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September 28

September 28 carries 10 recorded events spanning between -48 and 2009. Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.

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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.

The shape of the day

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.

Libra is the sign for September 28 — read more on the Libra page, or see September's birthstone & birth flower.

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

    Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.

  2. 235

    Pope Pontian

    Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus of Rome.

  3. 1066

    William the Conqueror

    William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest.

  4. 1821

    Declaration of Independence (Mexico)

    The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.

  5. 1901

    Philippine–American War

    Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.

  6. 1918

    World War I

    World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.

  7. 1928

    Alexander Fleming

    Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.

  8. 1939

    World War II

    World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.

  9. 2006

    Typhoon Xangsane

    Typhoon Xangsane passes over Manila after impacting parts of Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas, becoming the strongest to affect the Philippine capital in 11 years.

  10. 2009

    2009 Guinean protests

    The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1,400 people.

Famous birthday twins

Born on September 28

Mathieu Valbuena

b. 1984

French footballer

Confucius

b. -551

Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. (died 479 BC)

Andrés Guardado

b. 1986

Mexican footballer

Brigitte Bardot

b. 1934

French actress and animal rights activist

Janeane Garofalo

b. 1964

American comedian, actress, and screenwriter

Edmund Stoiber

b. 1941

German lawyer and politician, Minister President of Bavaria

Darius Johnson-Odom

b. 1989

American basketball player

Florence Violet McKenzie

b. 1890

Australian electrical engineer

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

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted 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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