In History – Happy Birthday to Brad Paisley

TODAY IN HISTORY - 10/28:

1492 - Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba and claims it for Spain
1954 - Nobel prize for literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway
1978 - Bobby Orr scores his last career NHL goal (vs Detroit Red Wings)
1989 - Oakland A's sweep SF Giants in earthquake/BART series

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1914 - Jonas Salk, NYC, medical reseacher (polio vaccine)
1936 - Charlie Daniels, Wilmington NC, singer (Devil Went Down to Georgia)
1952 - Annie Potts, Nashville TN, actress (Mary Jo-Designing Women)
1955 - Bill Gates [William Henry], Seattle Wash, billionaire founder/CEO (Microsoft)
1967 - Julia Roberts, Smyrna Georgia, actress (Mystic Pizza, Pretty Woman)
1972 -Brad Paisley, American musician

GOODBYE TO:

1818 - Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801), dies of typhoid fever at 73

To see more historical events that happened this date, visit http://www.historyorb.com/day/october/28

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