor ↗(28 years ago)more
Nolan Gould is an American actor. He is known for his role as Luke Dunphy on the ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009–2020).
1997 — Stetson Bennett, American football player ↗(29 years ago)more
Stetson Fleming Bennett IV is an American professional football quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Jones College Bobcats and Georgia Bulldogs. Nicknamed "The Mailman", he started his career as a walk-on at Georgia before transferring to Jones College.
1997 — Taylor Fritz, American tennis player ↗(29 years ago)more
Taylor Harry Fritz is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 4 in singles, which he achieved on November 18, 2024, and No. 104 in doubles, attained on July 26, 2021. He is currently the No. 2 American player in men's singles.
1997 — Georgia Godwin, Australian artistic gymnast ↗(29 years ago)more
Georgia Godwin is an Australian artistic gymnast. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games all-around and vault champion and the team, uneven bars and balance beam silver-medalist. She is also the 2018 Commonwealth Games all-around silver medalist and the team and uneven bars bronze medalist.
Notable deaths
2024 — Renato Martino, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1932) ↗(2 years ago)more
Renato Raffaele Martino was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Created a cardinal in 2003, Martino became the longest serving cardinal deacon, the cardinal protodeacon, from June 2014. He served for more than twenty years in the diplomatic service of the Holy See, including sixteen years as Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Na...
2024 — Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938) ↗(2 years ago)more
Paul Joseph Morrissey was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was best known for his long association with Andy Warhol and the Factory scene during the 1960s and early 1970s.
2024 — Jamshid Sharmahd, German-American affiliate of Kingdom Assembly of Iran (born 1955) ↗(2 years ago)more
Jamshid Sharmahd was a German national and software engineer, based in Los Angeles, California. A permanent resident of the United States from 2003, Sharmahd had been targeted by the Iranian government for his connections to Tondar, an Iranian monarchist group engaging in violent attacks. He was abducted by Iranian agents in a forced disappearance in 2020.
2024 — Kazuo Umezu, Japanese manga artist (born 1936) ↗(2 years ago)more
Kazuo Umezu or Kazuo Umezz was a Japanese manga artist, musician and actor. Starting his career in the 1950s, he is among the most famous artists of horror manga and has been vital for its development, considered the "god of horror manga".
2023 — Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor (born 1969) ↗(3 years ago)more
Matthew Langford Perry was an American and Canadian actor. He gained international fame for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends (1994–2004). Perry also appeared on Ally McBeal (2002) and received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in The West Wing (2003) and The Ron Clark Story (2006).
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (302) | 2 × 151 · composite (no) |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (64) | 2^6 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 28102026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | -14.42° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 53 days |