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.