September 28

Thursday 28, 2000:

The Al-Aqsa Intifada begins after the visit of Ariel Sharon to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Thursday 28, 1995:

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

Wednesday 28, 1994:

The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.

Monday 28, 1987:

Encounter at Farpoint, the first episode of TV show ' airs.

Tuesday 28, 1976:

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

Friday 28, 1973:

ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.

Thursday 28, 1972:

Paul Henderson scores The Goal to win the Canada/USSR (ice hockey) "Summit Series".

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.

Sunday 28, 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.

Thursday 28, 1944:

Germans defeat British airborne at Arnhem, Netherlands.

Thursday 28, 1939:

Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.

Friday 28, 1928:

UK passed Dangerous Drugs Act.

Thursday 28, 1871:

Brazil passes law freeing future children of slaves.

Monday 28, 1868:

Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.

Saturday 28, 1867:

The United States takes control of Midway Island.

Saturday 28, 1844:

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

Sunday 28, 1823:

Leo XII is elected pope.

Thursday 28, 1820:

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

Friday 28, 1787:

The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the State legislatures for approval.

Friday 28, 1781:

American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown Heights, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.

Tuesday 28, 1779:

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

Friday 28, 1708:

Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

Monday 28, 1542:

Navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives as what is now San Diego, California, United States.

Thursday 28, 1448:

Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.

Monday 28, 1322:

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.

Friday 28, 1106:

Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.

Friday 28, 1066:

William the Conqueror invades England: the Norman Conquest begins.

Monday 28, 995:

Spytimír, Pobraslav, Po?ej and ?áslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious

Wednesday 28, 935:

AD 935 - Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I the Cruel

Sunday 28, -48:

Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt (may have occurred September 29, records unclear).

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