September, 28th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 28, 2000:
The Al-Aqsa Intifada begins after the visit of Ariel Sharon to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Thursday 28, 1995:
Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.

Wednesday 28, 1994:
The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.

Monday 28, 1987:
Encounter at Farpoint, the first episode of TV show ' airs.

Tuesday 28, 1976:
R&B singer Stevie Wonder releases the classic double album Songs in the Key of Life.

Friday 28, 1973:
ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.

Thursday 28, 1972:
Paul Henderson scores The Goal to win the Canada/USSR (ice hockey) "Summit Series".

Tuesday 28, 1971:
UK Misuse of drugs Act: medicinal cannabis is banned.

Thursday 28, 1961:
A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.

Sunday 28, 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.

Thursday 28, 1944:
Germans defeat British airborne at Arnhem, Netherlands.

Thursday 28, 1939:
Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.

Friday 28, 1928:
UK passed Dangerous drugs Act.

Thursday 28, 1871:
Brazil passes law freeing future children of slaves.

Monday 28, 1868:
Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.

Saturday 28, 1867:
The United States takes control of Midway Island.

Saturday 28, 1844:
Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

Sunday 28, 1823:
Leo XII is elected pope.

Thursday 28, 1820:
The tomato is publicly proven safe when Robert Johnson eats a bushel (24 kg) of tomatoes in Salem, Massachusetts.

Friday 28, 1787:
The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the State legislatures for approval.

Friday 28, 1781:
American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown Heights, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.

Tuesday 28, 1779:
American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

Friday 28, 1708:
Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

Monday 28, 1542:
Navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives as what is now San Diego, California, United States.

Thursday 28, 1448:
Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.

Monday 28, 1322:
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.

Friday 28, 1106:
Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.

Friday 28, 1066:
William the Conqueror invades England: the Norman Conquest begins.

Monday 28, 995:
Spytimír, Pobraslav, Po?ej and ?áslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious

Wednesday 28, 935:
AD 935 - Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I the Cruel

Sunday 28, -48:
Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt (may have occurred September 29, records unclear).

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/28-september/on-this-day.html


People born on September 28

1987:
Hilary Duff, American actress and singer (b: September 28, 1987) (Biography of Hilary Duff)

1979:
Bam Margera, American skateboarder (b: September 28, 1979) (Biography of Bam Margera)

1977:
Se Ri Pak, Korean golfer (b: September 28, 1977) (Biography of Se Ri Pak)

1972:
Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress (b: September 28, 1972) (Biography of Gwyneth Paltrow)

1968:
Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver (b: September 28, 1968) (Biography of Mika Häkkinen)
Naomi Watts, English-born actress (b: September 28, 1968) (Biography of Naomi Watts)

1967:
Mira Sorvino, American actress (b: September 28, 1967) (Biography of Mira Sorvino)
Moon Unit Zappa, American singer and actress (b: September 28, 1967) (Biography of Moon Unit Zappa)

1964:
Janeane Garofalo, American actress and comedian (b: September 28, 1964) (Biography of Janeane Garofalo)

1962:
Grant Fuhr, Canadian hockey player (b: September 28, 1962) (Biography of Grant Fuhr)

1954:
Steve Largent, American football player and congressman (b: September 28, 1954) (Biography of Steve Largent)

1952:
Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress (b: September 28, 1952) (Biography of Sylvia Kristel)

1950:
John Sayles, American director and screenwriter (b: September 28, 1950) (Biography of John Sayles)

1947:
Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b: September 28, 1947) (Biography of Sheikh Hasina)
Jeffrey Jones, American actor (b: September 28, 1947) (Biography of Jeffrey Jones)
Bob Carr, Premier of New South Wales (b: September 28, 1947) (Biography of Bob Carr)

1946:
Helen Shapiro, English pop, jazz and gospel singer (b: September 28, 1946) (Biography of Helen Shapiro)

1943:
J. T. Walsh, American actor (b: September 28, 1943 ; d: February 27, 1998) (Biography of J. T. Walsh)
Joel Higgins, American actor (b: September 28, 1943) (Biography of Joel Higgins)

