WHAT HAPPENED ON 28. OCTOBER
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American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) ends – Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia. (28. October 1864)

In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. (28. October 1886)

The Mino-Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, strikes Gifu Prefecture. (28. October 1891)

Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer's death. (28. October 1893)

Panama and Uruguay establish diplomatic links. (28. October 1904)

Richard Strauss conducts the first performance of his tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie in Berlin. (28. October 1915)

World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of an independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years. (28. October 1918)

A new Polish government in Western Galicia is established. (28. October 1918)

The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January. (28. October 1919)

March on Rome: Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government. (28. October 1922)

Declaration of the Youth Pledge in Indonesia, the first time Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem, was sung. (28. October 1928)

Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval. (28. October 1929)

World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece's entry into World War II. (28. October 1940)

The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska. (28. October 1942)

Swiss chemist Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT. (28. October 1948)

John XXIII is elected Pope. (28. October 1958)

End of Cuban missile crisis: Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba. (28. October 1962)

Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam. (28. October 1964)

Nostra Aetate, the "Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions" of the Second Vatican Council, is promulgated by Pope Paul VI; it absolves the Jews of responsibility for the death of Jesus, reversing Innocent III's 760 year-old declaration. (28. October 1965)

Construction on the St. Louis Arch is completed. (28. October 1965)