What happened on 28 October?

10 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1962 Khrushchev announces Soviet withdrawal from Cuba At 5 pm Moscow time — 9 am in Washington, chosen so nothing could go wrong in transmission — Radio Moscow broadcasts Khrushchev's acceptance: the weapons 'you describe as offensive
2. 1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated Gift from France to the United States; symbol of immigration and freedom.
3. 312 Battle of the Milvian Bridge Constantine defeats Maxentius outside Rome under the labarum; turning point in the Christianisation of the empire.
4. 1922 March on Rome Mussolini's Blackshirts march on the capital and the king hands him power — fascism's template seizure of a state.
5. 1918 Founding of Czechoslovakia Masaryk's National Council proclaims independence in Prague; the new republic will be interwar central Europe's most durable democracy.
6. 1681 Kangxi Emperor consolidates Qing rule Kangxi suppresses the Three Feudatories revolt and stabilises Qing rule for a 61-year reign.
7. 1726 Swift's Gulliver's Travels Satirical travel novel through Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and Houyhnhnmland.
8. 1955 Born: Bill Gates Microsoft co-founder; later philanthropist of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
9. 1647 Putney Debates Levellers and senior officers argue about the political settlement after Civil War.
10. 1940 Italian invasion of Greece Mussolini's failed Greek invasion forced German intervention in the Balkans.