October 28, 1900 (Sunday)
- Queen Victoria issued the Letters Patent to create the Office of Governor-General of Australia as well as Instructions to our Governor-General.
- The last event of the 1900 Paris Olympics took place. In the gold medal game of the Olympic rugby competition, France beat Britain 27–8.
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Famous quotes containing the word october:
“Especially when the October wind
With frosty fingers punishes my hair,”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)