• Time Zone: GMT-04:00
• Time Zone ID: America/New_York
• Day numbers: 302
• Week number: 44
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times for Oct 28th 2024
• Sunrise time: 07:57 am
• Sunset time: 06:37 pm
• Day length: 10h 39m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for Oct 28th 2024
• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
• Illumination: 11%
• Moon Age: 26.34 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
Holidays and National Days for October 28th 2024
October 28 in History
1628
After a fifteen-month siege, the Huguenot town of La Rochelle surrenders to royal forces.
1636
Harvard College, the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, is founded in Cambridge, Mass.
1768
Germans and Acadians join French Creoles in their armed revolt against the Spanish governor of New Orleans.
1793
Eli Whitney applies for a patent on the cotton gin, a machine which cleans the tight-clinging seeds from short-staple cotton easily and effectively–a job which was previously done by hand.
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