International Animation Day marked on October 28; key events of the date in history

International Animation Day is observed every year on October 28. The day aims to recognise the importance of the art of animation and celebrate its creativity. It is marked in honour of Emile Reynaud, who presented the first public animation show in 1892.

Animation is a powerful art that carries different cultures, stories and ideas to audiences across the world. The field ranges from children's cartoons to films for adults. Thanks to technological progress, the medium has made an important place for itself in entertainment and education.

Here are key events from national and world history on October 28. In 1420, Beijing was officially made the capital of the Ming dynasty. In 1490, Christopher Columbus reached Cuba after his first voyage. In 1636, Harvard University was founded in the United States. In 1886, US President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty to the nation.

In 1904, Panama and Uruguay established diplomatic relations. In 1922, Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini overthrew the government in Rome. In 1940, during the Second World War, Italy attacked Greece. In 1969, the Tarapur atomic power project began operations. In 2009, NASA successfully launched the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch of its short-lived Constellation programme.

Among those born on this date are Sister Nivedita, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, in 1867 (died October 13, 1911), and the poet Shankar Keshav Kanetkar in 1893 (died December 4, 1973). Lalji Pandey, a well-known lyricist of Hindi films, was born in 1930 (died September 13, 1997). Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Indra Nooyi, an American corporate executive of Indian origin, were both born in 1955.

Mohammad Ahmadinejad, the sixth President of Iran, was born in 1956. Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan was born in 1958, American actress Julia Roberts in 1967 and YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim in 1979.

Several notable figures also died on this date. The fourth Mughal emperor, Jahangir, died in 1627 (born August 31, 1569). Maharaja Shrimant Yashwantrao Holkar of the Holkar kingdom died in 1811 (born December 3, 1776). The German thinker Max Muller died in 1900 (born December 6, 1823). Helen White, the first American woman to earn a doctorate, died in 1944 (born November 28, 1853).

H&M founder Erling Persson died in 2002 (born January 21, 1917). Jonathan Motzfeldt, the first Prime Minister of Greenland, died in 2010 (born September 25, 1938). The Indian writer Rajendra Yadav died in 2013 (born August 28, 1929).