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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 28th October 2018   
   28 Oct 18 03:27:50   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-e94-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1467 - Battle at Brustem: Charles the Stoute beats the Luikenaars   
      
   1746 - Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die   
      
   1856 - French Magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin performs for Algerian   
   Marabouts in Algeria to convince them that French magic is the stronger   
      
   1927 - Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia   
      
   1978 - Bobby Orr scores his last career NHL goal (vs Detroit Red Wings)   
      
   2017 - Twin car bomb attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia, kill at least 27, Islamist   
   militant group al-Shabab claim responsibility   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1756 - ALF [Gordon Shumway], fictional Melmacian Alien Life Form from the   
   American sitcom "ALF"   
      
   1909 - Adolfs Skulte, composer   
      
   1929 - 1st child born in aircraft, Miami, Florida   
      
   1950 - Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist   
      
   1971 - Nicole Green, 400m runner, born in Springfield, Ohio   
      
   1972 - Brad Paisley, American musician   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1854 - James P Carrell, composer, dies at 67   
      
   1918 - Edward Bouchet, American Physicist, 1st African American to receive US   
   Ph.D, dies at 66   
      
   1962 - Pierre Froidebise, composer, dies at 48   
      
   1973 - Sergio Tofano, Italian actor (b. 1883)   
      
   2005 - Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean singer and musician (b. 1922)   
      
   2006 - Marijohn Wilkin, American songwriter (One Day at a Time), dies of heart   
   disease at 86   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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