September 28

September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). There are 94 days remaining.

Events

• 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.
• 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

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 Mastoianni[?], 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
• 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

• 48 BC - Pompey the Great
• 1834 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet
• 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

Holidays and observances

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