September 28
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September 28 is the 271st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (272nd in leap years). There are 94 days remaining.
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[edit] Births
- 1493 - Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet
- 1573 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)
- 1605 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)
- 1667 - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
- 1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, Indian singer
- 1946 - Helen Shapiro, English singer
- 1947 - Bob Carr, Premier of New South Wales
- 1947 - Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- 1950 - John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
- 1950 - Laurie Lewis, American musician
- 1952 - Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress
- 1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, American actor
[edit] Deaths
- 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)
- 1978 - Pope John Paul I
- 1994 - José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican politician (assassinated) (born 1946)
- 2000 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau, fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada (born 1919)
[edit] 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 1066 - William the Conqueror invades England: Battle of Hastings
- 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 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 passed Dangerous Drugs Act
- 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.
- 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 effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria
- 1971 - 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2004 - Wayne Rooney makes his long awaited Manchester United debut, scoring a hat-trick in the 6-2 Champions League victory.
[edit] Holidays and observances
- RC Saints - St. Wenceslas, Lorenzo Ruiz
Also see September 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
[edit] External links
September 27 - September 29 - August 28 - October 28 – listing of all days
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