September 28

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.

Saturday 28, 1844:

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

Thursday 28, 1820:

The tomato is publicly proven safe when Robert Johnson eats a bushel (24 kg) of tomatoes in Salem, Massachusetts.

Tuesday 28, 1779:

American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

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