September 28th
Holidays and Festivals
Czech Statehood Day (Czech Republic)
Flag Day (Thailand) * CLICK HERE
World Rabies Day (International)
Teacher's Day (Philippines) * (See Below)
World Maritime Day
National Good Neighbor Day (USA)
Cannstatter Volksfest a.k.a. Cannstatter Wasen (Stuttgart, Germany)
National Day of Awareness and Unity against Child Pornography (Philippines)
Stade du 28 Septembre, The military junta leading Guinea, headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, sexually assaulted, killed and wounded protesters during a protest rally in a stadium called Stade du 28 Septembre.
Fish Tank Floorshow Night
Family Day
Dussehra
Ask a Stupid Question Day
Christian Feast Day of Aaron of Auxerre
Christian Feast Day of Eustochium
Christian Feast Day of Exuperius
Christian Feast Day of Leoba
Christian Feast Day of Lorenzo Ruiz
Christian Feast Day of Paternus of Auch
Christian Feast Day of St. Wenceslas
* Galway International Oyster Festival Ireland - Last full weekend in Sept (3-3)
* Teacher's Day (Philippines) Celebrated Among Taiwan and Chinese-Filipino schools in The Philippines.
Tzom Gedaliah A.k.a. Fast of the Seventh Month Two Days after Rosh Hashanah, immediately after the second day of the High Holy Day of Rosh Hashana, The third of Tishrei in the Hebrew calendar Fête de la Carotte Translation: Carrot Day (French Republican) The Seventh day of the Month of Vendémiaire in the French Republican CalendarToast of The Day
"L'Chaim! (Le Hy-em - Hebrew) To Life!
- In celebration of Rosh Hashanah - Jewish
Drink of The Day
Fuzzy Navel
1 Part Peach Schnapps
Fill With Orange Juice
Wine of The Day
Jarvis 2005 Estate Grown, Cave Fermented
Style - Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley
$95
Beer of The Day
120 Minute IPA
Brewer - Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton DE, USA
Style - Imperial IPA
ABV - 18%
Joke of The Day
Two guys are drinking in a bar.
One says, "Did you know that elks have sex 10 to 15 times a night?"
"Aw crap..," says his friend, "and I just joined the VFW!"
Quote of The Day
"A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it."
- Unknown
Whisky Of The Day
Price: $20
September Observances
AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month
All American Breakfast Month
Apple Month
Atrial Fibrillation Month
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Baby Safety Month
Backpack Safety America Month
Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month
Better Breakfast Month
Bourbon Heritage Month
Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Childrens' Good Manners Month
Chili Peppers and Figs Month
Classical Music Month
College Savings Month
Craniofacial Acceptance Month
Eat Chicken Month
Fall Hat Month
Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month
Great American Low-Cholesterol, Low-fat Pizza Bake Month
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
Happy Cat Month
Healthy Aging Month
Healthy Aging Month
Hunger Action Month
International Guide Dogs Month
International People Skills Month
International Self-Awareness Month
International Square Dancing Month
International Strategic Thinking Month
Library Card Sign-Up Month
Little League Month
Menopause Awareness Month
Million Minute Family Challenge (September-December)
Mold Awareness Month
National 5-A-Day Month
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
National Biscuit Month
National Blueberry Popsicle Month
National Campus Safety Month
National Chicken Month
National Child Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Civics Awareness Month
National Coupon Month
National Courtesy Month
National DNA, Geonomics & Stem Cell Education Month
National Food Safety Education Month
National Fruit and Veggies Month (Also June)
National Head Lice Prevention Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
National Home Furnishings Month
National Honey Month
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
National Mushroom Month
National Organic Harvest Month
National Osteopathic Medicine Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (ovarian.org)
National Pediculosis (Head Lice) Prevention Month
National Piano Month
National Potato Month
National Preparedness Month
National Prime Beef Month
National Prosper Where You Are Planted Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Recovery Month
National Rice Month
National Sickle Cell Month
National Skin Care Awareness Month
National Wilderness Month
One-on-One Month
Passion Fruit and Peach Month
Peas and Radish Month
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
Pleasure Your Mate Month
Reunion Planning Month
Save The Koala Month
Sea Cadet Month
Self Improvement Month
Shameless Promotion Month
Southern Gospel Music Month
Sports and Home Eye Health and Safety Month
Subliminal Communications Month
United Planet Month
Update Your Resume Month
Virtual AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Days
Whole Grains Month
Women's Friendship Month
World Animal Remembrance Month
World Leukemia, Lymphoma And Myeloma Awareness Month
Observances this Week
Child Passenger Safety Week, Last Week in SeptemberDeaf Awareness Week, Last Week in September
Adult Immunization Awareness Week, Last Week in September
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, Last Week in September
Banned Books Week, Last Week in September
National Dog Week, Last Week in September
National Keep Kids Creative Week, Last Week in September
Remember to Register to Vote Week, Last Week in September
International Women's E-Commerce Days, Last Week in September
National Forest Week (Canada), Last Week in September * CLICK HERE
World Hearing Aid Awareness Week, Last Sunday of September to next Saturday
National Chimney Safety Week, Week before First Full Week in October
Fall Astronomy Week, Week of Fall Astronomy Day (Saturday between mid-September and mid-October so as to be on or close to the first quarter Moon)
Historical Events on September 28th
(48 BC) Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.
235 Bishop of Rome Pontianus steps down
351 Battle of Mursa Major, the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
365 Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor.
935 Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I of Bohemia.
995 Members of Slavník's dynasty Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious.
1066 William the Conqueror invades England, landing at Pevensey Bay, Sussex, the Norman Conquest begins.
1106 The Battle of Tinchebrai, Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.
1322 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
1362 Guillaum de Grimoard elected as Pope Urban V
1394 Cardinal Pedro de Luna of Aragon chosen (anti)pope Benedictus XIII
1448 Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
1521 Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade
1528 Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380 die
1538 Battle at Preveza: Turkish fleet under Barbarossa beats Spanish
1542 Navigator João Rodrigues Cabrilho of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California, United States.
1621 Battle at Chocim Dniester: King Sigismund II beats Turks
1652 English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock
1678 "Pilgrim's Progress" published
1687 Venetians take Athens from the Turks
1701 Divorce legalized in Maryland, USA
1704 Maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases clergyman/preacher
1708 Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya, Russian army captures Swedish convoy.
