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 271st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 94 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 15, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,316,960 minutes 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 ‘dihectaheptacontahenagon’ day.
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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 142 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 4,664 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 28 Historical Events
- 235 –Pope Pontian resigns. He and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia.
- 351 –Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
- 1238 –Muslim Valencia surrenders to the besieging King James I of Aragon the Conqueror.
- 1781 –American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.
- 1867 –Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario.
- 1868 –Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
- 1901 –Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers in a surprise attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar Island.
- 1944 –Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia.
- 1971 –The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
- 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?
- 1493 –Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet (d. 1545)
- 1821 –Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)
- 1835 –Sai Baba of Shirdi (d. 1918)
- 1867 –Hiranuma Kiichirō, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)
- 1923 –William Windom, American actor
- 1925 –Frank Latimore, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1932 –Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer and activist (d. 1973)
- 1951 –Wei Chen, Canadian journalist
- 1954 –George Lynch, American musician (Dokken)
- 1968 –Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
Who died on September 28?
- 1687 –Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (b. 1623)
- 1694 –Gabriel Mouton, French scientist (b. 1618)
- 1829 –Nikolay Nikolayevich Raevsky, Russian general (b. 1771)
- 1914 –Richard Sears, American businessman (b. 1863)
- 1938 –Charles Duryea, American automobile manufacturer (b. 1861)
- 1953 –Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (b. 1889)
- 1991 –Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1926)
- 1999 –Escott Reid, Canadian diplomat (b. 1905)
- 2000 –Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
- 2003 –Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927)
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