September 28
September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). There are 94 days remaining.
Events
- 48 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 935 - Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I the Cruel
- 995 - Members of Slavník's dynasty - Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious
- 1066 - William the Conqueror invades England: the Norman Conquest begins.
- 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 Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives as what is now San Diego, California, United States.
- 1708 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
- 1779 - American Revolution: 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 newly 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, Massachusetts.
- 1823 - Leo XII is elected pope.
- 1844 - Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
- 1867 - Toronto 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 passed Dangerous Drugs Act.
- 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 - France ratifies a new Constitution of France; the French Fifth Republic is then formed upon the formal adoption of the new constitution on October 4. Guinea rejects the new constitution, voting for independence instead.
- 1961 - A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
- 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 bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.
- 1976 - R&B singer Stevie Wonder releases the classic double album Songs in the Key of Life.
- 1987 - Encounter at Farpoint, the first episode of TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation airs.
- 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 - The Al-Aqsa Intifada begins after the visit of Ariel Sharon to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Births
- 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 - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (d. 1774)
- 1746 - Sir William Jones, English philologist (d. 1794)
- 1803 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)
- 1823 - Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889)
- 1824 - Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet (d. 1897)
- 1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French politician (d. 1929)
- 1852 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
- 1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (d. 1923)
- 1887 - Avery Brundage, American athlete and sports official (d. 1975)
- 1891 - Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)
- 1901 - Ed Sullivan, American television show host (d. 1974)
- 1901 - William S. Paley, television pioneer (d. 1990)
- 1905 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
- 1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)
- 1915 - Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)
- 1916 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (d. 1977)
- 1923 - William Windom, American actor
- 1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)
- 1925 - Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (d. 1996)
- 1925 - Arnold Stang, American actor
- 1926 - Jerry Clower, American comedian (d. 1998)
- 1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer
- 1934 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress
- 1934 - Janet Munro, British actress (d. 1972)
- 1937 - Alice Mahon, English politician and trade unionist
- 1937 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)
- 1938 - Ben E. King, American singer and songwriter
- 1939 - Stuart Kauffman, American biologist
- 1941 - Edmund Stoiber, German politician
- 1943 - Joel Higgins, American actor
- 1943 - J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1947 - Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- 1947 - Jeffrey Jones, American actor
- 1950 - John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
- 1952 - Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress
- 1954 - Steve Largent, American football player and congressman
- 1962 - Grant Fuhr, Canadian hockey player
- 1964 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress and comedian
- 1967 - Mira Sorvino, American actress
- 1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, American singer and actress
- 1968 - Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
- 1968 - Naomi Watts, English-born actress
- 1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
- 1977 - Se Ri Pak, Korean golfer
- 1979 - Bam Margera, American skateboarder
- 1987 - Hilary Duff, American actress and singer
Deaths
- 48 BC - Pompey, Roman general and politician (b. 106 BC)
- 235 - Saint Pontianus, Pope
- 876 - Louis the German, King of Eastern Francia (b. 804)
- 935 - Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 907)
- 1104 - Pedro I, king of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1068)
- 1197 - Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)
- 1429 - Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest the Iron of Inner Austria
- 1582 - George Buchanan, Scottish historian (b. 1506)
- 1618 - Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)
- 1687 - Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (b. 1623)
- 1702 - Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English statesman (b. 1640)
- 1742 - Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (b. 1663)
- 1891 - Herman Melville, American novelist (b. 1819)
- 1895 - Louis Pasteur, French scientist (b. 1822)
- 1918 - Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
- 1918 - Freddie Stowers, American soldier (b. 1896)
- 1935 - W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (b. 1860)
- 1953 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (b. 1889)
- 1964 - Harpo Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1888)
- 1966 - André Breton, French poet (b. 1896)
- 1966 - Eric Fleming, American actor (drowned) (b. 1925)
- 1970 - John Dos Passos, American novelist (b. 1896)
- 1970 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, first President of Egypt (b. 1918)
- 1973 - Norma Crane, American actress (b. 1928)
- 1978 - Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
- 1979 - John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist (b. 1921)
- 1981 - Rómulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
- 1982 - Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)
- 1988 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)
- 1989 - Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (b. 1916)
- 1991 - Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1926)
- 1993 - Peter De Vries, American novelist (b. 1910)
- 1994 - José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican politician (assassinated) (b. 1946)
- 2000 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau, fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
- 2002 - Whitney Blake, American actress (b. 1925)
- 2002 - Patsy T. Mink, American Congresswoman (b. 1927)
- 2003 - Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927)
- 2003 - Elia Kazan, Hungarian-born director (b. 1909)
- 2003 - George Odlum, St. Lucian politician (b. 1934)
- 2004 - Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (b. 1927)
Holidays and observances
Also see September 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Czech Republic - Czech Statehood Day
- Taiwan - Teacher's Day (Confucius' birthday),
External links
September 27 - September 29 - August 28 - October 28 – listing of all days