October 28 is the 302nd day of the year. There are 64 days remaining until the end of the year.
1793 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin although juniper-flavored gin makes a better martini
1858 Macy's Department store opens in New York City without a parade
1868 Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1885 First porcelain toilet is built, butt it takes some getting used to. . .
1942 The Alaska Highway To Nowhere is completed with thanks, but no thanks.
1954 Ernest Hemingway wins Nobel prize for literature with a little persuasion
1965 In St Louis, Missouri, the 630-foot-tall catenarian steel Gateway Arch is completed, becoming the tallest freestanding, man-made monument in the USA. Replaces the Apotheosis of St. Louis IX as symbol for the best City (to work for) in the entire world—nay, universe.
2005 Irve Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. Libby resigns later that day.
2007 Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner becomes the first hot chick elected President of Argentina.
July 21 is the 203rd day of the year. There are 163 days remaining until the end of the year.
1798 Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt since pyramids can’t fight back
1925 Monkey Trial ends with cutie patootie John Scopes being found guilty of teaching Darwinism and fined $100 (~$1,219 in 2009)
1930 U.S. Veterans Administration forms to create red tape and systematically deny benefits to veterans
1960 Francis Chichester arrives in New York aboard Gipsy Moth II setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing and leaving a solo semen wake 3016 nautical miles long
1976 1st outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease" kills 29 in Philadelphia
1984 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in U.S.
1997 The fully restored USS Constitution (aka Old Ironsides) celebrates her 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
2005 Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target London's public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers are captured and later convicted and imprisoned for long terms. NO VIRGINS FOR YOU BOYS!
1899 Hart Crane, influential gay US poet. On-board a Mexican steamer headed for New York, he was badly beaten after making sexual advances to a male crew member. He jumped overboard in the Gulf of Mexico. His body was never found.
1938 Janet Reno, maybe gay former US Attorney General. Authorized FBI assult on Branch Davidians at Waco, Tx. Brought anti trust suit against Microsoft. Oversaw capture & conviction of the Unabomber, the Oklahoma City bombing, 1st World Trade Center bombing, etc. Returned Elian Gonzalez to his dad. One tough broad!
