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September 28
September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). There are 94 days remaining.
Events
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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
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1106 - The Battle of Tinchebrai - Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose
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1322 - Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf
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1448 - Christian I crowned king of Denmark
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1542 - Navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives as what is now San Diego
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1708 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya
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1779 - Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay
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1781 - American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown Heights, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.
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1787 - The just completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the State legislatures for approval.
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1820 - The tomato is publicly proven safe when Robert Johnson eats a bushel (24 kg) of tomatoes in Salem, Massachusetts
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1821 - Mexico signs its final Declaration of Independence .
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1823 - Leo XII is elected as pope
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1844 - Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden
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1867 - Toronto, Ontario becomes the capital of Ontario
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1868 - Battle of Alcolea , causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France
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1871 - Brazil passes law freeing future children of slaves.
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1928 - UK passed Dangerous Drugs Act
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1934 - Ocean liner RMS Queen Mary launched at Clydebank.
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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.
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1944 - Battle of Arnhem - Germans defeat British airborne at Arnhem, Netherlands.
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1958 - Guinea votes for independence from France
- 1958 - France ratifies a new constitution; the Fifth Republic of France is formed.
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1961 - A military coup in Damascus, Syria effectivly ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria
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1971 - UK Misuse of Drugs Act - medicinal cannabis banned.
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1972 - Paul Henderson scores The Goal to win the Canada/USSR (ice hockey) "Summit Series"
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1973 - ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 Coup in Chile.
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1976 - R&B singer Stevie Wonder releases the classic double album Songs in the Key of Life.
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1994 - The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852.
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1995 - Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.
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2000 - Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau dies.
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2000 - Al-Aqsa Intifada begins after the visit of Ariel Sharon to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Births
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1746 - Sir William Jones, linguist (d. 1794)
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1803 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)
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1824 - Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet (d. 1897)
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1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French politician (d. 1929)
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1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (d. 1923)
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1887 - Avery Brundage, Olympic Games president (d. 1975)
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1901 - Ed Sullivan, American TV show host (d. 1974)
- 1901 - William S. Paley, television pioneer (d. 1990)
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1905 - Max Schmeling, boxer
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1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)
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1915 - Ethel Rosenberg, spy (d. 1953)
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1916 - Peter Finch, actor (d. 1977)
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1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)
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1925 - Seymour Cray, computer scientist (d. 1996)
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1926 - Jerry Clower, country music entertainer
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1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, celebrated Indian playback singer
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1934 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress
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1935 - KoKo Taylor , blues singer
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1937 - Rod Roddy, television announcer (d. 2003)
- 1937 - Alice Mahon, English politician and trade unionist
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1938 - Ben E. King, singer, songwriter
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1939 - Stuart Kauffman, biologist
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1947 - Jeffrey Jones, actor
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1950 - John Sayles, director, screenwriter
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1952 - Sylvia Kristel, actress
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1954 - William Mylar , musician, composer
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1958 - Prem Pal Rewat Singh, aka Guru Maharaji, teacher
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1962 - Grant Fuhr, hockey goalie
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1964 - Janeane Garofalo, actress, comedian
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1968 - Naomi Watts, actress
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1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, singer, actress
- 1967 - Mira Sorvino, actress
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1968 - Mika Häkkinen, Finnish auto racing driver
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1970 - Isabelle Brasseur , figure skater
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1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, actress
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1977 - Se Ri Pak, golf champion
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1979 - Bam Margera, skater, troublemaker
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1987 - Hilary Duff, actress, singer
Deaths
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235 - Saint Pontianus, Pope
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876 - Louis the German, grandson of Charlemagne, ruler of Eastern Francia
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1197 - Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)
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1429 - Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest the Iron of Inner Austria
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1891 - Herman Melville, American novelist
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1895 - Louis Pasteur, French scientist
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1902 - Emile Zola, French novelist and critic
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1918 - Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
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1935 - W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (b. 1860)
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1953 - Edwin Hubble, astronomer
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1964 - Harpo Marx, comedian and actor (b. 1888)
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1966 - André Breton, French poet (b. 1896)
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1970 - John Dos Passos, American novelist
- 1970 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, first president of Egypt
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1978 - Pope John Paul I
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1979 - John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist
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1988 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist
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1989 - Ferdinand Marcos, president of the Philippines
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1991 - Miles Davis, American jazz trumpet player
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2000 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau, fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada
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2002 - Patsy T. Mink, American Congresswoman
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2003 - Althea Gibson, African-American tennis pioneer
- 2003 - Elia Kazan, movie and theatre director
Holidays and observances
External links
September 27 - September 29 - August 28 - October 28 -- listing of all days
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