What happened on October 28 ?

R.C. Saints - October 28th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints: Saint Jude (a.k.a Saint Thaddaeus or "of James")

St. Simon the Zealot (erroneously a.k.a. "the Canaanite")

St. Abraham

St. Anastasia II

St. Anglinus

St. Eadsin

St. Ferrutius

St. Fidelis of Como

Saint Godwin

St. Honoratus of Vercelli

St. John Dat

St. Remigius

St. Salvius

Also see October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Czechoslovakia - gains its independence from Austria-Hungary (1918); Holiday in the Czech Republic, Remembrance Day in Slovakia.

Greece - Oxi (No) Day