EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
October 28
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Day 300 of 2026 | Week 44 | 59 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
Hurricane Melissa makes landfall near Black River, Jamaica, killing over 30 people, as well as tying the 1935 Labor Day hurricane as the most intense landfall in the North Atlantic.
The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 12 to 11, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so.
Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president.
A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.
Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China.
The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
Cristina FernΓ‘ndez de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
born in Worcester
American actress (The Summer I Turned Pretty)
American actor known for playing Luke Dunphy in "Modern Family" (2009β20)
American gymnast 'the pommel horse guy' (2021 Pommel World Champion
American tennis player (US Open 2024 runner-up)
born in Santo Domingo
American actress (1408
English football player (Barcelona
South Korean golfer (US Open 2012)
Egyptian-Palestinian actress (Ramy)
American actress (Pretty Little Liars)
Nigerian soccer forward (42 caps; Inter Milan
Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter ("If I Believe")
Czech soccer striker (93 caps; Liverpool
English soccer midfielder (19 caps; Leeds United
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