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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_28" title="October 28">October 28</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1707" title="1707">1707</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1707_H%C5%8Dei_earthquake" title="1707 Hōei earthquake">Hōei earthquake</a></b> ruptured all segments of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nankai_megathrust_earthquakes" title="Nankai megathrust earthquakes">Nankai megathrust</a> simultaneously – the only earthquake recorded to have done so.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776" title="1776">1776</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: As <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> retreated northward from New York City, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_White_Plains" title="Battle of White Plains">captured the village</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Plains,_New_York" title="White Plains, New York">White Plains</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928" title="1928">1928</a> – Indonesian composer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_Rudolf_Supratman" title="Wage Rudolf Supratman">Wage Rudolf Supratman</a> introduced "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia_Raya" title="Indonesia Raya">Indonesia Raya</a></b>", now the country's national anthem.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a> –, the first British satellite launched on a British rocket, lifted off from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woomera_Launch_Area_5" title="Woomera Launch Area 5">Launch Area 5B</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woomera,_South_Australia" title="Woomera, South Australia">Woomera, South Australia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – The first terrorist attack in Beijing's recent history took place when members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkistan_Islamic_Party" title="Turkistan Islamic Party">Turkistan Islamic Party</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Tiananmen_Square_attack" title="2013 Tiananmen Square attack">drove a vehicle into a crowd</a></b>, killing five people and injuring thirty-eight others.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibas_of_Edessa" title="Ibas of Edessa">Ibas of Edessa</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 457); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Karl_August_Mus%C3%A4us" title="Johann Karl August Musäus">Johann Karl August Musäus</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1787); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1955); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Bronze" title="Lucy Bronze">Lucy Bronze</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1991)</p>
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