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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.

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 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.
• 1820 - The tomato is publicly proven safe when Robert Johnson eats a bushel (24 kg) of tomatoes in Salem, Massachusetts.
• 1823 - Leo XII is elected pope.
• 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.
• 1871 - Brazil passes law freeing future children of slaves.
• 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.
• 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 - 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.
• 1976 - R&B singer Stevie Wonder releases the classic double album Songs in the Key of Life.
• 1984 - foxbok is born in Wuhan, China.
• 1987 - Encounter at Farpoint, the first episode of TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation airs.
• 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 - The Al-Aqsa Intifada begins after the visit of Ariel Sharon to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.