1941:
Edmund Stoiber, German politician (b: September 28, 1941) (Biography of Edmund Stoiber)

1939:
Stuart Kauffman, American biologist (b: September 28, 1939) (Biography of Stuart Kauffman)

1938:
Ben E. King, American singer and songwriter (b: September 28, 1938) (Biography of Ben E. King)

1937:
Alice Mahon, English politician and trade unionist (b: September 28, 1937) (Biography of Alice Mahon)
Rod Roddy, American television announcer (b: September 28, 1937 ; d: October 27, 2003) (Biography of Rod Roddy)

1934:
Brigitte Bardot, French actress (b: September 28, 1934) (Biography of Brigitte Bardot)
Janet Munro, British actress (b: September 28, 1934) (Biography of Janet Munro)

1929:
Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer (b: September 28, 1929) (Biography of Lata Mangeshkar)

1926:
Jerry Clower, American comedian (b: September 28, 1926) (Biography of Jerry Clower)

1925:
Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (b: September 28, 1925 ; d: October 5, 1996) (Biography of Seymour Cray)
Arnold Stang, American actor (b: September 28, 1925) (Biography of Arnold Stang)

1924:
Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (b: September 28, 1924 ; d: December 19, 1996) (Biography of Marcello Mastroianni)

1923:
William Windom, American actor (b: September 28, 1923) (Biography of William Windom (actor))

1916:
Peter Finch, English-born actor (b: September 28, 1916 ; d: January 14, 1977) (Biography of Peter Finch)

1915:
Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (b: September 28, 1915 ; d: June 19, 1953) (Biography of Ethel Rosenberg)

1909:
Al Capp, American cartoonist (b: September 28, 1909 ; d: November 5, 1979) (Biography of Al Capp)

1905:
Max Schmeling, German boxer (b: September 28, 1905 ; d: February 2, 2005) (Biography of Max Schmeling)

1901:
Ed Sullivan, American television show host (b: September 28, 1901 ; d: October 13, 1974) (Biography of Ed Sullivan)
William S. Paley, television pioneer (b: September 28, 1901) (Biography of William S. Paley)

1891:
Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (b: September 28, 1891 ; d: October 22, 1918) (Biography of Myrtle Gonzalez)

1887:
Avery Brundage, American athlete and sports official (b: September 28, 1887 ; d: May 8, 1975) (Biography of Avery Brundage)

1881:
Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b: September 28, 1881 ; d: September 16, 1950) (Biography of Pedro de Cordoba)

1856:
Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (b: September 28, 1856) (Biography of Kate Douglas Wiggin)

1852:
Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 28, 1852 ; d: February 20, 1907) (Biography of Henri Moissan)

1841:
Georges Clemenceau, French politician (b: September 28, 1841 ; d: November 24, 1929) (Biography of Georges Clemenceau)

1824:
Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet (b: September 28, 1824) (Biography of Francis Turner Palgrave)

1823:
Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (b: September 28, 1823) (Biography of Alexandre Cabanel)

1803:
Prosper Mérimée, French author (b: September 28, 1803 ; d: September 23, 1870) (Biography of Prosper Mérimée)

1746:
Sir William Jones, English philologist (b: September 28, 1746) (Biography of William Jones (philologist))

1705:
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (b: September 28, 1705 ; d: July 1, 1774) (Biography of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland)

1681:
Johann Mattheson, German composer (b: September 28, 1681 ; d: April 17, 1764) (Biography of Johann Mattheson)

1667:
Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b: September 28, 1667 ; d: April 21, 1701) (Biography of Asano Naganori)

1605:
Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (b: September 28, 1605 ; d: November 25, 1694) (Biography of Ismael Bullialdus)

1573:
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (b: September 28, 1573 ; d: July 18, 1610) (Biography of Michelangelo Merisi)

1493:
Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet (b: September 28, 1493) (Biography of Agnolo Firenzuola)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/28-september/births.html