TODAY IN HISTORY – 28th Oct, 2026 – ORBITS NEWS

TODAY IN HISTORY – 27th Oct, 2026 – ORBITS NEWS

By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu.

C.S. Lewis said human history is the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.

This grants credence to the belief that throughout history, humans have searched for various things to bring them happiness and fulfillment, often apart from a connection with a higher power. However the search has often been misguided and has led to suffering and disappointment.

Anyways, we have outlined some wonderful moments in history. Scroll down and enjoy.

On this day in 1492, Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World, surmising that it is Japan.

Still on this day in 1726, the novel Gulliver’s Travels written by Jonathan Swift is published

Today in History has revealed that on this day in 1948, Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.

According to Today in History, on this day in 2007, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.

Regrettably on this day in 2009, the 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.

Sadly also, on this day in 2014, a rocket carrying NASA’s Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia.

Today in History also shows that on this day in 2018, Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers’ Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers’ Party candidate is not elected president. And just a few days ago, he lost to Lula.

Amazingly on this day in 2023, the 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 12 to 11, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so.

Most regrettably also, on this day in 2025, Hurricane Melissa makes landfall near Black River, Jamaica, killing over 30 people, as well as tying the 1935 Labor Day hurricane as the most intense landfall in the North Atlantic.

On the home soil, on this day in 1993, the dramatic hijacking of a Nigerian Airways Airbus A310 came to a bloody end in Niamey, Niger Republic. Four young men from the Movement for the Advancement of Democracy (MAD) had hijacked the domestic flight to protest the annulment of the June 12 election. On October 28, 1993, Nigerien paramilitary forces stormed the plane, killing one crew member and arresting the hijackers

Again, on this day in 2004, Nigeria took up a pioneering role in continental security as a contingent of 50 Nigerian troops arrived in Darfur, Sudan, aboard a US military transport plane. They served as the absolute vanguard of an expanded 3,000-man African Union peacekeeping force deployed to monitor a highly volatile ceasefire.

Interestingly, today is Bill Gates’ birthday. The remarkable American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft was born to life on this day in 1955.

Today is equally Obafemi Martins’ birthday. The Nigerian Nigerian footballer was born on this day in 1984.

For the records, today is International Animation Day (ASIFA)

What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger… You’re the point man ~ keep pointing in the right direction!