Today is Friday, Oct. 28, the 302nd day of 2016. There are 64 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: Jazz singer Cleo Laine is 89. Actress Joan Plowright is 87. Musician Charlie Daniels is 80. Actress Jane Alexander is 77. Actor Dennis Franz is 72. Singer Wayne Fontana is 71. Olympic decathlon medalist Caitlyn Jenner is 67. Actress Annie Potts is 64. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is 61. The former president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is 60. Actress Lauren Holly is 53. Comedian Andy Richter is 50. Actress Julia Roberts is 49. Singer Ben Harper is 47. Country singer Brad Paisley is 44. Actor Joaquin Phoenix is 42. Singer Brett Dennen is 37. Singer Frank Ocean is 29.

In 1636, the General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative act establishing Harvard College.

In 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York by President Cleveland.

In 1958, the Catholic patriarch of Venice, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was elected pope; he took the name John XXIII.

In 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev said he had ordered the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba; in return, the United States secretly agreed to remove missiles from Turkey.

In 1991, what became known as ‘‘The Perfect Storm’’ began forming east of Nova Scotia; lost at sea were the six members of the Andrea Gail, a swordfishing boat from Gloucester.

In 2006, Celtics’ Hall of Fame coach Red Auerbach died in Washington, D.C., at age 89.

In 2015, former House speaker Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty to evading banking laws in a hush-money scheme.