{
  "id": 16695795,
  "title": "WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/wednesday-oct-28-2026-16695795",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-27T02:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/todayinhistory/20261027/wednesday-oct-28-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On October 28, 2026, The Korea Times reported a range of historical events spanning from the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus to the establishment of the first university in the Americas. In 1492, Columbus sighted Cuba and claimed it for Spain, while in 1538, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino was founded in Santo Domingo, marking the earliest university in the Americas. Over the centuries, there have been significant natural disasters, such as the earthquake in 1746 that destroyed Lima and Callao, killing 18,000 people. In the realm of science and technology, Michael Faraday demonstrated his dynamo invention in 1831, leading to advancements in electricity. Notably, in 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated by President Grover Cleveland, with a ticker tape parade in New York City marking the occasion. The year 1919 saw the passage of the Volstead Act, enforcing a nationwide ban on alcohol, despite President Woodrow Wilson's veto. In the field of paleoanthropology, in 1924, M. de Bruin discovered the infant fossil skull, nicknamed the Taung child, which was identified by Raymond Dart as a new hominin species, Australopithecus africanus.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}