September 28
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September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 94 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 551 BC - Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479 BC)
- 1493 – Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet (d. 1545)
- 1555 - Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, Marshal of France (d. 1623)
- 1573 – Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)
- 1605 – Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)
- 1667 – Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
- 1681 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764)
- 1705 - Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1772)
- 1746 - William Jones, English philologist (d. 1794)
- 1765 - Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
- 1797 - Fyodor Litke, Russian geographer, navigator and Arctic explorer (d. 1882)
- 1803 - Prosper Merimee, French author (d. 1870)
- 1809 - Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (d. 1899)
- 1819 - Narcis Monturiol i Estarriol, Catalan engineer, artist and inventor (d. 1885)
- 1821 - Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)
- 1823 – Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889)
- 1828 - Friedrich Albert Lange, German philosopher (d. 1875)
- 1836 – Thomas Crapper, English inventor (d. 1910)
- 1841 – Georges Clemenceau, French politician (d. 1929)
- 1852 – Henri Moissan, French chemist (d. 1907)
- 1860 – Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist (d. 1934)
- 1863 - King Carlos I of Portugal (d. 1908)
- 1865 - Amelie of Orleans, Queen of Portugal (d. 1951)
- 1867 – Hiranuma Kiichiro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)
- 1871 – Pietro Badoglio, Italian soldier and politician (d. 1956)
- 1871 - Fred P. Cone, Governor of Florida (d. 1948)
- 1878 - Joseph Ruddy, American freestyle swimmer and water polo player (d. 1962)
- 1887 – Avery Brundage, American sports official (d. 1975)
- 1893 - Giannis Skaribas, Greek writer and dramatist (d. 1984)
- 1895 - Prentice Cooper, 36th Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)
- 1901 – Ed Sullivan, American television host (d. 1974)
- 1901 - William S. Paley, American radio and TV executive (d. 1990)
- 1905 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
- 1907 - Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast (d. 1997)
- 1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)
- 1910 – Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines (d. 1997)
- 1915 – Ethel Rosenberg, American alleged spy (d. 1953)
- 1916 – Peter Finch, British actor (d. 1997)
- 1923 - William Windom, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1924 – Rudolf Barshai, Russian conductor and violist (d. 2010)
- 1924 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)
- 1925 – Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (d. 1996)
- 1928 – Koko Taylor, American blues musician (d. 2009)
- 1932 – Victor Jara, Chilean singer and songwriter (d. 1973)
- 1933 - Madeleine M. Kunin, Swiss-born American politician, 77th Governor of Vermont
- 1934 – Brigitte Bardot, French actress and animal activist
- 1938 – Ben E. King, American singer
- 1938 - Myechyslaw Hryb, former President of Belarus
- 1939 - Elbridge Bryant, American tenor (d. 1975)
- 1941 – David Lewis, American philosopher (d. 2001)
- 1941 – Edmund Stoiber, German politician
- 1942 - Donna Leon, American writer
- 1943 - Nick St. Nicholas, German-Canadian musician (Steppenwolf)
- 1944 - Milos Zeman, former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
- 1946 – Helen Shapiro, English singer
- 1947 – Bob Carr, former Premier of New South Wales
- 1947 – Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- 1947 – Jon Snow, British broadcast journalist
- 1950 – John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
- 1950 – Laurie Lewis, American musician
- 1952 – Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress, model and singer (d. 2012)
- 1955 – Stephane Dion, Canadian politician
- 1960 – Jennifer Rush, American singer
- 1961 - Quentin Kawananakoa, claimant to the throne of Hawaii
- 1964 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress and comedienne
- 1964 – Paul Jewell, English football manager
- 1966 - Ginger Fish, American musician
- 1968 – Mika Hakkinen, Finnish racing driver
- 1968 – Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress
- 1970 – Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japanese tennis player
- 1972 – Dita Von Teese, American Burlesque dancer
- 1976 - Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist
- 1977 - Ireneusz Markinkowski, Polish footballer
- 1978 - Peter Cambor, American actor
- 1978 – Bushido, German rapper and musician
- 1979 – Bam Margera, American skateboarder and actor
- 1981 – Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorean footballer
- 1982 – Abinav Bindra, Indian Olympic shooter
- 1982 – Ray Emery, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 – Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor
- 1982 - Matt Cohen, American actor
- 1984 – Mathieu Valbuena, French footballer
- 1984 – Melody Thornton, American singer
- 1987 – Hilary Duff, American actress and singer
- 1988 – Marin Cilic, Croatian tennis player
- 1988 – Esmee Denters, Dutch singer
- 1990 – Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress
- 1992 – Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress
Deaths [change]
- 48 BC – Pompey the Great, Roman consul (born 106 BC)
- 235 – Saint Pontianus, Pope
