On This Day – Happy Birthday Brad Paisley

ON THIS DAY - October 28th:

1492 - Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba and claims it for Spain
1793 - Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin
1936 - FDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary
1978 - Bobby Orr scores his last career NHL goal (vs Detroit Red Wings)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1914 - Jonas Salk, medical reseacher (polio vaccine), born in NYC, New York
1955 - Bill Gates [William Henry], billionaire founder/CEO (Microsoft), born in Seattle, Washington
1967 - Julia Roberts, Smyrna Georgia, actress (Mystic Pizza, Pretty Woman)
1972 - Brad Paisley, Country musician

GOODBYE TO:

1818 - Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801), dies of typhoid fever at 73
2007 - Porter Wagoner, American country singer (b. 1927)

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