September 28
September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). There are 94 days remaining.
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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.
- 1066 - William the Conqueror invades England: Battle of Hastings
- 1106 - The Battle of Tinchebrai - Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose
- 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
- 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 US Congress to be sent to the State legislatures for approval.
- 1821 - Mexico signs its final Declaration of Independence.
- 1867 - Toronto, Ontario becomes the capital of Canada
- 1868 - Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France
- 1871 - Brazil passes law freeing future children of slaves
- 1934 - 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
- 1944 - Battle of Arnhem - Germans defeat British airborne at Arnhem, Netherlands
- 1958 - Guinea votes for independence from France
- 1961 - Syria withdraws from the United Arab Republic
- 1973 - ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 Coup in Chile.
- 1994 - The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852.
- 2000 - Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau dies
Births
- 1746 - Sir William Jones, linguist
- 1803 - Prosper Mérimée, author († 1870)
- 1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French politician († 1929)
- 1887 - Avery Brundage, Olympic Games president († 1975)
- 1901 - Ed Sullivan, TV show host († 1974)
- 1901 - William S. Paley, television pioneer († 1990)
- 1905 - Max Schmeling, boxer
- 1909 - Al Capp, cartoonist († 1979)
- 1915 - Ethel Rosenberg, spy († 1953)
- 1916 - Peter Finch, actor († 1977)
- 1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, actor († 1996)
- 1925 - Seymour Cray, computer scientist († 1996)
- 1926 - Jerry Clower, country music entertainer
- 1934 - Brigitte Bardot, actress
- 1935 - KoKo Taylor, jazz singer
- 1937 - Rod Roddy, television announcer († 2003)
- 1938 - Ben E. King, singer, songwriter
- 1947 - Jeffrey Jones, actor
- 1950 - John Sayles, director, screenwriter
- 1952 - Sylvia Kristel, actress
- 1964 - Janeane Garofalo, actress, comedian
- 1968 - Naomi Watts, actress
- 1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, singer, actress
- 1967 - Mira Sorvino, actress
- 1970 - Isabelle Brasseur, figure skating champion
- 1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, actress
Deaths
- 1891 - Herman Melville, novelist
- 1895 - Louis Pasteur, scientist
- 1902 - Emile Zola, novelist and critic
- 1964 - Harpo Marx, comedian and actor
- 1970 - John Dos Passos, novelist.
- 1970 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, first president of Egypt
- 1978 - Pope John Paul I
- 1989 - Ferdinand Marcos, former president of the Philippines
- 1991 - Miles Davis, musician
- 2000 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 80, fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada
- 2003 - Althea Gibson, African-American tennis pioneer
- 2003 - Yukichi Chuganji, 114 years
- 2003 - Elia Kazan, movie and theatre director
Holidays and observances
September 27 - September 29 - August 28 - October 28 - more historical anniversaries
See also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - more historical anniversaries
