October 28
1466 Desiderius Erasmus, theologian and Catholic priest, was born.
1628 The Siege of La Rochelle, which had lasted for 14 months, ends with the surrender of the Huguenots.
1793 Eliphalet Remington, American firearms inventor and manufacturer, was born.
1875 Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, American geographer and president of National Geographic Society, was born.
1886 The Statue of Liberty, a gift of the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbour by President Grover Cleveland.
1914 Dr. Jonas Salk, American medical researcher. Who developed the first polio vaccine, was born.
1955 Bill Gates was born.
1962 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the US that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
October 29
1618 English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
1682 William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, landed at what is now Chester, PA
1929 Stock prices collapsed on the New York Stock Exchange amid panic selling. Thousands of investors were wiped out.
1956 Israel invaded Egypt's Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Canal crisis.
1969 The Internet had its beginnings when the first host-to-host connection was made on the Arpanet - an experimental military computer network - between UCLA and the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, Calif.
1998 John Glenn, the first American to orbit the moon, returned to space 36 years later, at
age 77.
2004 European Union leaders signed the EU's first constitution.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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