1533
Politics
Marriage to Henry, Duke of Orléans
Married Henry, Duke of Orléans, future Henry II of France, linking Medici and Valois dynasties.
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11 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1816
Medicine
Birth of Mary Frame Myers (Mary F. Thomas)
Birth of Mary Frame Myers (Mary F. Thomas), future physician and women’s rights advocate, in Maryland on October 28, 1816.
View details1818
Politics
Death of Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams died at her home in Quincy, Massachusetts, aged 73.
View details1824
Activism
Marriage to Levi Coffin at Hopewell Friends Meetinghouse
Catharine White married fellow Quaker Levi Coffin in Guilford County, North Carolina, forming the partnership central to their later Underground Railroad work.
View details1879
Science
Improved paper-bag machine patented
US Patent 220,925, an improvement on her satchel-bottom bag machine, assigned to the Eastern Paper Bag Company.
View details1897
Science
Birth of Edith Head
Edith Claire Posener was born in San Bernardino, California, later becoming Hollywood's most celebrated costume designer.
View details1944
Science
Death at Kittery Point, Maine
Helen Magill White died on October 28, 1944, at Kittery Point, Maine, at age 90.
View details1948
Science
Founded the Ballet Alicia Alonso (later Ballet Nacional de Cuba)
Alonso founded her own dance company in Havana, which would evolve into the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, one of the most prestigious companies in the world.
View details1955
Politics
Birth of Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi
Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi was born on October 28, 1955, in Madras, India (now Chennai).
View details2001
Science
Death of Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau
Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau died on October 28, 2001, in Chestertown, Maryland, at age 90.
View details2002
Science
Granted U.S. Patent for Disinfecting and Fixing Biological Fluids
U.S. Patent No. 6,474,946, 'Process for simultaneously disinfecting and fixing biological fluids,' granted to Ann A. Kiessling on October 28, 2002.
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