Oct 282008
- cultus confirmation for Blessed Bonaventura of Potenza
- cultus confirmation for Blessed Odoric of Pordenone
- death of Saint Paul of the Cross
- American Revolution begins
- birth of Jane Austen
- birth of Andre Marie Ampere
- birth of Saint Joseph Fernandez
- first abolitionist society in United States organizes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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