From the books of history - 28 October special

What Happened

" 2008: Chandrayaan-1 enters lunar orbit path. India's first lunar probe, launched days earlier by ISRO, successfully completed a critical deep-space maneuver to position itself for lunar orbit insertion. 1636: Harvard University founded. The Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony voted to establish the first institution of higher learning in the United States. 1918: Foundation of Czechoslovakia. The nation officially declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of World War I. 1492: Christopher Columbus sights Cuba. On his first voyage to the New World, Columbus landed in Cuba, claiming it for the Kingdom of Spain."