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland
1760 Russian & Austrian army occupies Berlin
1767 Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope
1779 American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
1781 9,000 American forces backed by 7,000 French fleet begin siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.
1785 Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)
1787 The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval.
1791 France becomes the first European country to emancipate its Jewish population.
1815 Joachim Murats fleet sails from Corsica to Naples
1829 Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston
1844 Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
1850 US Navy abolishes flogging as punishment
1858 Donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed
1864 Battle of Fort Harrison VA (Chaffin's Farm New Market Heights)
1864 The International Workingmen's Association is founded in London.
1867 The United States takes control of Midway Island.
1867 Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario.
1868 Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
1868 Opelousas Massacre at St Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed)
1879 Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route
1887 Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million
1889 Carlos I crowned King of Portugal (1889-1908)
1889 The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.
1891 Club Atletico Peñarol is founded under the name of Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club
1892 1st night football game played (Mansfield Pa)
1894 Simon Marks & Tom Spencer open Penny Bazaar in Manchester
1899 Transvaal mobilizes
1901 Guerrilla's assault unarmed US soldiers in Balangiga Phil, 38 killed
1904 Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, NYC
1906 US troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909
1912 SS "Kiche Maru" sinks in storm off Japanese coast, killing 1,000
1914 German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WW I)
1915 Battle of Kut-el-Amara: Brits defeat Turks in Mesopotamia
1919 Fastest major league game (51 mins), Giants beat Phillies 6-1
1920 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal)
1920 Dirk Fock appointed as gov-gen of Neth Indies
1921 4th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Inwood CC Far Rockaway NY
1922 Benito Mussolini marches on Rome
1923 Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations
1923 Radio Times 1st published
1923 Yanks slaughter Red Sox 24-4
1924 2 US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops
1924 French government names Gen Serrail gov-gen of Syria
1924 Gen Plutarco Calles elected president of Mexico
1926 Russia & Latvia treaty of neutrality signed
1928 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers)
1928 Juan de la Cierva makes 1st helicopter flight over English Channel
1928 NY Yanks clinch pennant #6
1928 Prussia forbids speech from Adolf Hitler
1928 Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
1928 The U.K. Parliament passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing cannabis.
1928 US acknowledge Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek
1928 Valentin Katayev's "Kvadratura Kruga," premieres in Moscow
1929 1st CF interception return for a touchdown (Joe Hess-U of Alberta)
1930 Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games
1931 Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan)
1932 1932 Baseball World Series opens with the Chicago Cubs vs. NY Yankees (6-12)
1933 Greer Garson wed Edward Snelson
1933 Sally Eilers weds Harry Joe Brown
1936 Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am)
1936 Brooklyn & Boston play a penalty free NFL game
1937 FDR dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon)
1937 Martha Raye divorces Bud Westmore
1938 Clare Boothe's "Boys Goodbye," premieres in NYC
1938 Dutch Premier Colijn sends radio message "No war coming"
1939 Estonia accepts Soviet military bases
1939 Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio
1939 Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II. Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) & gives Lithuania to USSR, last Polish troops surrender during World War II.
1940 Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands & attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at 3-yard line, Harmon easily evades Brennan
1940 Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns
1940 Nazi occupiers present "New Dutch Culture" in German
1941 Phillies lose club record 111th game
1941 Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg
1942 Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad
1942 NY Americans NHL team folded
1944 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)
1944 Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands
1944 Nazi murders in Marzabotto, Italy (SS-major Reder)
1944 Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia.
1945 "Mildred Price" starring Joan Crawford opens at Strand
1945 Canadian football's Calgary Bronks changes its name to Stampeders
1945 Robert T Duncan appears as Tonio in "I Pagliacci"
1946 Greek king George II back in Athens
1948 WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
1949 "My Friend Irma" is 1st of 12 films starring Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
1950 Indonesia becomes 60th member of the United Nations.
1951 Allie Reynolds' 2nd no-hitter of 1951; Yanks clinch pennant #18
1951 Franchot Tone wed Barbara Payton
1951 Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL-record 554 yards
1953 "Bob & Ray Show," TV Variety; last air on NBC
1953 "Juvenile Jury," TV Childrens, last airs on NBC, moved to CBS
1953 "Racket Squad," TV Crime Drama, last airs on CBS
1953 Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954
1953 KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, NM (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting
1955 1st World Series color TV broadcast on NBC-TV (Yanks beat Dodgers)
1955 WITN TV channel 7 in Washington, NC (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 "Johnny Carson Show," TV Variety; last airs on CBS-TV
1956 RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records
1957 "Dollar A Second," last airs on NBC-TV
1957 "Gisele MacKenzie Show," debuts on NBC-TV
1957 "Honeycomb," by Jimmie Rodgers hits #1
1957 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Velser Tunnels
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.
1958 Guinea votes for independence from France
1958 USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's
1958 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1959 "Hennesey," debuts on CBS-TV
1959 Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin
1959 Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around Earth
1960 "Millionaire," last airs on CBS-TV
1960 "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1
1960 "Queen For A Day," moves to ABC-TV
1960 "Sunrise at Campobello" premiered at Palace theater
1960 Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.
