On this day in Korea: Oct 28

What happened in Korea on this date in past years, picked from our timeline. Only entries with a confirmed date are shown; the list changes every day.

• 1986Students occupying Konkuk University were arrested en masse. [Source]

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Korea in October through the years

• Oct 11946 · Protests over food shortages and police shootings erupted in Daegu and spread across the south (the Daegu October 1 incident). [Source]
• Oct 11949 · The Republic of Korea Air Force was founded, built on the army's aviation unit. [Source]
• Oct 11953 · South Korea and the United States signed the Mutual Defense Treaty. [Source]
• Oct 22007 · Roh Moo-hyun and Kim Jong-il held the second inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang. [Source]
• Oct 72026 · On its fifth launch, the Nuri rocket placed its main payload of five micro-satellites for a constellation into orbit. [Source]
• Oct 91965 · The Marine Blue Dragon Brigade landed at Cam Ranh and the advance party of the Capital (Tiger) Division landed at Quy Nhon. [Source]
• Oct 91983 · A bomb planted by North Korea exploded at the Aung San Mausoleum in Myanmar, killing South Korean cabinet ministers and others. [Source]
• Oct 92006 · North Korea announced it had carried out its first nuclear test. [Source]
• Oct 101993 · The ferry Seohae sank off Wido Island in Buan, North Jeolla Province, killing 292 people. [Source]
• Oct 131990 · President Roh Tae-woo declared a “war on crime” targeting organized gangs. [Source]
• Oct 141975 · The Saemal–Gangneung section of the Yeongdong Expressway opened, completing the entire expressway. [Source]
• Oct 151963 · In the fifth presidential election, Park Chung Hee defeated Yun Po-sun by the narrowest vote margin in Korean presidential history. [Source]
• Oct 151973 · The Soyanggang Dam, a multipurpose dam on the Bukhan River system, was completed. [Source]
• Oct 161945 · Syngman Rhee, who had campaigned for independence in the United States, returned home after 33 years, landing at Gimpo Airport. [Source]
• Oct 161979 · The Bu-Ma Democratic Protests, mass demonstrations against the Yusin system, broke out in Busan and Masan. [Source]
• Oct 171969 · The three-term amendment was confirmed in a national referendum. [Source]
• Oct 171972 · President Park Chung Hee carried out the October Yusin, declaring martial law and dissolving the National Assembly. [Source]
• Oct 172014 · A ventilation grate collapsed near an outdoor concert venue in Pangyo, Seongnam, and spectators fell through. [Source]
• Oct 191948 · Soldiers of the 14th Regiment stationed in Yeosu mutinied rather than deploy to suppress Jeju, sparking the Yeosu–Suncheon incident. [Source]
• Oct 191950 · The Chinese People's Volunteer Army crossed the Yalu River into the war, fighting its first battle on October 25. [Source]
• Oct 211994 · A section of Seoul’s Seongsu Bridge collapsed during the morning commute, killing 32 people. [Source]
• Oct 212021 · The Korean-developed Nuri rocket made its first launch from the Naro Space Center, but its third stage shut down early and the dummy payload failed to reach orbit. [Source]
• Oct 221980 · A new constitution providing for a single seven-year presidential term chosen by an electoral college was approved by referendum. [Source]
• Oct 241994 · A fire broke out on a sightseeing boat on Chungju Lake in North Chungcheong Province, claiming many lives. [Source]
• Oct 252020 · Lee Kun-hee, longtime chairman of Samsung, died. [Source]
• Oct 261979 · President Park Chung Hee was shot dead by KCIA Director Kim Jae-gyu (the October 26 incident). [Source]
• Oct 262011 · Park Won-soon won the Seoul mayoral by-election. [Source]
• Oct 271987 · A constitutional amendment providing for a directly elected president with a single five-year term was approved by referendum. [Source]
• Oct 292016 · The first candlelight rally over the Choi Soon-sil scandal was held, and turnout grew rapidly in the following weeks. [Source]
• Oct 292022 · A crowd crush in a narrow alley in Seoul’s Itaewon during Halloween festivities killed 159 people and injured 196. [Source]
• Oct 301968 · 120 North Korean commandos infiltrated the Uljin–Samcheok area and waged guerrilla warfare for about two months. [Source]
• Oct 301986 · The government warned of a threat from North Korea's Mount Kumgang Dam and moved to build a counter-dam, later called the Peace Dam. [Source]
• Oct 301999 · A fire in a commercial building in Inhyeon-dong, Incheon, killed many people, most of them teenagers. [Source]