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September 28

125 years on from Philippine–American War, September 28 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

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What happened on September 28?

September 28 is the 271st day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between -48 and 2009. Famous people born on September 28 include Mathieu Valbuena, Confucius and Andrés Guardado.

Released on September 28

Movies, games, albums & shows

2023

  • TV Gen V

2022

  • Game Valkyrie Elysium

2021

  • Game Lemnis Gate
  • Game Steel Assault
  • Game A Juggler's Tale
  • Game New World: Aeternum
  • TV La Brea

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. -48

    Pompey

  2. 235

    Pope Pontian

  3. 1066

    William the Conqueror

  4. 1821

    Declaration of Independence (Mexico)

  5. 1901

    Philippine–American War

  6. 1918

    World War I

  7. 1928

    Alexander Fleming

  8. 1939

    World War II

  9. 2006

    Typhoon Xangsane

  10. 2009

    2009 Guinean protests

Famous birthday twins

Born on September 28

Mathieu Valbuena

b. 1984

Confucius

b. -551

Andrés Guardado

b. 1986

Brigitte Bardot

b. 1934

Janeane Garofalo

b. 1964

Edmund Stoiber

b. 1941

Darius Johnson-Odom

b. 1989

Florence Violet McKenzie

b. 1890

Deaths

  • 2000Pierre Trudeau
  • 1989Ferdinand Marcos
  • 1978Pope John Paul I
  • 1895Louis Pasteur
  • 1891Herman Melville
  • -48Pompey

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Aaron of Auxerre
  • —Christian feast day: Annemund
  • —Christian feast day: Chariton the Confessor
  • —Christian feast day: Conval
  • —Christian feast day: Eustochium
  • —Christian feast day: Exuperius
  • —Christian feast day: Faustus of Riez
  • —Christian feast day: John of Dukla

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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