1960 Ted Williams hits his final homer #521 (off Jack Fisher)
1961 "Doctor Kildare," debuts on NBC-TV
1961 "Hazel," starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV
1961 "Purlie Victorious," a farce by Ossie Davis, opens on Broadway
1961 A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
1961 Syria withdraws from United Arab Republic
1961 USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m
1961 Walt Disney's movie "Grey Friars Bobby" premieres
1962 "Brighter Day," last airs on CBS-TV daytime
1962 "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," debuts on ABC-TV
1962 "Jan Murray Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1962 "Tonight Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1962 "Verdict Is Yours," last airs on CBS-TV
1962 Alouette (Canada), 1st Canadian satellite, launched
1962 The Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia.
1963 "King Leonardo," cartoon last airs on NBC-TV
1963 "Little Deuce Coupe" by The Beach Boys peaks at #15
1963 "Martian Hop" by The Ran-Dells peaks at #1
1963 "New Phil Silvers Show," debuts on CBS-TV
1963 "Nick Teen & Al K Hall" by Rolf Harris peaks at #95
1963 "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses" by Jaynetts peaks at #2
1963 "Shari Lewis Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1963 "Surfer Joe" by Surfaris peaks at #62
1963 "Tennessee Tuxedo," cartoon debuts on CBS-TV
1963 Giuseppe Cantarella roller-skates record 25.78 mph (415 k) for 440 yds
1963 Murray The K, a NY DJ plays "She Loves You" on the radio
1964 53rd Davis Cup, Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2)
1964 Suriname governor A Currie resigns
1965 Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km
1965 Lava flows kill at least 350 (Taal Philippines)
1965 Volcano explodes on Luzon Philippines; 500 killed
1967 Walter Washington elected 1st mayor of Washington, DC
1968 "Happy Time" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 286 performances
1968 "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Barrymore NYC for 17 perfs
1968 Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr
1968 Atlanta Chiefs beat San Diego Toros 3-0 for NASL championship
1968 Beatles "Hey Jude," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
1968 Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes
1968 Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother & Holding Co"
1968 Marisa Danisi of West Germany roller skates record 21.995 miles in 1 hr
1969 Joe Kapp (Minnesota Vikings) passes for 7 touchdowns vs Balt Colts (52-14)
1969 Minnesota vs Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing!
1969 SPD wins West German Parliament elections
1970 "Words & Music," debuts on NBC-TV
1970 Anwar Sadat replaces Egyptian President Nassar
1970 Intrepid (US) beats Gretel II (Aust) in 22nd America's Cup
1971 Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile & flies to Rome
1971 Cardinal Josef Mindszenty of Hungary took refuge in US Embassy in
1971 NY Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music
1971 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
1972 Canada defeats the USSR in the eigth and final game of the ice hockey Summit Series.
1972 David Bowie sells out his 1st show in NY Carnegie Hall
1972 Japan & Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations
1973 Palestinian Terrorists hijack Austrian train
1973 The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.
1974 "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing" by Aretha Franklin peaks at #47
1974 "I'm A Ramblin' Man" by Waylon Jennings peaks at #75
1974 "Live It Up Part 1" by Isley Brothers peaks at #52
1974 "Papa Don't Take No Mess Part 1" by James Brown peaks at #31
1974 "Rock Me Gently" by Andy Kim peaks at #1
1974 "Surfin' USA" by Beach Boys reenters chart & peaks at #36
1974 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy
1974 California Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minn Twin, 4-0
1974 John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (NYC)
1974 Mick Ronson joins Mott the Hoople
1975 5th NYC Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt in 2:46:14
1975 6th NYC Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:19:27
1975 Bill authorizes admission of women to military academies
1975 Oakland A's Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Linblad & Rollie Fingers, no-hits California Angels 5-0
1975 The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people were taken as hostages, takes place in London.
1976 A&M sues George Harrison who fails to meet deadline for LP completion
1976 Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act
1976 Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord
1978 Pieter Botha succeeds Vorster as premier of South Africa
1978 Syrians & Lebanese engage in heavy fighting in Lebanon
1979 Larry Holmes TKOs Earnie Shavers in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 "Charlie & Algernon" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 17 perfs
1980 Carl Sagan's 13 part "Cosmos" premieres on PBS
1980 Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly Atlantic standing on wing
1980 Jerilyn Britz wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
1981 Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City
1982 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
1982 NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 505
1983 STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India v Aust, New Delhi)
1984 Cleve Indians down 0-10 to Minnesota Twins, win 11-10
1985 "Don't Lose My Number" by Phil Collins peaks at #4
1985 "Every Step Of The Way" by John Waite peaks at #25
1985 "Freedom" by Wham! peaks at #3
1985 "Janet" by Commodores peaks at #87
1985 NASA launches Intelsat VA
1985 Race riot in London area of Brixton
1986 Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21
1986 Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
1986 Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yds
1987 "Star Trek: The Next Generation," debuts on syndicated TV
1987 Gladys Knight & Smokey Robinson on "$10,000 Pyramid"
1988 Bronx Museum for Arts opens
1988 Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad)
1988 LA Dodger Orel Hershiser sets record for consecutive scoreless inns
1990 Exiled emir of Kuwait visits White House
1990 Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
1991 "Commish," debuts on ABC-TV
1991 "Good Time" by Ziggy Marley & Melody Makers peaks at #85
1991 "Love Of A Lifetime" by Firehouse peaks at #5
1991 "Shiny Happy People" by REM peaks to #10
1991 NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game
1991 UN weapons inspectors ends 5-day standoff with Iraq
1992 "Barry Manilow's Showstoppers" closes at Paramount Theater NYC
1992 "Dog City," cartoon debuts on Fox-TV
1992 Oakland A's win AL West title
1992 Pakistani Airbus A-300 crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 167 dies
1993 Dennis Martinez is 7th to win 100 games in AL & NL
1993 Gas field in Caracas explodes, 53 killed
1993 Ron Wood releases "Slide On Live"
1994 "Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS
1994 "Cats" 5,000th Broadway performance (joins Chorus Line & Oh! Calcutta!)
1994 "Ed Wood" premieres
1994 909 people died when an Estonian car ferry MS Estonia capsized & sank in Baltic sea.
1995 "Batman Forever" released Czech Republic
1995 Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.
