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Historical Events for 28th October 2025
1911 - Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
1918 - Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up
1965 - Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews are not collectively guilty for crucifixion
1966 - Belgian runner Gaston Roelants sets a new world record in the one-hour run, covering 20,664 m (12.84 mi)
1979 - Dick Howser, the best Yankees manager by win-loss percentage (.636), returns to New York, replacing Billy Martin
2001 - Indie cult hit film "Donnie Darko", starring Jake Gyllenhaal, is released
2017 - Twin car bomb attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia, kill at least 27; Islamist militant group al-Shabab claim responsibility
2024 - UK records its lowest-ever fertility rate of 1.44 children per woman in 2023, with 591,072 births in England and Wales, the lowest in 172 years
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