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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/312" title="312">312</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_wars_of_the_Tetrarchy" title="Civil wars of the Tetrarchy">Civil wars of the Tetrarchy</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great" title="Constantine the Great">Constantine the Great</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxentius" title="Maxentius">Maxentius</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Milvian_Bridge" title="Battle of the Milvian Bridge">Battle of the Milvian Bridge</a></b> in Rome.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1453" title="1453">1453</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislaus_the_Posthumous" title="Ladislaus the Posthumous">Ladislaus the Posthumous</a></b> was crowned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bohemian_monarchs" title="List of Bohemian monarchs">King of Bohemia</a>, although <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_of_Pod%C4%9Bbrady" title="George of Poděbrady">George of Poděbrady</a> remained in control of the government.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886" title="1886">1886</a> – In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Harbor" title="New York Harbor">New York Harbor</a>, U.S. president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Grover Cleveland</a> dedicated the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty" title="Statue of Liberty">Statue of Liberty</a></b>, a gift from France commemorating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a>; New York City office workers responded by spontaneously holding the first <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticker-tape_parade" title="Ticker-tape parade">ticker-tape parade</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Italian_War" title="Greco-Italian War">Italy invaded Greece</a></b> after Greek prime minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannis_Metaxas" title="Ioannis Metaxas">Ioannis Metaxas</a> rejected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a>'s ultimatum demanding the cession of Greek territory.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a> – In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Argentine_general_election" title="2007 Argentine general election">Argentine general election</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristina_Fern%C3%A1ndez_de_Kirchner" title="Cristina Fernández de Kirchner">Cristina Fernández de Kirchner</a></b> became the first woman to be elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Argentina" title="President of Argentina">president of Argentina</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Smith_(writer)" title="Charlotte Smith (writer)">Charlotte Turner Smith</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1806); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aki_Toyosaki" title="Aki Toyosaki">Aki Toyosaki</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1986); <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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