1995 Dennis Martinez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett's jaw in Indians 12-4 win
1995 Mary Tyler Moore returns to series TV in "NY News," on CBS
1995 Singer Bobby Brown escapes injury in gun battle
1995 Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld v W Prov
1995 Yitzhak Rabin & Yasir Arafat, sign accord to transfer West Bank
1996 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team & Sri Lanka
1996 Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear
1996 NY Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask
1996 Nebraska & Penn State are 5th & 6th major colleges to win 700
1996 Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump
1996 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas & Alabama)
1997 32nd Ryder Cup, Europe wins 14½-13½ to retain the Cup at Sotogrande Spain
1997 Emerald Coast Senior Golf Classic
1997 Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting
1997 St Louis Cardinal Mark McGwire hits his 58th HR of 1997 (34 with Oak A's)
1997 Wendy Ward wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Classic
2000 Al-Aqsa Intifada, Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
2008 SpaceX launches the first ever private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.
2009 The military junta leading Guinea, headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, sexually assaulted, killed and wounded protesters during a protest rally in a stadium called Stade du 28 Septembre.
2012 Aircraft crash kills 16 people in Kathmandu, Nepal
2012 Nigeria suspends flights to Saudi Arabia after hundreds of Nigerian women travelled without a male escort
2013 27 villagers are killed by Boko Harem in northeast Nigeria
2013 Hawthorn defeats Fremantle to win the 2013 Australian Rules Premiership
2014 40th Ryder Cup: Europe wins 16.5-11.5 at Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland
2015 DNA controllers for the age women go into menopause announced in "Nature Genetics" by reseach team from Exeter and Cambridge universities
2015 NASA scientists announce the discovery of flowing water on Mars
Born on September 28th
(551 BC) Confucius, Chinese philosopher (founder of Confucianism) (d. 479 BC)
(58 BC) Livia Drusilla, wife of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus (d. 29)
1330 Nicolas Flamel, French alchemist (d. 1418)
1493 Agnolo Firenzuola (Giovannini), Italian monk, poet (Golden Donkey) (d. 1545)
1565 Alessandro Tassoni, Modena Italy, political writer (Rape of Bucket)
1571 Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)
1596 Vredius (Olivier de Wree), Flemish historian/poet/mayor
1605 Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)
1612 Michel Anguier, French sculptor
1667 Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
1679 Mihael Omerza, composer
1681 Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764)
1698 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer
1705 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician (Chiswick) (d. 1774)
1705 Johann Peter Kellner, composer
1735 August Henry Fitzroy, 3rd duke of Grafton/English premier
1746 William Jones, English Orientalist, jurist (d. 1794)
1748 Johann Michael Demmler, composer
1761 Budan de Boislaurent, mathematician
1780 Elie Decazes, France, Bourbon Restoration political figure
1785 David Walker, Wilmington NC, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens)
1789 Richard Bright, England, physician (Bright's Disease, nephritis)
1792 Johann Georg Hiedler, Grandfather of Adolf Hitler (d. 1857)
1793 Denis-Auguste Affre, French Archbishop, opponent of King Louis-Philippe (1840-48)
1803 Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)
1807 Arnold Henry Guyot, Switzerland, US geologist/geographer/meteorologist
1809 Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (d. 1899)
1811 Friedrich Hecker, Baden, German revolutionary republican politician
1813 Anton Wallerstein, composer
1819 Jacob G de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch vicar/theologist
1820 Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher
1821 Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)
1823 Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889)
1824 Alfred Gilpin Jones, Weymouth NS, lt-gov of Nova Scotia (1900-06)
1824 Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic, poet (Golden Treasury), proffessor (Oxford) (d. 1897)
1828 Friedrich A Lange, Prussian philosopher, socialist (Neo-Kantianism)
1833 James Deering Fessenden, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1835 Sai Baba of Shirdi (d. 1918)
1836 Thomas Crapper, English inventor (d. 1910)
1839 Frances E C Willard, American founder (Woman's Christian Temperance Union)
1840 Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army)
1840 Rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs
1841 Georges Clemenceau, French politician, PM (1906-09, 17-20, defended Dreyfuss) (d. 1929)
1844 Michael Hertz, composer
1844 Robert Stout, Shetland Islands Scotland, NZ prime minister (1884-87)
1849 Dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium)
1851 Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Judah)
1852 Henri Moissan (Ferdinand-Frederic-), French chemist (Nobel Prize laureate 1906) (d. 1907)
1852 John (Denton Pinkstone) French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall
1854 Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)
1855 Thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography)
1856 Edward Herbert Thompson, Mass, archaeologist (Mayan civilization)
1856 Kate Douglas Wiggins, American author (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) (d. 1923)
1861 Amélie of Orléans, queen of Portugal (d. 1951)
1861 Pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur)
1863 Charles, Lisbon Portugal, king (1889-1908)
1864 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch)
1867 Hiranuma Kiichirō, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)
1871 Pietro Badoglio, Grazzano Monferrato, Italy, General/Libyan Governor (1928-33) and Prime Minister of Italy (1943-44)
1872 Lena Ashwell, England, actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway)
