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Birthday September 28, 0551 Confucius, (as celebrated in Taiwan) |
Birthday September 28, 1573 Michelangelo Buanarroti, in Caprese, Italy |
Birthday September 28, 1583 Caravaggio, Italian painter (or 1573) |
Birthday September 28, 1820 Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher |
Birthday September 28, 1839 Frances Willard, founded Women's Christian Temperance Union |
Birthday September 28, 1841 Georges Clemenceau, French statesman |
Birthday September 28, 1852 Henri Moissan, French chemist; isolated fluorine (Nobel 1906) |
Birthday September 28, 1856 Kate Douglas Wiggins, author |
Birthday September 28, 1882 Jack Fournier, played 2nd on 1917-18 Yankees |
Birthday September 28, 1885 Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitched for Yanks in 1905 |
Birthday September 28, 1895 Lawton Whitey Witt, Yankee outfielder of 1922-25 |
Birthday September 28, 1901 TV host Ed Sullivan born |
Birthday September 28, 1901 William S Paley, CBS Chairman |
Birthday September 28, 1902 Ed Sullivan, TV variety show host |
Birthday September 28, 1905 Max Schmeling, of Germany, world heavyweight boxing champ (1930-32) |
Birthday September 28, 1907 Glen (Turk) Edwards, NFL tackle (Boston/Washington Redskins) |
Birthday September 28, 1909 Al Capp, cartoonist, ('Li'l Abner') |
Birthday September 28, 1912 Confucius |
Birthday September 28, 1914 Harold Taylor, Canadian educator |
Birthday September 28, 1917 Michael Somes, English ballet dancer |
Birthday September 28, 1923 William Windom, Actor |
Birthday September 28, 1924 Marcello Mastroianni, Actor (8«, La Dolce Vita) |
Birthday September 28, 1925 Seymour Cray, inventor of Cray I computer |
Birthday September 28, 1934 Brigette Bardot, in Paris France |
Birthday September 28, 1940 Alexander S Ivanchenkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 29, T-6) |
Birthday September 28, 1941 Charley Taylor, NFL wide receiver, running back (Redskin) |
Birthday September 28, 1942 Grant Jackson, 1972 Yankee pitcher |
Birthday September 28, 1946 Fiona Lewis |
Birthday September 28, 1951 Dave Rajsich, Yankee pitcher |
Birthday September 28, 1952 Sylvia Kristel, in Holland, Emmanuelle |
Birthday September 28, 1954 Steve Largent, wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks) |
History September 28, 0000 Pompey the Great assassinated |
History September 28, 1066 William the Conqueror invades England |
History September 28, 1066 William the Conqueror landed in England |
History September 28, 1542 Cabrillo discovers San Diego Bay |
History September 28, 1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California at San Diego Bay |
History September 28, 1542 Cabrillo encounters California |
History September 28, 1634 John Milton's drama, Comus, performed |
History September 28, 1781 Siege of Yorktown begins last battle of the the Revolutionary War |
History September 28, 1781 Battle of Yorktown begins |
History September 28, 1858 Donati's comet becomes the 1st to be photographed |
History September 28, 1863 Union generals blamed for Chickamauga defeat |
History September 28, 1906 US troops reoccupy Cuba stay until 1909 |
History September 28, 1918 British soldier allegedly spares the life of an injured Adolf Hitler |
History September 28, 1918 Flu epidemic hits Philadelphia |
History September 28, 1920 Baseball's biggest scandal grand jury indicts 8 White Sox for throwing the 1919 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds |
History September 28, 1923 Yanks slaughter Red Sox 24-4 |
History September 28, 1924 2 US Army planes completed 1st around the world flight |
History September 28, 1924 End of 1st around-the-world flight Seattle to Seattle 57 stops |
History September 28, 1928 Yanks clinch pennant #6 |
History September 28, 1930 Lou Gehrig'error ends his errorless streak at 885 consecutive games The winning pitcher was Babe Ruth beating the Red Sox 9-3 |
History September 28, 1938 Auto inventor Charles Duryea dies |
History September 28, 1941 Ted Williams assures his 400 avg on last day with 6 hits |
History September 28, 1942 NY Americans NHL team folded |
History September 28, 1942 General Arnold fights for unique bombers |
History September 28, 1944 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise) |
History September 28, 1951 Norm Van Brocklin of the Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards |
History September 28, 1951 Allie Reynolds 2nd no hitter of 1951 Yanks clinch pennant #18 |
History September 28, 1953 Edwin Hubble dies |
History September 28, 1959 Khrushchev and Eisenhower offer views on summit meeting |
History September 28, 1960 Ted Williams hits home run in last major league at-bat |
History September 28, 1960 Ted Williams hits his final homer #521 |
History September 28, 1963 Giuseppe Cantarella roller-skates a record 41.5 kph for 440 yds |
History September 28, 1965 Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km |
History September 28, 1967 President Johnson honors American soldier |
History September 28, 1968 Battle for Thuong Duc begins |
History September 28, 1970 Sadat replaces Egyptian Pres Nassar who died of a heart attack at 52 |
History September 28, 1972 Weekly casualty figures contain no U.S. fatalities |
History September 28, 1974 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy |
History September 28, 1978 Pope John Paul I died of a heart attack at 65 |
History September 28, 1982 1st reports appeared of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules |
History September 28, 1988 A cult leader kills one of his followers |
History September 28, 1989 Marcos dies in exile |
History September 28, 1991 Miles Davis dies |
History September 28, 1994 Estonia sinks |