September 28

Thursday 28, 1995:

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

Tuesday 28, 1976:

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

Tuesday 28, 1971:

UK Misuse of Drugs Act: medicinal cannabis is banned.

Thursday 28, 1961:

A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.

Thursday 28, 1944:

Germans defeat British airborne at Arnhem, Netherlands.

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