September 28
September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). There are 94 days remaining. Events48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. May have occurred September 29, records unclear.AD 1066 - William the Conqueror invades England: Battle of Hastings1106 - The Battle of Tinchebrai - Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose1322 - Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf1448 - Christian I crowned king of Denmark1542 - Navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives as what is now San Diego1708 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya1779 - Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay1781 - American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown Heights, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.1787 - The just completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the State legislatures for approval.1820 - The tomato is publicly proven safe when Robert Johnson eats a bushel (24 kg) of tomatoes in Salem, Massachusetts1821 - Mexico signs its final Declaration of Independence.1823 - Leo XII is elected as pope1844 - Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden1867 - Toronto, Ontario becomes the capital of Ontario1868 - Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France1871 - Brazil passes law freeing future children of slaves.1928 - UK passed Dangerous Drugs Act1934 - Ocean liner RMS Queen Mary launched at Clydebank.1939 - Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II. 1939 - Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.1944 - Battle of Arnhem - Germans defeat British airborne at Arnhem, Netherlands.1958 - Guinea votes for independence from France 1958 - France ratifies a new constitution; the Fifth Republic of France is formed.1961 - A military coup in Damascus, Syria effectivly ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria1971 - UK Misuse of Drugs Act - medicinal cannabis banned.1972 - Paul Henderson scores The Goal to win the Canada/USSR (ice hockey) "Summit Series"1973 - ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 Coup in Chile.1976 - R&B singer Stevie Wonder releases the classic double album Songs in the Key of Life.1994 - The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852.1995 - Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.2000 - Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau dies.2000 - Al-Aqsa Intifada begins after the visit of Ariel Sharon to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Births1746 - Sir William Jones, linguist (d. 1794)1803 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)1824 - Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet (d. 1897)1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French politician (d. 1929)1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (d. 1923)1887 - Avery Brundage, Olympic Games president (d. 1975)1901 - Ed Sullivan, American TV show host (d. 1974) 1901 - William S. Paley, television pioneer (d. 1990)1905 - Max Schmeling, boxer1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)1915 - Ethel Rosenberg, spy (d. 1953)1916 - Peter Finch, actor (d. 1977)1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)1925 - Seymour Cray, computer scientist (d. 1996)1926 - Jerry Clower, country music entertainer1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, celebrated Indian playback singer1934 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress1935 - KoKo Taylor, blues singer1937 - Rod Roddy, television announcer (d. 2003) 1937 - Alice Mahon, English politician and trade unionist1938 - Ben E. King, singer, songwriter1939 - Stuart Kauffman, biologist1947 - Jeffrey Jones, actor1950 - John Sayles, director, screenwriter1952 - Sylvia Kristel, actress1954 - William Mylar, musician, composer1958 - Prem Pal Rewat Singh, aka Guru Maharaji, teacher1962 - Grant Fuhr, hockey goalie1964 - Janeane Garofalo, actress, comedian1968 - Naomi Watts, actress1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, singer, actress 1967 - Mira Sorvino, actress1968 - Mika Häkkinen, Finnish auto racing driver1970 - Isabelle Brasseur, figure skater1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, actress1977 - Se Ri Pak, golf champion1979 - Bam Margera, skater, troublemaker1987 - Hilary Duff, actress, singer
Deaths235 - Saint Pontianus, Pope876 - Louis the German, grandson of Charlemagne, ruler of Eastern Francia1197 - Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)1429 - Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest the Iron of Inner Austria1891 - Herman Melville, American novelist1895 - Louis Pasteur, French scientist1902 - Emile Zola, French novelist and critic1918 - Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)1935 - W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (b. 1860)1953 - Edwin Hubble, astronomer1964 - Harpo Marx, comedian and actor (b. 1888)1966 - André Breton, French poet (b. 1896)1970 - John Dos Passos, American novelist 1970 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, first president of Egypt1978 - Pope John Paul I1979 - John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist1988 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist1989 - Ferdinand Marcos, president of the Philippines1991 - Miles Davis, American jazz trumpet player2000 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau, fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada2002 - Patsy T. Mink, American Congresswoman2003 - Althea Gibson, African-American tennis pioneer 2003 - Elia Kazan, movie and theatre director
Holidays and observancesSt. Wenceslas Day (Czech Statehood Day), Czech RepublicTeacher's Day (Confucius' birthday), Taiwan
External links BBC: On This Day
September 27 - September 29 - August 28 - October 28 -- listing of all days
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