Once Upon A Time – October 28 – 1904 – St Louis Police Try A New Investigation Method – Fingerprints

1492 Christopher Columbus sights Cuba and claims it for Spain under the name “Juana”

1538 The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established on Hispaniola

1746 Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die

1904 St Louis police try a new investigation method – fingerprints

1919 Volstead Act passed by US Congress, establishing prohibition, despite President Woodrow Wilson’s veto

More Historical Events

Oct 28 in Film & TV

1941 “How Green Was My Valley” based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn, directed by John Ford and starring Walter Pidgeon and Maureen O’Hara premieres in New York (Best Picture 1942)

Oct 28 in Music

1961 “Fiorello!” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC starring Tom Bosley after 796 performances and a Pulitzer Prize

Oct 28 in Sport

1900 II Summer (Modern) Olympic Games, Paris, France: competition ends after 5 months; no opening or closing ceremonies conducted

MORE FACTS…

1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland, celebrated by first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City

2015 Research indicating Plague dates back to the Bronze age in skeletons 5,783 years old, published by University of Copenhagen team in “Cell”

Famous Weddings

1533 Prince Henry of France (later Henry II) (14) marries Florentine noblewoman Catherine de’ Medici (14) in Marseille

1863 Painter Edouard Manet (31) weds Suzanne Leenhoff (34)

1869 Sarawak’s head of state Charles Brooke (40) weds Margaret Alice Lili de Windt (20) at Highworth, Wiltshire