It happenned on a… 28 October

John Lennon and Yoko Ono record “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” in NYC.

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the U.S. that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was elected Pope. He took the name John XXIII.

Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded to Ernest Hemingway.

II Summer (Modern) Olympic Games, Paris, France: competition ends after 5 months; no opening or closing ceremonies conducted.

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by U.S. President Cleveland.

First classes begin at Montreal Medical Institute, Canada’s first medical school.

Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts. The original name was Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was the first school of higher education in America.

Christopher Columbus sights Cuba and claims it for Spain under the name “Juana”.