Event:
Pahoa, a town of about 1,000 people on Hawaii's Big Island, must evacuate due to a stream of lava flowing at 20 yards per hour from the Kilauea volcano; Red Cross Hawaii is assisting residents with temporary shelter
More Notable Events on October 28:
1965 630 foot high Gateway Arch completed in St. Louis
1954 Ernest Hemingway wins Nobel prize for literature
1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated by President Grover Cleveland
1858 Macy's Department store opens in New York City
1793 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin
