On This Day for October 28 - Statue of Liberty dedicated, John Locke is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. October 28 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY John Locke READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2007: Argentine lawyer and politician Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman elected president of Argentina. [Take our quiz about famous firsts for women.] 1967: American actress Julia Roberts, whose deft performances in varied roles helped make her one of the highest-paid and most-influential actresses in the 1990s and early 2000s, was born. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about A-list actors.] 1955: American computer programmer and entrepreneur Bill Gates—who cofounded Microsoft, the world's largest personal-computer software company—was born. [ Take our computer technology quiz.] 1914: American physician and medical researcher Jonas Salk, who developed the first safe and effective vaccine for polio, was born. [Take our quiz about human health.] 1726: Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift anonymously published Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World (later called Gulliver's Travels), a keystone of English literature that helped give birth to the novel form. [Take our quiz about literary classics.] 1971: Great Britain launched Prospero, its first Earth satellite. [Take our quiz about objects in space.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1955 Bill Gates American computer programmer, businessman, and philanthropist 1949 Caitlyn Jenner American athlete 1967 Julia Roberts American actress 1956 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad president of Iran 1909 Francis Bacon British painter 1914 Jonas Salk American physician and medical researcher SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help