Today in History, 10/28

1636: Harvard College is established.
1664: The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
1775: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.
1886: In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.1914: Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine, is born.1917: Jack Soo is born. He got his start as an entertainer in the Japanese-American internment camps during WWII and later went on to play Detective Nick Yemana on Barney Miller.

1919: The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.1936: Charlie Daniels is born.

1942: The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska.1948: Swiss chemist Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.1948: Telma Hopkins is born. She was one third of Tony Orlando and Dawn (Dawn was two people, much like Pink Lady & Jeff).

1949: Bruce Jenner is born.1952: Annie Potts is born.1955: Bill Gates is born.1962: During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that he had ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
1962: Daphne Zuniga is born.

1963: Lauren Holly is born. I had a huge crush on her as Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the old TV show Picket Fences.1965: Jami Gertz is born. I also had a huge crush on her as the over-achieving preppie Muffy Tepperman on Square Pegs.

1965: Pope Paul VI issues a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
1966: Andy Richter is born. He's one of the funniest guys in the world but he has the worst luck with sitcoms.

1967: Julia Roberts is born. Well, allegedly. Savvy conspiracy theorists know that she's really her brother Eric in drag.1967: John Romero is born. He is the archetypal rich-boy game designer, having helped in the creation of Doom. His subsequent efforts (Daikatana) have not been so successful.1970: The land speed record of 630 mph is set by Gary Gabelich in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.Today in History elements mostly cribbed from The History Channel, Wikipedia, The New York Times, The Jewish World Review, The Writer's Almanac and anything else I can dig up.