- 876 – Louis the German, King of Eastern Francia (born 804)
- 935 – Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (born 907)
- 1104 – Pedro I, king of Aragon and Navarre (born 1068)
- 1197 – Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1165)
- 1781 - William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British statesman and diplomat (born 1717)
- 1829 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Raevsky, Russian general (born 1771)
- 1844 - Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and statesman (born 1769)
- 1859 – Carl Ritter, German geographer (born 1779)
- 1891 – Herman Melville, American writer (born 1819)
- 1895 – Louis Pasteur, French scientist (born 1822)
- 1953 – Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (born 1891)
- 1914 - Richard Sears, American businessman (born 1863)
- 1938 - Charles Duryea, American automobile manufacturer (born 1861)
- 1949 - Chrysanthus, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Athens (born 1881)
- 1956 – William Boeing, American aviation manufacturer (born 1881)
- 1959 – Rudolf Caracciola, German racing driver (born 1901)
- 1964 – Harpo Marx, American comedian and actor (born 1888)
- 1966 - Andre Breton, French poet (born 1896)
- 1970 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (born 1918)
- 1978 – Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
- 1981 – Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (born 1908)
- 1989 – Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (born 1917)
- 1991 – Miles Davis, American musician (b. 1926)
- 1994 – José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican politician (assassinated) (born 1946)
- 2000 – Pierre Elliott Trudeau, fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada (born 1919)
- 2003 – Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927)
- 2003 - Elia Kazan, Greek-born American movie director (b. 1909)
- 2009 – Guillermo Endara, President of Panama (b. 1936)
- 2010 – Arthur Penn, American screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 2012 - Michael O'Hare, American actor (b. 1952)
Events [change]
- 48 BC – Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. It may have occurred on September 29, his 58th birthday, but records are unclear.
- 1066 – William the Conqueror invades England.
- 1106 – The Battle of Tinchebrai – Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.
- 1322 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
- 1448 – Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
- 1542 – Navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives as what is now San Diego.
- 1708 – Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
- 1779 – Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
- 1781 – 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 United States 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, Massachusetts.
- 1821 – Mexico signs its final Declaration of Independence.
- 1823 – Leo XII is elected as pope.
- 1844 – Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
- 1867 – Toronto, Ontario becomes the capital of Ontario.
- 1868 – Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
- 1871 – Brazil passes law freeing future children of slaves.
- 1928 – UK passes the Dangerous Drugs Act.
- 1928 - Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
- 1934 – Ocean liner RMS Queen Mary is 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.
- 1950 – Indonesia joins the UN.
- 1958 – Guinea votes for independence from France.
- 1958 – France ratifies a new constitution; the Fifth Republic of France is formed.
- 1960 – Mali and Senegal join the UN.
- 1961 – A military coup in Damascus, Syria effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
- 1964 - The Warren Commission concludes there was no conspiracy in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
- 1969 – Willy Brandt is elected Chancellor of Germany.
- 1970 – Gamal Abdel Nasser dies, and is succeeded by Anwar Sadat as President of Egypt.
- 1971 – UK Misuse of Drugs Act – medicinal cannabis is banned.
- 1972 – Paul Henderson scores the goal to win the Canada/USSR (ice hockey) "Summit Series".
- 1973 – ITT Building in New York City is 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.
- 1978 – Pope John Paul I dies after just 33 days as Pope.
- 1987 – Encounter at Farpoint, the first episode of TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation airs, with Jean Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) at the helm.
- 1992 - An Airbus A300 of Pakistan International Airlines strikes a mountain near Kathmandu, killing all 117 on board.
- 1994 – The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
- 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.
- 2000 - In a referendum in Denmark, a majority of voters reject the Euro currency.
- 2003 – A widespread power outage affects Italy.
- 2004 – Wayne Rooney makes his long awaited Manchester United debut, scoring a hat-trick in the 6-2 Champions League victory.
- 2009 – 157 protesters are killed in Guinea, as they demonstrated against the military rule of Moussa Dadis Camara.
- 2010 – A massive landslide kills at least 7 people in Oaxaca, Mexico.
- 2012 - A plane crashes shortly after take-off from Kathmandu and bursts into flames, killing all 19 people on board.
Holidays and observances [change]
Also see September 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Czech Republic – Czech Statehood Day
- Taiwan – Teacher's Day (Confucius' birthday),
Other websites [change]
September 27 – September 29 – August 28 – October 28 – listing of all days
