Historical events commemorated on October 28

October 28 marks several significant historical milestones across different eras and regions:

In 312, Roman Emperor Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, an event linked to his adoption of Christianity. In 1822, the Psara fleet attacked the Turkish navy at Tenedos. In 1886, President Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York.

Regarding Greek history, Thessaloniki was surrendered to Greece in 1912. In 1940, Italy issued an ultimatum to Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas, leading to the Greek 'OXI' (No) and the subsequent Italian invasion of Greece.

Other notable occurrences include the alleged Philadelphia Experiment in 1943, which remains an urban legend, and the birth of British epidemiologist Richard Doll in 1912, who first linked smoking to lung cancer.