1872 Tom Terriss, London England, director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru)
1873 Julian Lowell Coolidge, Mass, mathematician (Study-Segre school)
1873 Waclaw Rawicz (Berent), Polish biologist, writer
1877 Stanner E V Taylor, St Louis MO, director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona)
1879 Benjamin Christensen, Viborg Denmark, actor (Barnet, Mockery)
1880 Ralph Edward Flanders, Barnet VT, (Sen-VT)
1881 Henry Geehl, composer
1881 Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (Mexican Hayride, Before I Hang) (d. 1950)
1882 Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, Barcelona Spain, essayist, philosopher
1882 Jack Fournier, 2nd baseman (1917-18 NY Yankees)
1885 Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905)
1887 Avery Brundage, American athlete, sports official, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72) (d. 1975)
1888 Herman McNeile, Cornwall England, soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond)
1889 Carlos I of Assisi JS, king of Portugal
1889 D P "Dad" Carter, baritone (Chuck Wagon Gang)
1889 Jack Fournier, American baseball player (d. 1973)
1889 Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, Dutch violinist/actor (Hippie)
1891 Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)
1892 Edmond Thieffry, Belgian WW I pilot/air pioneer
1892 Elmer Rice, American playwright/director/novelist (Pulitzer-Street Scene)
1892 Ruth Stonehouse
1893 Giannis Skaribas, Greek writer and dramatist (d. 1984)
1893 Marie V Felix, prince of Luxemburg/Bourbon-Parma
1895 Charles Petrie, Liverpool, historian
1895 Dave Franklin, American composer (Hop-a-long Cassidy)
1895 Lawton Whitey Witt, MLB outfielder (NY Yankees, 1922-25)
1895 Wallace K Harrison, American architect (UN, Lincoln Center)
1897 Muchtar Auesow, writer
1898 Carl Clauberg, Nazi concentration camp doctor (d. 1957)
1899 Alice de Janzé, American heiress (d. 1941)
1901 Ed Sullivan, American television show host, gossip columnist (Ed Sullivan Show) (d. 1974)
1901 Friedrichs, mathematician
1901 Lily Bouwmeester, Dutch actress/comedienne (Pygmalion)
1901 William Samuel Paley, American radio and television executive, CEO (CBS 1928-1990) (d. 1990)
1904 Hendrik J Hofstra, Dutch minister of Finance (PvdA)
1905 Max Schmeling, German boxer, world heavyweight boxing champ (1930-32) (d. 2005)
1905 William Northam, Austria, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1964)
1907 Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (d. 1931)
1907 Glen "Turk" Edwards, NFL tackle (Boston/Washington Redskins)
1907 Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast, pommel horse (Olympic-gold-1948) (d. 1997)
1907 Ida Turay, Budapest, actress (Deryne, Ida Regenye)
1907 John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist
1908 Marin Goleminov, composer
1909 Al Capp (Alfred Gerald Caplin), American cartoonist (Li'l Abner) (d. 1979)
1909 Stephen Spender, poet [or Feb 28]
1909 Wiesje Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Doodzonde)
1910 Diosdado Macapagal, 9th President of the Philippines (1961-65) (d. 1997)
1910 Fran Lee, American actress (Ms Wong-Major Dell Conway)
1910 Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader (d. 1942)
1911 Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr, tennis (US Open 1931, 32)/golfer
1913 Alice Marble, Beckworth California, tennis player (US Open 1936, 1938-40)
1913 Edith Mary Ellis Peters Pargeter, author
1913 Vivian Fine, Chicago Ill, composer (Women in the Garden)
1913 Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss artist and illustrator (d. 2007)
1914 Harold Taylor, Canada, educator (Art & the Future)
1914 Jim Boyd, country/western performer
1914 Lord Abinger
1915 Ethel Rosenberg, Soviet spy, (d. 1953)
1915 Julius Rosenberg, NYC, 1st US civilian executed for espionage
1916 Lord Cockfield
1916 Peter Finch, English-born actor (Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe) (d. 1977)
1917 Michael (George) Somes, English dancer (Royal Ballet)
1917 Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakia, opera composer/conductor
1918 Arnold Stang, American comic actor (d. 2009)
1918 Ángel Labruna, Argentinian football player and coach (d. 1983)
1919 Doris Singleton, American actress
1919 Lenn Hjortzberg, Karlskrona Sweden, director (Persona, Devil's Eye)
1919 Tom Harmon, Rensselaer Indiana, sportscaster/NFL tailback (Heisman)
1921 Ilhan Usmanbas, composer
1922 Joe Silver, Chicago Ill, actor (Mr I Magination, Fay)
1922 Phyllis Friend, chief nursing officer (DHSS)
1923 Duke of Buccleuch, British large landowner/art collector
1923 Fred Robbins, Balt Md, DJ (Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest)
1923 John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, British politician (d. 2007)
1923 William Windom, American actor (Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote) (d. 2012)
1924 Antonio Jacinto, Portuguese West Africa, Angolan poet
1924 Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)
1925 Arnold Stang, American comedian, actor (Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat)
1925 Cromwell Everson, South African composer (d. 1991)
1925 Frank Latimore (Kline), American actor (Patton, Breakin Up)
1925 Seymour Cray, American computer scientist, inventor (Cray I computer) (d. 1996)
1926 Jerry Clower, American comedian (Nashville on Road) (d. 1998)
1927 Thomas J J Altizer, Mass, US Radical theologian (God is Dead)
1928 Naphtali Kupferberg, singer (Fugs)
1929 Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer
1929 Marilyn Clark, Spokane WA, actress (House of Party Beach)
1929 Nigel Althaus, British government broker
1929 Nikolay Ryzhkov, Premier of USSR (1985-1991)
1930 Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist
1930 Robin Buchanan, CEO (NHS Supplies Auth, Wessex Regional Health Auth)
1930 Tommy Collins (Leonard Sipes), country singer (Don't Growl)
1930 Ugo Gregoretti, Rome Italy, actor (Rogopag, Common Sense of Modesty)
1931 John E Gilmore, tenor Saxophonist
1932 Michael G(reatrex) Coney, Canada, sci-fi author (Cat Karina)
1932 Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer and activist (d. 1973)
