On this day: October 28

October 28: Feast days of Simon the Zealot and Jude the Apostle (Western Christianity)

Gateway Arch

• 1707 – The Hōei earthquake ruptured all of the segments of the Nankai megathrust simultaneously—the only earthquake known to have done this—with an estimated magnitude of 8.6 M_L.
• 1886 – In New York Harbor, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, to commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence.
• 1915 – Richard Strauss conducted the first performance of his tone poem An Alpine Symphony in Berlin.
• 1940 – The Balkans Campaign in World War II: Italy invaded Greece after Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas rejected Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's ultimatum demanding the occupation of Greek territory.
• 1965 – In St. Louis, Missouri, US, the 630-foot (190 m) tall catenary steel Gateway Arch (pictured) was completed.

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