September 28

September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years). There are 94 days remaining.

Events:

• 1066 - William the Conqueror invades England
• 1708 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya
• 1871 - Brazil passes law freeing future children of slaves

Births:

• 1746 - Sir William Jones, linguist
• 1841 - Georges Clemenceau, French politician
• 1901 - Ed Sullivan, TV show host
• 1909 - Al Capp, cartoonist
• 1916 - Peter Finch, actor
• 1924 - Marcello Mastoianni, actor
• 1925 - Seymour Cray, computer scientist
• 1934 - Brigitte Bardot, actress
• 1938 - Ben E. King, singer, songwriter
• 1950 - John Sayles, director, screenwriter
• 1964 - Janeane Garofalo, actress, comedian
• 1968 - Naomi Watts, actress
• 1972 - Gwyneth Paltrow, actress

Deaths:

• 48 B.C. - Pompey the Great
• 1834 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet
• 1891 - Herman Melville, novelist
• 1895 - Louis Pasteur, scientist
• 1902 - Emile Zola, novelist and critic
• 1964 - Harpo Marx, comedian and actor
• 1970 - John Dos Passos, novelist. Gamal Abdal Nasser, first president of Egypt
• 1978 - Pope John Paul I
• 1989 - Ferdinand Marcos, former president of the Philippines
• 1991 - Miles Davis, musician
• 2000 - Pierre Elliot Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada

Holidays:

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