1933 Madeleine M Kunin, Switzerland (Gov-D-Vt), 1st Jewish gov of Vermont
1933 Miguel Berrocal, Sculptor (d. 2006)
1934 Brigitte Bardot, French actress, sex kitten (And God Created Women)
1934 Janet Munro, British actress (d. 1972)
1935 Bruce Crampton, Sydney Australia, PGA golfer (1961 Milwaukee Open)
1935 Heather Sears, British actress (Room at the Top) (d. 1994)
1935 Koko Taylor (Cora Walton), US vocalist (Queen of the Blues)
1936 Robert Hogan, NYC, actor (Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat)
1936 Robert Wolders, Rotterdam Holland, actor (Erik Hunter-Laredo)
1936 Sherwood L Boehlert, (Rep-R-NY, 1983)
1937 Alice Mahon, English politician and labor leader
1937 Colin Berry, professor (morbid anatomist)
1937 Edward Applebaum, composer
1937 Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)
1938 Ben E. King (Benjamin Earl Nelson), American soul singer (Stand by Me)
1938 Charlie Thomas, singer (Drifters) [or Apr 7, 1937]
1939 Rudolph Walker, Trinidadian-born British actor
1939 Stuart Kauffman, American biologist
1940 Alekander Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 29/31, T-6)
1940 Aleksandr Y Kalery, Russian cosmonaut
1940 George Greenstein, author (Secret of a Jewish Baker)
1941 Charley Taylor, NFL wide receiver/running back (Wash Redskin)
1941 Edmund Stoiber, German politician
1941 Lady Braye
1942 Grant "Mudcat" Jackson, pitcher (1972 NY Yankees, Phillies)
1942 Marshall Bell, American actor
1942 Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999)
1942 Tim Maia, Brazilian Singer (d. 1998)
1943 Gertrud "Traudl" Hecher, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-bronze-1960)
1943 J T Walsh, American actor (Col Frank Bach-Dark Skies) (d. 1998)
1943 Joel Higgins, Bloomington Ill, actor (Salvage 1, Silver Spoons)
1943 Lou Piniella, outfielder, manager (NY Yankees, Seattle Mariners)
1943 Mike Kreidler, (Rep-D-Washington)
1943 Nick St. Nicholas, Canadian musician, bassist (Steppenwolf)
1943 Susanne Jagd, Denmark, actress (Between the Sheets, Tinderbox)
1943 Warren Lieberfarb, American media executive
1944 Matthew Cowles, soap actor (Eban Japes-Loving, Billy-All My Children)
1945 Conny Van Dyke, Nassawadox Va, actress (Framed, Hell's Angels '69)
1945 Marielle Goitschel, Ste Maxime France, alpine skier (Olympic-gold-64)
1946 Fiona Lewis, Westcliff England, actress (Stunts, Lisztomania)
1946 Helen Shapiro, English singer (Culture Club)
1946 Herbert Jefferson Jr, Jersey City NJ, actor (Battlestar Galactica)
1946 Jeffrey Jones, American actor
1946 Majid Khan, cricketer (great Pakistani batsman 1964-82)
1946 Peter Egan, actor (Bean, Chariots of Fire)
1947 Bob Carr, Australian politician
1947 Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer
1947 Harold Dow, Hackensack NJ, news correspondent (CBS, 48 Hours)
1947 Jeffrey Jones, Buffalo NY, actor (Beetlejuice, Ferris Bueller)
1947 Peter Hope-Evans, British singer/harmonicaist (Family)
1947 Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician
1948 Marielle Goitschel, France, slalom (Olympic-gold-1968) [or 1945]
1949 Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor and writer
1950 John Sayles, American director and screenwriter (Brother from Another Planet)
1950 Laurie Lewis, American musician
1950 Paul Burgess, British drummer (10cc-Not Alone)
1951 Christian Marlowe, LA California, actor (Bram-Highcliffe Manor)
1951 Dave Rajsich, pitcher (NY Yankees)
1951 Silvia Dionisio, Rome Italy, actress (Riavanti Marsh!, Amici Miei)
1951 Wei Chen, Canadian journalist
1952 Anthony Davis, footballer
1952 Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress (Emmanuelle, Priv School for Girls) (d. 2012)
1953 Jim Diamond, Scotish singer/songwriter (I Should Have Known Better)
1954 George Lynch, American musician, guitarist (Lynch Mob, Dokken)
1954 Steve Largent, American football player, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks), and U.S. Congressman
1955 Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician
1957 Alannah Currie, Auckland NZ, rock xylophone/vocalist (Thompson Twins)
1957 C. J. Chenier, Zydeco musician
1957 Marc Duret, actor (Dobermann, Hatred, Big Blue)
1958 Angella Issajenko, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1958 Lory Del Santo, Verona Italy, Miss Italy (1980)
1958 Med Lucart, rock musician (Wall of Voodoo)
1959 Angela Groothuizen, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
1959 Billy Montana, Country/Western performer (No Yesterday, Angelia)
1959 Dantes Tsitsi, Nauruan politician
1959 Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
1959 Steve Hytner, American actor
1959 Todd Worrell, Arcadia CA, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1960 Derek James, Durban South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Infiniti)
1960 Gus Logie, cricketer (WI batsman 1983-91, great fielder)
1960 Jennifer Rush, American pop singer-songwriter (Destiny, Ring of Ice)
1960 Tom Byrum, Onida SD, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Panama City Beach-4th)
1961 Anne White, Charleston WV, tennis (Wore spandex in '85 Wimbledon)
1961 Ed Vosberg, Tucson AZ, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
1961 Michael-James Wixted, Santa Monica California, actor (Smith Family)
1961 Quentin Kawananakoa, pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii
1961 Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 100 m hurdler (world record)
1962 Anne-Marie Fox, LA CA, playmate (Feb, 1982)
1962 Chuck Taylor, American music journalist
1962 Grant Fuhr, Canadian hockey player
1962 Irving Fryar, NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1962 Laurie Rinker-Graham, Stuart FL, LPGA golfer (1986 LPGA Corning)
1962 Luis Enrique, spanish singer (Luces del Alma)
1962 S C Grant, British Lt-General
1962 Thomas Mork, Denmark, actor (Krystalbarnet, Bryggeren)
1963 Johnny Earl Dawkins Jr, NBA guard (Spurs, Charlotte Hornets)
1963 Steve Blackman, American professional wrestler
1964 Claudio Borghi, Argentine football manager (Colo-Colo)
1964 Janeane Garofalo, American actress and comedian (SNL, Truth about Cats & Dogs)
1964 Laura Cerón, American actress
1964 Paul Jewell, English football manager
