Historical Events on September 28, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on September 28th This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2018 | The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured. |
| 2016 | The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas. |
| 2014 | The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing. |
| 2012 | Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants. |
| 2009 | The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1,400 people. |
| 2008 | Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit by the RatSat mission. |
| 2008 | The Singapore Grand Prix is held as Formula One's inaugural night race, with Fernando Alonso winning the event. Almost a year later it was revealed that Alonso's team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr. had been ordered to crash his car to help bring out the safety car and give Alonso the advantage and win.[5] |
| 2000 | Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. |
| 1995 | Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup. |
| 1995 | Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. |
| 1994 | The cruise ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people. |
| 1992 | A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill in Nepal, killing all 167 passengers and crew. |
| 1986 | The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan. |
| 1975 | The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London. |
| 1973 | The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile. |
| 1970 | Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo. |
| 1961 | A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria. |
| 1951 | CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later. |
| 1944 | World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia. |
| 1941 | World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins. |
| 1941 | Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better. |
| 1939 | World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland. |
| 1939 | World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end. |
| 1928 | Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin. |
| 1924 | The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army. |
| 1919 | Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska. |
| 1918 | World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins. |
| 1912 | The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill. |
| 1912 | Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash. |
| 1901 | Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own. |
| 1893 | Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto. |
| 1892 | The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal. |
| 1889 | The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a metre. |
| 1871 | The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves. |
| 1868 | The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France. |
| 1867 | Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796. |
| 1844 | Oscar I of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden. |
| 1821 | The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October. |
| 1787 | The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval. |
| 1781 | American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown. |
| 1779 | American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay. |
| 1542 | Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California. He is the first European in California. |
| 1538 | Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza. |
| 1322 | Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf. |
| 1238 | King James I of Aragon conquers Valencia from the Moors. Shortly thereafter, he proclaims himself king of Valencia. |
| 1106 | King Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert Curthose at the Battle of Tinchebray. |
| 1066 | William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest. |
| 995 | Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, kills most members of the rival Slavník dynasty. |
| 935 | Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him. |
| 365 | Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself emperor. |
| 351 | Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius. |
| 235 | Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus of Rome. |
| 48 | Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. |
Famous People Born on September 28
Here is a random list who born on September 28. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1951 | Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2015) |
| 1964 | Claudio Borghi, Argentinian footballer and manager |
| 1975 | Isamu Jordan, American journalist and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1573 | Théodore de Mayerne, Swiss physician (d. 1654) |
| 1987 | Viktoria Leks, Estonian high jumper |
| 1765 | Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (d. 1814) |
| 1963 | Greg Weisman, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1984 | Luke Pomersbach, Australian cricketer |
| 1952 | Andy Ward, English drummer |
| 1882 | Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (d. 1963) |
Famous People Deaths On September 28
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on September 28. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1899 | Giovanni Segantini, Austrian painter (b. 1858) |
| 1687 | Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (b. 1623) |
| 1962 | Roger Nimier, French soldier and author (b. 1925) |
| 1197 | Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165) |
| 935 | Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia (b. c. 907) |
| 1893 | Annie Feray Mutrie, British painter (b. 1826) |
| 1956 | William Boeing, American businessman, founded the Boeing Company (b. 1881) |
| 1618 | Josuah Sylvester, English poet and translator (b. 1563) |
| 1918 | Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858) |
| 1943 | Sam Ruben, American chemist and academic (b. 1913) |
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