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Thursday, September 28, 2006

September 28......

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

EVENTS

● 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).

● 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 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives in 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 Heights, 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 ratification.

● 1823 - Leo XII is elected pope.

● 1844 - Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

● 1850 - Flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.

● 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.

● 1871 - Brazil passes law freeing future children of slavery.

● 1924 - Two United States Army planes landed in Seattle, Washington, having completed the first round-the-world flight in 175 days.

● 1928 - UK passed Dangerous Drugs Act (1925) - outlawing cannabis.

● 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.

● 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 Misuse of Drugs Act: medicinal cannabis is banned.

● 1972 - Japan and Communist China agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.

● 1972 - Paul Henderson scores The Goal to win the Canada/USSR (ice hockey) "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.

● 1974 - First lady Betty Ford underwent a mastectomy at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland.

● 1975 - Gunmen take eight hostage at London's Spaghetti House

● 1976 - R&B singer Stevie Wonder releases the classic double album Songs in the Key of Life.

● 1984 - Pit dispute 'illegal' says judge; The miners' strike is unlawful because a union ballot was never held, a high court judge rules.

● 1985 - Riots in Brixton after police shooting; Riots break out on the streets of south London after a woman was shot and seriously injured in a house search.

● 1987 - Encounter at Farpoint, the first episode of TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation airs.

● 1994 - The car ferry MS Estonia with 950 people on board sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.

● 1995 - Palestinian self-rule in West Bank agreed; Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord to transfer much of the West Bank to the control of its Arab residents.

● 1995 - Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.

● 1996 - Arsene Wenger is appointed manager of Arsenal F.C..

● 2000 - 'Provocative' mosque visit sparks riots; Ariel Sharon, leader of Israel's hard-line opposition, sparked new Israeli-Palestinian clashes by touring the Temple Mount including the Al Aqsa mosque compound and setting off The Al-Aqsa Intifada.

● 2000 - Capping a 12-year battle, the government approved use of the abortion pill RU-486 by prescription only. The battle still rages about over the counter sales.

● 2002 - Edwina Currie reveals she had love affair with John Major

● 2005 - House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was indicted by a Texas grand jury on a charge of conspiring to violate political fundraising laws.

● 2005 - The U.S. Treasury unveiled the new $10 bill, featuring splashes of red, yellow and orange. The best looking of the new design bills by far.

● 2005 - The FIDE World Chess Championship 2005, won by Veselin Topalov, begins.

BIRTHS

● 551 BC - Confucius, Chinese philosopher (d. 479 BC)

● 58 BC - Livia Drusilla, wife of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (d. 29)

● 1493 - Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet (d. 1545)

● 1571 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)

● 1605 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)

● 1667 - Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)

● 1681 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764)

● 1698 - Pierre-Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician, biologist and astronomer (d. 1759)

● 1705 - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (d. 1774)

● 1746 - Sir William Jones, English philologist (d. 1794)

● 1803 - Prosper Mérimée, French dramatist, historian, archaeologist and short story writer (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)

● 1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French statesman; premier of the Third Republic (1917-20) (d. 1929)

● 1852 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)

● 1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author (d. 1923)

● 1867 - Kiichiro Hiranuma, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)

● 1881 - Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950)

● 1887 - Avery Brundage, American athlete and president of the International Olympic Committee (1952-72) (d. 1975)

● 1889 - Jack Fournier, baseball player (d. 1973)

● 1891 - Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)

● 1892 - Elmer Rice, American playwright, director and novelist (d. 1967)

● 1901 - William S. Paley, American radio and television executive, led CBS for over 50 years (d. 1990)

● 1901 - Ed Sullivan, American television show host who entertained millions of Americans with his long-running Sunday night variety show (d. 1974)

● 1905 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)

● 1909 - Al Capp, American cartoonist; created "Li'l Abner" (d. 1979)

● 1913 - Alice Marble, American tennis player (d. 1990)

● 1915 - Ethel Rosenberg, American Communist executed for passing nuclear secrets to Soviets (d. 1953)

● 1916 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (d. 1977)

● 1917 - Audree Wilson, mother of three founding members of The Beach Boys (d. 1997)

● 1917 - Michael Somes, English ballet dancer (d. 1994)

● 1919 - Tom Harmon, American football player; won Heisman Trophy in 1940; father of actor Mark Harmon (d. 1990)

● 1923 - William Windom, American actor

● 1924 - Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)

● 1925 - Seymour Cray, American computer scientist (d. 1996)

● 1925 - Arnold Stang, American actor

● 1926 - Jerry Clower, American comedian (d. 1998)

● 1929 - Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer

● 1932 - Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer, theatre director, and political activist (d. 1973)

● 1934 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress

● 1934 - Janet Munro, British actress (d. 1972)

● 1935 - Koko Taylor, Blues singer

● 1937 - Alice Mahon, English politician and labor leader

● 1937 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)

● 1938 - Ben E. King, American R&B singer and songwriter

● 1939 - Stuart Kauffman, American biologist

● 1941 - Edmund Stoiber, German politician

● 1942 - Marshall Bell, American actor

● 1942 - Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999)

● 1943 - Joel Higgins, American actor

● 1943 - Nick St. Nicholas, Canadian musician (Steppenwolf)

● 1943 - J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998)

● 1946 - Helen Shapiro, English singer

● 1946 - Jeffrey Jones, American actor (''Deadwood'')

● 1947 - Bob Carr, Former Premier of New South Wales

● 1947 - Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh

● 1950 - John Sayles, American director, screenwriter and actor

● 1950 - Laurie Lewis, American musician

● 1951 - Wei Chen, Best Daddy in the World!!!

