October 28: Fingerprints, Prohibition and the Blacksmith's Boy Who Changed the World

On This Day in History October 28, 2020 Historical Events 1492  Christopher Columbus sights Cuba and claims it for Spain under the name "Juana" 1538  The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established on Hispaniola 1746  Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die 1904  St Louis police try a new investigation method - fingerprints 1919  Volstead Act passed by US Congress, establishing prohibition, despite President Woodrow Wilson's veto 1924  Miner M.de Bruin discovers the infant fossil skull, "Taung child" in a lime quarry in Taung, South Africa. Paleoanthropologist Raymond Dart identifies the fossil as a new hominin species, Australopithecus africanus. More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Bill Gates 65th Birthday John Laurens (1754 - 1782) Jonas Salk (1914 - 1995) Julia Roberts 53rd Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths John Locke (1632 - 1704) Maxentius ( - 312) More Famous Deaths October 28: Faraday, the Blacksmith's Boy Who Changed the World On this day, Michael Faraday, known to science as the Father of Electricity, demonstrated his dynamo invention. It was to have huge, far-reaching consequences. Read the Article You Might Like Take Our Weekly Quiz You received this email because you opted in at our website, OnThisDay.com Update Your Preferences | Unsubscribe © 2020 OnThisDay.com 2 Acacia Place, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand