What are the important events that happened on September 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 28: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 28 is the 272nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 94 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 15, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,727,481,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaheptacontadigon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 123 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,299 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 28 Historical Events
365 –
Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor.
1106 –
The Battle of Tinchebrai – Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.
1867 –
The United States takes control of Midway Island.
1912 –
The Ulster Covenant is signed by half a million Ultonians in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
1919 –
Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, US.
1939 –
Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.
1960 –
Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.
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.
1995 –
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Who were born on September 28?
1821 –
Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)
1887 –
Avery Brundage, American athlete and sports official (d. 1975)
1905 –
Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
1910 –
Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader (d. 1942)
1947 –
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician
1959 –
Steve Hytner, American actor
1976 –
Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist
1977 –
Se Ri Pak, Korean golfer
1981 –
Gül Gölge, Turkish model and actress
1984 –
Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
Who died on September 28?
935 –
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 907)
1104 –
Pedro I, king of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1068)
1891 –
Herman Melville, American novelist (b. 1819)
1918 –
Freddie Stowers, American soldier (b. 1896)
1982 –
Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)
1993 –
Alexander A. Drabik, American soldier (b. 1910)
1993 –
Fraser MacPherson, Canadian jazz saxophonist (b. 1928)
1994 –
Urmas Alender, Estonian singer and musician (b. 1953)
2004 –
Scott Muni, American disc jockey (b. 1930)
2007 –
René Desmaison, French mountaineer (b. 1930)
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