September 28 Events |
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| September 28th, 2048 (September 28 2048) | Event | Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. | Ptolemy Quotes |
| September 28th, 2000 (September 28 2000) | Event | Al-Aqsa Intifada: Arial Sharon visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. | |
| September 28th, 1995 (September 28 1995) | Event | Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup. | |
| September 28th, 1994 (September 28 1994) | Event | The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people. | |
| September 28th, 1975 (September 28 1975) | Event | The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people were taken as hostages, takes place in London. | |
| September 28th, 1973 (September 28 1973) | Event | ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT s involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d etat in Chile. | |
| September 28th, 1971 (September 28 1971) | Event | UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act banning the medicinal use of cannabis. | |
| September 28th, 1962 (September 28 1962) | Event | Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia. | |
| September 28th, 1961 (September 28 1961) | Event | A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria. | |
| September 28th, 1958 (September 28 1958) | Event | 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. | |
| September 28th, 1944 (September 28 1944) | Event | Battle of ArnhemGermans defeat British airborne at Arnhem, Netherlands. | |
| September 28th, 1944 (September 28 1944) | Event | Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia. | |
| September 28th, 1941 (September 28 1941) | Event | 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. | Ted Williams Quotes |
| September 28th, 1939 (September 28 1939) | Event | Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II. | |
| September 28th, 1939 (September 28 1939) | Event | Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II. | |
| September 28th, 1928 (September 28 1928) | Event | UK passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing cannabis. | |
| September 28th, 1889 (September 28 1889) | Event | 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. | |
| September 28th, 1868 (September 28 1868) | Event | Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France. | |
| September 28th, 1867 (September 28 1867) | Event | Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario. | |
| September 28th, 1867 (September 28 1867) | Event | The United States takes control of Midway Island. | |
| September 28th, 1844 (September 28 1844) | Event | Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden. | |
| September 28th, 1787 (September 28 1787) | Event | The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval. | |
| September 28th, 1781 (September 28 1781) | Event | American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War. | |
| September 28th, 1779 (September 28 1779) | Event | American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay. | |
| September 28th, 1708 (September 28 1708) | Event | Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya. | |
| September 28th, 1542 (September 28 1542) | Event | Navigator Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho of Portugal arrives as what is now San Diego, California, United States. | |
| September 28th, 1448 (September 28 1448) | Event | Christian I is crowned king of Denmark. | |
| September 28th, 1322 (September 28 1322) | Event | Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Muhldorf. | |
| September 28th, 1106 (September 28 1106) | Event | The Battle of TinchebraiHenry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose. | |
| September 28th, 1066 (September 28 1066) | Event | William the Conqueror invades England: the Norman Conquest begins. | |
| September 28th, 0995 (September 28 0995) | Event | Members of Slavnik s dynastySpytimir, Pobraslav, Porej and Caslav are murdered by Boleslaus s son, Boleslaus II the Pious. | |
| September 28th, 0935 (September 28 0935) | Event | Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslav I of Bohemia. | |
| September 28th, 0365 (September 28 0365) | Event | Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor. | |
| September 28th, 0351 (September 28 0351) | Event | Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius. | |
