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

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

Events

48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.
351 - Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
365 - Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor.
935 - Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslav I of Bohemia.
995 - Members of Slavník's dynasty - Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious.
1066 - William the Conqueror invades England: the Norman Conquest begins.
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 is crowned king of Denmark.
1542 - Navigator João Rodrigues Cabrilho of Portugal arrives as what is now San Diego, California, United States.
1708 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
1779 - American Revolution: 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, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.
1787 - The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval.
1844 - Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
1867 - Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario.
1867 - The United States takes control of Midway Island.
1868 - Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
1889 - The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.
1928 - UK passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing cannabis.
1939 - Nazi 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.
1941 - Major League Baseball: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hits a batting average of .406 that was originally at .3995. He is the last player to have a batting average of .400 or better.
1944 - Battle of Arnhem - Germans defeat British airborne at Arnhem, Netherlands.
1944 - Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia.
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.
1961 - A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
1962 - Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia.
1971 - UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
1972 - The Canadian national men's hockey team, led by Paul Henderson, defeat the Soviet Union national ice hockey team 6-5 to win decisive Game 8 of the 1972 Summit Series.
1973 - ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.
1975 - The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people were taken as hostages, takes place in London.
1994 - The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
1995 - Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.
2000 - Al-Aqsa Intifada: Arial Sharon visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Births

551 BC - Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479 BC)
58 BC - Livia Drusilla, wife of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (d. 29)
1330 - Nicolas Flamel, French alchemist (d. 1417?)
1493 - Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet (d. 1545)
1605 - Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)
1667 - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
1681 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764)
1705 - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (d. 1774)
1746 - Sir William Jones, English philologist (d. 1794)
1803 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)
1821 - Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)
1823 - Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889)
1824 - Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet (d. 1897)
1836 - Thomas Crapper, English inventor (d. 1910)
1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French politician (d. 1929)
1852 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (d. 1923)
1861 - Amélie of Orléans, queen of Portugal (d. 1951)
1867 - Hiranuma Kiichirō, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)
1881 - Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950)
1887 - Avery Brundage, American athlete and sports official (d. 1975)
1889 - Jack Fournier, American baseball player (d. 1973)
1891 - Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)
1893 - Giannis Skaribas, Greek writer and dramatist (d. 1984)
1898 - Carl Clauberg, Nazi concentration camp doctor (d. 1957)
1901 - William S. Paley, American radio and television executive (d. 1990)
1901 - Ed Sullivan, American television show host (d. 1974)
1905 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
1907 - Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast (d. 1997)
1907 - Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (d. 1931)
1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)
1910 - Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader (d. 1942)
1913 - Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss artist and illustrator
1916 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (d. 1977)
1918 - Ángel Labruna, Argentinian football player and coach (d. 1983)
1923 - John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, British politician (d. 2007)
1923 - William Windom, American actor
1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)
1925 - Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (d. 1996)
1925 - Cromwell Everson, South African composer (d. 1991)
1925 - Arnold Stang, American actor
1926 - Jerry Clower, American comedian (d. 1998)
1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer
1932 - Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer and activist (d. 1973)
1933 - Miguel Berrocal, Sculptor (d. 2006)
1934 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress
1934 - Janet Munro, British actress (d. 1972)
1935 - Heather Sears, British actress (d. 1994)
1937 - Alice Mahon, English politician and labor leader
1937 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)
1938 - Ben E. King, American r&b singer
1939 - Stuart Kauffman, American biologist
1939 - Rudolph Walker, Trinidadian-born British actor
1941 - Edmund Stoiber, German politician
1942 - Marshall Bell, American actor
1942 - Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999)
1942 - Tim Maia, Brazilian Singer (d. 1998)
1943 - Joel Higgins, American actor
1943 - Nick St. Nicholas, Canadian musician (Steppenwolf)
1943 - J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998)
1943 - Warren Lieberfarb, American media executive
1946 - Jeffrey Jones, American actor
1946 - Helen Shapiro, English singer
1947 - Bob Carr, Australian politician
1947 - Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician
1950 - Laurie Lewis, American musician
1950 - John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
1951 - Wei Chen, Canadian journalist
1952 - Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress
1954 - Steve Largent, American football player and U.S. Congressman
1954 - George Lynch, American musician (Dokken)
1955 - Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician
1959 - Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
1960 - Jennifer Rush, American pop singer
1961 - Quentin Kawananakoa, American-born pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii
1962 - Grant Fuhr, Canadian hockey player
1963 - Steve Blackman, American professional wrestler
1964 - Claudio Borghi, Argentine football manager (Colo-Colo)
1964 - Laura Cerón, American actress
1964 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress and comedian
1964 - Paul Jewell, English football manager
1965 - Ginger Fish, American drummer (Marilyn Manson)
1966 - Puri Jagannadh, Indian film director
1967 - Mira Sorvino, American actress
1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, American singer and actress
1968 - Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver and two-time F1 world champion
1968 - Naomi Watts, English-born actress
1969 - Mark Everett, American fugitive
1969 - Éric Lapointe, Canadian singer
1969 - Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
1970 - Mike DeJean, American baseball player
1970 - Gualter Salles, Brazilian racing driver
1971 - Alan Wright, English footballer
1971 - Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter
1972 - Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist
1973 - Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish electronic musician
1973 - Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player
1974 - Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer
1974 - Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer
1974 - Shane Webcke, Australian rugby player
1974 - John Light, English actor
1975 - Lenny Krayzelburg, American swimmer
1976 - Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist
1977 - Young Jeezy, American Rapper
1977 - Se Ri Pak, Korean golfer
1978 - Bushido, German rapper
1979 - Bam Margera, American skateboarder
1981 - José Calderón, Spanish basketball player
1981 - Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer
1981 - Gül Gölge, Turkish model and actress
1981 - Iracema Trevisan, Brazilian musician (CSS)
1982 - Ray Emery, Canadian hockey player
1982 - Ranbir Kapoor, Indian Actor
1982 - Nolwenn Leroy, French Singer
1982 - Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
1982 - Dustin Penner, Canadian hockey player
1982 - Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
1983 - Stefan Moore, English footballer
1983 - Abhinav Bindra, Indian shooter
1984 - Melody Thornton, American singer and dancer
1984 - Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
1986 - Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
1987 - Hilary Duff, American actress, singer
1988 - Esmée Denters, Dutch singer
1988 - Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer
1989 - Mark Randall, English footballer
1992 - Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress