Today in History: October 28, FBI announces investigation into Hillary Clinton days before the 2016 election

Today is Monday, Oct. 28, the 302nd time of 2024. There are 64 days near successful the year.

Today successful history:

On Oct. 28, 2016, the FBI dropped what amounted to a governmental weaponry connected the statesmanlike run of Hillary Clinton erstwhile it announced it was investigating whether emails connected a instrumentality belonging to disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner, the estranged hubby of 1 of Clinton’s closest aides, Huma Abedin, mightiness incorporate classified information.

Also connected this date:

In 1636, the General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative enactment establishing Harvard College.

In 1858, Rowland Hussey Macy opened his archetypal New York store astatine Sixth Avenue and 14th Street successful Manhattan.

In 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a acquisition from the radical of France, was dedicated successful New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.

In 1919, Congress enacted the Volstead Act, which provided for enforcement of Prohibition, implicit President Woodrow Wilson’s veto.

In 1922, fascism came to Italy arsenic Benito Mussolini took power of the government.

In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicated the Statue of Liberty connected its 50th anniversary.

In 1962, Soviet person Nikita Khrushchev informed the United States that helium had ordered the dismantling of rocket bases successful Cuba; successful return, the U.S. secretly agreed to region atomic missiles from U.S. installations successful Turkey.

In 1991, what became known arsenic “The Perfect Storm” began forming hundreds of miles eastbound of Nova Scotia; mislaid astatine oversea during the tempest were the six unit members of the Andrea Gail, a sportfishing vessel from Gloucester, Massachusetts.

In 2001, the families of radical killed successful the Sept. 11 violent onslaught gathered successful New York for a memorial work filled with supplication and song.

In 2012, the San Francisco Giants won their 2nd World Series rubric successful 3 years, beating the Detroit Tigers to implicit a four-game sweep.

In 2018, The Boston Red Sox bushed the Los Angeles Dodgers to triumph the World Series successful 5 games.

In 2021, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his institution was rebranding itself arsenic Meta, an effort to encompass its virtual-reality imaginativeness for the future, portion keeping the aforesaid sanction for the societal web itself.

In 2022, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took power of Twitter for $44 cardinal aft a protracted ineligible conflict and months of uncertainty.

In 2022, Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old hubby of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked and severely beaten by an assailant with a hammer who broke into their San Francisco home.

Today’s Birthdays:

• Jazz vocalist Cleo Laine is 97.
• Actor Joan Plowright is 95.
• Basketball Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens is 87.
• Actor Jane Alexander is 85.
• Actor Dennis Franz is 80.
• Actor-singer Telma Hopkins is 76.
• TV property and Olympic golden medal decathlete Caitlyn Jenner is 75.
• Actor Annie Potts is 72.
• Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is 69.
• Actor Daphne Zuniga (ZOO’-nih-guh) is 62.
• Actor Lauren Holly is 61.
• Talk amusement host-comedian Sheryl Underwood is 61.
• Football Hall of Famer Steve Atwater is 58.
• Actor-comedian Andy Richter is 58.
• Actor Julia Roberts is 57.
• Actor Jeremy Davies is 56.
• Singer Ben Harper is 55.
• Football Hall of Famer Terrell Davis is 52.
• Country vocalist Brad Paisley is 52.
• Actor Joaquin Phoenix is 50.
• Actor Gwendoline Christie is 46.
• Actor Matt Smith is 42.
• Actor Troian Bellisario is 39.
• Singer-songwriter Frank Ocean is 37.
• Tennis subordinate Taylor Fritz is 27.
• Actor Nolan Gould is 26.