1964 Susan Walters, Georgia, actress (Lorna-Loving, Mary Beth-Dear John)
1965 Ginger Fish, American drummer (Marilyn Manson)
1965 Joel Rane, author (Step on Up)
1966 Erno Das, lighting tech/gaffer (Spiegels, Lovely Liza)
1966 Ginger Fish, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
1966 Kevin Baker, Montreal, Canadian Tour golfer (Manitoba Amateur-1988)
1966 Maria Canals Barrera, American actress, singer
1966 Puri Jagannadh, Indian film director
1966 Scott Adams, NFL offensive linesman (Chic Bears)
1967 Darion Conner, NFL linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
1967 Jake Reed, NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings)
1967 Jason Dungjen, Detroit Mich, pairs skaters (Olympics-1994)
1967 Mira Sorvino, American actress
1967 Moon Unit Zappa, American singer and actress (Valley Girl), Frank Zappa's daughter
1967 Oswald Drawdy, Hampton SC, Canadian Tour golfer (1987 SC Amateur)
1968 Bess Singh (Lennart Bes), Dutch pop drummer (Burma Shop-Hippies)
1968 Jerry Evans, NFL tight end (Denver Broncos)
1968 Jock Climie, CFL slot back (Montreal Alouettes)
1968 Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
1968 Naomi Watts, English-born Australian actress
1968 Rob Moroso, American NASCAR driver (d. 1990)
1968 Vanessa Vadim, French daughter of Jane Fonda/actress (Last Party)
1969 Ben Greenman, American author
1969 Jack O'Keffe, Waterbury CT, Australasia golfer
1969 L Janusz Hooker, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1969 Mark Everett, American fugitive (d. 2008)
1969 Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
1969 Éric Lapointe, Canadian singer
1970 Gualter Salles, Brazilian racing driver
1970 Kimiko Date, Kyoto Japan, tennis star (1996 Japan Open)
1970 Mike DeJean, American baseball player
1970 Mira Sorvino, Tenafly NJ, actress (Quiz Show, Norma Jean & Marilyn)
1971 Alan Wright, English footballer
1971 Chad May, NFL/WLAF quarterback (Minnesota Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 David Weightman, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1971 Janet Evans, swimmer (Olympics)
1971 Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter
1971 Marcus Spears, NFL/WLAF guard/tackle (Chic Bears, Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 Matthew Elliott, cricketer (Australian Test opening batsman v WI 1996)
1972 Cathy Caverzasio, Switzerland, tennis star
1972 Dena Querubin, Waterford NJ, Miss America-NJ (1996)
1972 Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist
1972 Greg Ivy, NFL punter (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player
1973 Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish electronic musician
1974 John Light, English actor
1974 Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer
1974 Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer
1974 Shane Webcke, Australian rugby player
1975 Karan Ashley Jackson, Odessa Tx, actress (Aisha-Mighty Power Rangers)
1975 Lenny Krayzelburg, American swimmer
1975 Mandy Barnett, country singer (Maybe, Rainy Days)
1975 Stuart Clark, Australian cricketer
1976 Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist (PRIDE Heavyweight Champion, #1 PFP)
1977 Se Ri Pak, Korean golfer
1977 Young Jeezy, American Rapper
1978 Bushido, German rapper
1978 Marzena Godecki, actress (Ocean Girl)
1978 Nestaea Sealy, Miss Bahamas Universe (1997)
1979 Anndi Lynn McAfee, actress (Ice Cream Man, Conagher)
1979 Bam Margera, American skateboarder
1981 Gül Gölge, Turkish model and actress
1981 Iracema Trevisan, Brazilian musician (CSS)
1981 Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer
1981 José Calderón, Spanish basketball player
1981 Vincent Kartheiser, actor (Hairy Bird, Alaska, Untamed Heart)
1982 Abhinav Bindra, Indian shooter
1982 Aleksandr Anyukov, Russian footballer
1982 Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
1982 Dustin Penner, Canadian hockey player
1982 Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
1982 Nolwenn Leroy, French Singer
1982 Ranbir Kapoor, Indian Actor
1982 Ray Emery, Canadian hockey player
1983 Stefan Moore, English footballer
1984 Melody Thornton, American singer and dancer (Pussycat Dolls)
1984 Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
1985 Shindong, Korean Singer
1986 Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
1987 Hilary Duff, American actress, singer (Lizzie McGuire)
1988 Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer
1988 Esmée Denters, Dutch singer
1988 Marin Cilic, Croatian tennis player
1989 Mark Randall, English footballer
1990 Kirsten Prout, American actress
1991 Saffron LeBon, London, daughter of Simon & Yasmon
1992 Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress
1996 Celeste & Johnny Edison, Assyria & Pele's twins, boy & girl
2000 Frankie Jonas, American actor
Died on September 28th
(48 BC) Pompey the Great (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus), Roman general and politician (b. 106 BC)
235 Saint Pontianus, Pope
876 Louis the German, King of Eastern Francia (b. 804)
935 Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, murdered (b. 907)
1104 Pedro I, king of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1068)
1197 Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Holy Roman Emperor, German King (1169-97) (b. 1165)
1296 Adolf VII, earl of Mountain (1259-96)
1429 Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest of Austria
1509 Siwara-Sjoerd Aylva, Fries army leader (siege of Franeker)
1582 George Buchanan, Scottish historian (b. 1506)
1618 Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide
1618 Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)
1649 Ottavio Vernizzi, composer
1652 John Asselijn, landscape painter/etcher
1657 Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daugher of Willem of Orange
1667 Jacobus Golius, mathematician/founder (Leidse observ)
1687 Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (b. 1623)
1694 Gabriel Mouton, French scientist (b. 1618)
1694 Mouton, mathematician
1702 Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English PM (1687-88) (b. 1640)
1742 Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman (b. 1663)
1757 Andrea Zani, composer
