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1948 78 years ago Historical Events October 28

Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.

On October 28, in the year 1948, Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT. This event is recorded as a Historical Events event in the history of October 28, one of 451 recorded events on this date across all of history.

Paul Hermann Müller, also known as Pauly Mueller, was a Swiss chemist who received the 1948 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine for his 1939 discovery of insecticidal qualities and use of DDT in the control of vector diseases such as malaria and yellow fever.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on October 28, 1948 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Historical Events event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 29 August 2026.

On This Date in History 451

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Notable Deaths 2024 Oct 28 Jamshid Sharmahd, German-American affiliate of Kingdom Assembly of Iran (born 1955)
Notable Deaths 2024 Oct 28 Kazuo Umezu, Japanese manga artist (born 1936)
Historical Events 2023 Oct 28 The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New…
Notable Deaths 2023 Oct 28 Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor (born 1969)
Notable Deaths 2023 Oct 28 Adam Johnson, American ice hockey player (born 1994)
Notable Deaths 2022 Oct 28 Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1935)
Historical Events 2018 Oct 28 Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as…
Notable Deaths 2018 Oct 28 Colin Sylvia, Australian rules footballer (born 1985)
Historical Events 2014 Oct 28 A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after…
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 28 Galway Kinnell, American poet and academic (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 28 Michael Sata, Zambian police officer and politician, 5th President of Zambia (born 1937)
Historical Events 2013 Oct 28 Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China.
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 28 Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1920)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 28 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 28 Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (born 1949)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 28 Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (born 1929)
Selected Events 2013 Oct 28 The first terrorist attack in Beijing's recent history took place when members of the Turkistan Islamic Party drove a…
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 28 Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 28 John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (born 1936)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 28 Jack Dellal, English businessman (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2011 Oct 28 Tom Addington, English soldier (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2010 Oct 28 Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (born 1932)
Notable Deaths 2010 Oct 28 James MacArthur, American actor (born 1937)
Notable Deaths 2010 Oct 28 Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (born 1938)
Notable Deaths 2010 Oct 28 Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (born 1934)
Historical Events 2009 Oct 28 The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
Historical Events 2009 Oct 28 NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
Historical Events 2009 Oct 28 US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
Notable Deaths 2009 Oct 28 Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1990)
Historical Events 2007 Oct 28 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
Notable Deaths 2007 Oct 28 Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (born 1932)
Notable Deaths 2007 Oct 28 Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927)
Selected Events 2007 Oct 28 In the Argentine general election, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the first woman to be elected president of…
Historical Events 2006 Oct 28 A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
Notable Births 2006 Oct 28 Yoon Do-young, South Korean footballer
Notable Deaths 2006 Oct 28 Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2006 Oct 28 Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer (born 1954)
Notable Deaths 2006 Oct 28 Marijohn Wilkin, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1920)
Notable Deaths 2005 Oct 28 Bob Broeg, American soldier and journalist (born 1918)
Notable Deaths 2005 Oct 28 Raymond Hains, French photographer (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2005 Oct 28 Tony Jackson, American basketball player (born 1942)
Notable Deaths 2005 Oct 28 Fernando Quejas, Cape Verdean-Portuguese singer-songwriter (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2005 Oct 28 Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2005 Oct 28 Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2004 Oct 28 Eugene K. Bird, American colonel and author, US Commandant of Spandau Prison (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2003 Oct 28 Sally Baldwin, Scottish social sciences professor (born 1940)
Notable Deaths 2002 Oct 28 Margaret Booth, American screenwriter and producer (born 1898)

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