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October 28
Section: October 28
October 27, 1970
David Jones Welsh poet and artist died.
October 28, 1965
House of Commons passed the Bill abolishing the death penalty for murder.
October 28, 1922
Journalist and novelist Cliff Hanley (Dancing in the Streets etc) born in Glasgow.
October 28, 1909
Birth in Dublin of Sir Francis Bacon, painter
October 28, 1907
John Harold Hewitt, poet who wrote the Glens of Antrim, is born
October 28, 1880
Dr Henry Faulds, published a letter first evidence that fingerprints could be used as proof of guilt or innocence in legal cases.
October 28, 1875
Death of William Howard Glover, composer and music critic
October 28, 1794
Birth of Robert Liston in Linlithgow who was to carry out the first operation in Britain with the aid of an anesthetic.
Edward Moore, 5th Earl of Drogheda and former MP for Dunleer, drowns with his son Edward
October 28, 1730
The Danish East India Company ship, Golden Lyon, is stranded near Ballyheige, Co. Kerry
October 28, 1659
Birth of Nicholas Brad, Anglican clergyman and poet, in Bandon, Co. Cork
October 28, 1562
Battle of Corrichie, Earl of Moray defeated Catholic Gordons of Huntly who were attacking Aberdeen.