1759 Cornelis Pronk, portrait painter/cartoonist
1781 William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (b. 1717)
1789 Thomas Day, author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire
1815 Nicolas Desmarest, French geographer (Volcanos)
1819 Karl Haack, composer
1829 Nikolay Nikolayevich Raevsky, Russian general (b. 1771)
1833 Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War veteran
1844 Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and statesman (b. 1769)
1852 Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer
1859 Rinse Posthumus, Fries writer
1868 Thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney/Confederate gen-mjr, shot
1869 Libri, mathematician
1873 Emile Gaboriau, French detective writer (Monsieur Lecoq), and journalist (b. 1832)
1875 Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet
1879 Nathan C Meeker, US, poet/writer, murdered
1884 Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng)
1891 Herman Melville, American novelist (Billy Budd, Moby Dick) (b. 1819)
1895 Louis Pasteur, French bacteriologist (Pasteurization) (b. 1822)
1899 Giovanni Segantini, Italian painter (Become his fare)
1902 Emile Zola, French writer (Nana/Germinal/J'accuse)
1903 Jesus Monasterio, composer
1907 Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907)
1911 Louis Pincoffs, businessman/Dutch politician 1st-Chamber
1914 Richard Sears, businessman (Sears, Roebuck and Company) (b. 1863)
1914 Stevan Mokranjac, composer
1915 Saitou Hajime, 3rd squad leader of the Shinsengumi died under name of Goro Fujita (b. 1844)
1918 Freddie Stowers, American soldier (b. 1896)
1918 Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
1922 Andrejs Jurjans, composer
1928 Con Conrad
1935 W.K. Dickson, Scottish inventor (b. 1860)
1938 Charles Duryea, American automobile manufacturer (b. 1861)
1939 Felicjan Szopski, composer
1942 Evelyn Thatcher
1943 Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer
1943 Fritzi Brunette
1946 Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter
1947 Francisco Santiago, composer
1947 William B Davidson
1948 EJ Ratcliffe
1948 Gregg Toland, cinematographer
1952 Paul Hastings Allen, composer
1953 Edwin Hubble, American astronomer, designer of telescopes (b. 1889)
1954 Bert Lytell, actor (Henry-One Man's Family)
1954 Morten Korch
1955 Arthur Donaldson
1956 William Edward Boeing, American aviation pioneer (b. 1881)
1957 Albert Ascoli, Italian developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine
1957 Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician (b. 1888)
1959 Gerard Hoffnung, artist/humorist/musician
1959 Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
1961 Michael Shepley, actor (Dick & the Duchess)
1964 George Dyson, composer
1964 Harpo (Arthur) Marx, American comedian and actor (Marx Bros) (b. 1888)
1964 Nacio Herb Brown
1965 Eddie Gribbon, actor (Keystone Kops), dies after long illness
1966 André Breton, French poet (b. 1896)
1966 Eric Fleming, actor (Gil-Rawhide)
1966 Lucky Millinder, bandleader/singer
1968 Corry Lievens, Flemish actress/playwright/dir (Blue Bird)
1970 Gamal Abdel Nasser, the second President of Egypt (1953-70 (b. 1918)
1970 John Roderigo Dos Passos, American novelist (Manhattan Transfer) (b. 1896)
1972 Maurice Thiriet, composer
1973 Mantan Moreland, comedian (Watermelon Man)
1973 Norma Crane, actress (Rayola-Mr Peepers)
1973 Wystan H Auden, British/US writer (Spain/Platonic Blow)
1974 Raymond Largay, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl)
1975 Agnes Windeck
1975 Sidney Fields, comedian (Abbott & Costello)
1978 John Paul I (Albino Luciano), 263rd Catholic Pope (1978), dies after 33 just days as pope (b. 1912)
1979 Jimmy McCulloch, guitarist (Wings)
1979 John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist (b. 1921)
1981 Rómulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
1982 Larry Breeding, actor (Who's Watching the Kids) (dies on 36th birthday)
1982 Mabel Albertson, American actress (Gazebo, Bewitched) (b. 1901)
1986 Carmen DeRue, entertainer
1986 Robert Helpmann, actor (Second Time Lucky, Patrick)
1987 Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian aid of Ayatollah Khomeini, shot for treason
1988 Ethel Grandin, silent screen actress (Deserter)
1988 Marjorie Bonner Lowry, actress (Reno, Poor Girls), dies at 83
1989 Ferdinand E Marcos, President of the Philippines (1965-86) (b. 1917)
1991 Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1926)
1992 Leech, mathematician
1993 Alexander A. Drabik, American soldier (b. 1910)
1993 Alfonso Balcazar
1993 Fraser MacPherson, Canadian jazz saxophonist (b. 1928)
1993 Gustavo Brillembourg, Venezuela US advocate
1993 Peter De Vries, American novelist, cartoonist (New Yorker) (b. 1910)
1994 Harry Saltzman, American film producer (Dr No, Nijinski) (b. 1915)
1994 José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican politician (assassinated) (b. 1946)
1994 Juliette Lady Huxley Baillot, author
1994 Urmas Alender, Estonian singer and musician (b. 1953)
1994 Warwick Hutton, artist
1995 Eddy Grove
1995 Lynette Roberts, poet
1995 Olive Gibbs, peace campaigner
1996 Bob Gibson, folk singer
2000 Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
2002 Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman (Molson family), senator and sports executive (Montreal Canadiens) (b. 1907)
2002 Patsy Mink, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1927)
2003 Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927)
2003 Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film director (b. 1909)
2003 George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician (b. 1934)
2004 Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (b. 1924)
2004 Scott Muni, American disc jockey (b. 1930)
2005 Constance Baker Motley, American judge (b. 1921)
2007 René Desmaison, French mountaineer (b. 1930)
2007 Wally Parks, Founder of the NHRA (b. 1913)
2009 Guillermo Endara, former President of Panama (b. 1936)
2009 Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor (b. 1956)
2010 Dolores Wilson, American opera singer (b. 1928)
2015 Frankie Ford [Frank Guzzo], American rock vocalist (Sea Cruise)