● 1952 - Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress (soft porn)

● 1954 - Steve Largent, American football player, Hall of Fame member and U.S. Congressman

● 1954 - George Lynch, American musician (Dokken)

● 1955 - Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician

● 1962 - Grant Fuhr, Canadian hockey player and Hall of Fame member

● 1964 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress, comedian and activist

● 1966 - Matt King, Country singer

● 1967 - Mira Sorvino, American actress

● 1967 - Moon Unit Zappa, American singer and actress

● 1968 - Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver

● 1968 - Naomi Watts, English-born actress

● 1968 - Sean Levert, R&B singer (Levert)

● 1968 - Carre Otis, Actress-model

● 1969 - Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer

● 1969 - Mark Everett, former child actor, now fugitive

● 1969 - Éric Lapointe, Québécois singer

● 1970 - Mike DeJean, baseball player

● 1971 - Alan Wright, English footballer

● 1972 - Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist

● 1973 - Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish electronic musician

● 1975 - Mandy Barnett, Country singer

● 1975 - Lenny Krayzelburg, American Swimmer

● 1977 - Se Ri Pak, Korean golfer

● 1978 - Bushido, German rapper

● 1979 - Bam Margera, American skateboarder

● 1981 - Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer

● 1982 - Emeka Okafor, American basketball player

● 1983 - Stefan Moore, English footballer

● 1984 - Ryan Zimmerman, Baseball player

● 1984 - Melody Thornton, American Singer (Pussycat Dolls)

● 1987 - Hilary Duff, American actress (''Lizzie McGuire'')

● 1990 - Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress

● 1992 - Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress

DEATHS

● 48 BC - Pompey, Roman general and politician (b. 106 BC)

● 235 - Saint Pontianus, Pope

● 876 - Louis the German, King of Eastern Francia (b. 804)

● 935 - Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 907)

● 1104 - Pedro I, king of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1068)

● 1197 - Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)

● 1429 - Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest of Austria

● 1582 - George Buchanan, Scottish historian (b. 1506)

● 1618 - Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)

● 1687 - Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (b. 1623)

● 1694 - Gabriel Mouton, French scientist (b. 1618)

● 1702 - Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English statesman (b. 1640)

● 1742 - Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (b. 1663)

● 1781 - William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (b. 1717)

● 1844 - Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and statesman (b. 1769)

● 1891 - Herman Melville, American novelist (b. 1819)

● 1895 - Louis Pasteur, French scientist (b. 1822)

● 1914 - Richard Sears, businessman (Sears, Roebuck and Company) (b. 1863)

● 1915 - Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian theatre director (d. 1989)

● 1915 - Saitou Hajime, 3rd squad leader of the Shinsengumi died under name of Goro Fujita (b. 1844)

● 1918 - Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)

● 1918 - Freddie Stowers, American soldier (b. 1896)

● 1935 - W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (b. 1860)

● 1953 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (b. 1889)

● 1959 - Rudolf Caracciola, German racecar driver (b. 1901)

● 1964 - Harpo Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1888)

● 1966 - André Breton, French poet (b. 1896)

● 1970 - John Dos Passos, American novelist (b. 1896)

● 1970 - Gamal Abdal Nasser, the second President of Egypt of a heart attack (b. 1918)

● 1978 - Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)

● 1979 - John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist (b. 1921)

● 1981 - Rómulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)

● 1982 - Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)

● 1988 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (b. 1912)

● 1989 - Ferdinand E. Marcos, Deposed Philippine President died in exile in Hawaii (b. 1917)

● 1991 - Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1926)

● 1993 - Peter De Vries, American novelist (b. 1910)

● 1994 - José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican politician (assassinated) (b. 1946)

● 2000 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau, fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)

● 2002 - Patsy T. Mink, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1927)

● 2002 - Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman (Molson family), senator and sports executive (Montreal Canadiens) (b. 1907)

● 2003 - Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927)

● 2003 - Elia Kazan, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1909)

● 2003 - George Odlum, West Indian politician (b. 1934)

● 2004 - Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (b. 1927)

● 2004 - Scott Muni, American disc jockey (b. 1930)

● 2005 - Constance Baker Motley, American judge (b. 1921)

HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

● Feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints:

● Leoba
● St. Wenceslas
● Lorenzo Ruiz

● Also see September 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).

● Czech Republic - Czech Statehood Day.

● Taiwan - Teacher's Day (Confucius' birthday).

● French Republican Calendar - Carotte (Carrot) Day, seventh day in the Month of Vendémiaire.


Click on this LINK to see original Wikipedia list with many having links with details.

Additional facts taken from:


The BBC Take on the day

On this day in the New York Times

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