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Wednesday, 28 October 2026

2009

NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program.

The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.

2007

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner becomes the first woman elected President of Argentina.

2006

Funeral service takes place for those executed at Bykivnia forest, outside Kiev, Ukraine. 817 Ukrainian civilians (out of some 100,000) executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia in 1930s – early 1940s are reburied.

2005

Plame affair: Lewis Libby, Vice-president Dick Cheney's chief of staff, is indicted in the Valerie Plame case. Libby resigns later that day.

1998

An Air China jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan.

1995

289 people are killed and 265 injured in Baku Metro fire, the deadliest subway disaster.

1986

The centenary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty is celebrated in New York Harbor.

1985

Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.

1982

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party wins elections, leading to first Socialist government in Spain after death of Franco. Felipe Gonzalez becomes Prime Minister-elect.

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