Disasters recorded on 28 October across the years, drawn from our archive of historical events.
Typhoon Agnes, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Undang, was the fourth and final tropical cyclone to affect the Philippines during the 1984 Pacific typhoon season. An area of disturbed weather developed near the equator and the Caroline …
On 28 October 1995, a fire broke out in the subway system of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, between the Ulduz and Nariman Narimanov stations. According to official figures, the fire killed 289 people: 286 passengers (including 28 children…