September 28

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

Events

• 48 BC – Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.
• 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia.
• 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 Bastard (as he was known at the time) invades England beginning the Norman Conquest.
• 1106 – The Battle of Tinchebray – Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.
• 1238 – Muslim Valencia surrenders to the besieging King James I of Aragon the Conqueror.
• 1322 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
• 1448 – Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
• 1538 – Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
• 1542 – Navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California, United States.
• 1779 – American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
• 1781 – American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.
• 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.
• 1844 – Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
• 1867 – Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario.
• 1867 – The United States takes control of Midway Island.
• 1868 – Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
• 1871 – Brazilian Parliament passes the Law of the Free Womb, granting freedom to all new children born to slaves, the first major step in the eradication of slavery in Brazil.
• 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.
• 1892 – The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
• 1901 – Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own, in a surprise attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar Island.
• 1912 – The Ulster Covenant is signed by half a million Ulster Protestants in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
• 1912 – Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash. He and pilot Lt. Lewis C. Rockwell are killed in the crash of an Army Wright Model B at College Park, Maryland.
• 1918 – World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
• 1919 – Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, US.
• 1924 – First round-the-world flight completed.
• 1928 – The U.K. Parliament passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing cannabis.
• 1928 – Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
• 1939 – Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II.
• 1939 – Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.
• 1944 – Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia.
• 1950 – Indonesia joins the United Nations.
• 1951 – CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
• 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.
• 1960 – Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.
• 1961 – A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
• 1962 – The Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia.
• 1971 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
• 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.
• 1975 – The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.
• 1994 – The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
• 1995 – Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.
• 1995 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
• 1996 – Former president of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah is tortured and brutally murdered by the Taliban.
• 2000 – Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
• 2008 – SpaceX launches the first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.
• 2009 – The military junta leading Guinea, headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, raped, killed, and wounded protesters during a protest rally in a stadium called Stade du 28 Septembre.

Births

• 1493 – Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet (d. 1545)
• 1605 – Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)
• 1667 – Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
• 1681 – Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764)
• 1705 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician (d. 1774)
• 1705 – Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1772)
• 1746 – William Jones, Welsh philologist and scholar (d. 1794)
• 1803 – Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)
• 1809 – Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (d. 1899)
• 1819 – Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol, Catalan engineer (d. 1885)
• 1821 – Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)
• 1823 – Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889)
• 1824 – Francis Turner Palgrave, English critic and poet (d. 1897)
• 1835 – Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1918)
• 1836 – Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock (d. 1910)
• 1841 – Georges Clemenceau, French journalist, physician, and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1929)
• 1852 – Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
• 1856 – Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author (d. 1923)
• 1860 – Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist, discovered gamma rays (d. 1934)
• 1861 – Amélie of Orléans (d. 1951)
• 1867 – Hiranuma Kiichirō, Japanese politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)
• 1877 – Walter Thijssen, Dutch rower (d. 1943)
• 1877 – Albert Young, American boxer (d. 1940)
• 1878 – Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1962)
• 1881 – Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950)
• 1887 – Avery Brundage, American sports administrator, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Jack Fournier, American baseball player (d. 1973)
• 1891 – Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)
• 1893 – Giannis Skaribas, Greek author, playwright, and poet (d. 1984)
• 1898 – Carl Clauberg, German nazi doctor (d. 1957)
• 1899 – Alice de Janzé, American heiress (d. 1941)
• 1900 – Joe Falcon, Cajun accordion player (d. 1965)
• 1901 – William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS (d. 1990)
• 1901 – Ed Sullivan, American television host (d. 1974)
• 1903 – Haywood S. Hansell, American general officer (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
• 1907 – Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast (d. 1997)
• 1907 – Bhagat Singh, Indian actvist (d. 1931)
• 1909 – Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)
• 1910 – Diosdado Macapagal, Filipino politician, 9th President of the Philippines (d. 1997)
• 1910 – Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician (d. 1942)
• 1913 – Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (d. 2007)
• 1916 – Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (d. 1977)
• 1916 – Olga Lepeshinskaya, Soviet ballerina (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Ángel Labruna, Argentinian footballer and coach (d. 1983)
• 1918 – Arnold Stang, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Doris Singleton, American actress (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Tuli Kupferberg, American poet, author, and musician (The Fugs) (d. 2010)
• 1923 – John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish politician (d. 2007)
• 1923 – William Windom, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Rudolf Barshai, Russian conductor and violist (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)
• 1925 – Seymour Cray, American computer scientist, founded the CRAY Computer Company (d. 1996)
• 1925 – Cromwell Everson, South African composer (d. 1991)
• 1925 – Frank Latimore, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1926 – Jerry Clower, American comedian (d. 1998)
• 1928 – Koko Taylor, American singer (d. 2009)
• 1929 – Lata Mangeshkar, Indian singer-songwriter
• 1930 – Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist
• 1932 – Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (d. 1973)
• 1933 – Miguel Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (Jimmy & Johnny) (d. 2011)
• 1934 – Brigitte Bardot, French actress and singer
• 1934 – Janet Munro, English actress (d. 1972)
• 1935 – Ronald Lacey, English actor (d. 1991)
• 1935 – Heather Sears, English actress (d. 1994)
• 1936 – Emmett Chapman, American guitarist, invented the Chapman Stick
• 1937 – Alice Mahon, English politician
• 1937 – Rod Roddy, American game show announcer (d. 2003)
• 1938 – Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Drifters)
• 1939 – Elbridge Bryant, American tenor (The Temptations) (d. 1975)
• 1939 – Stuart Kauffman, American biologist
• 1939 – Rudolph Walker, Trinidadian-English actor
• 1941 – Edmund Stoiber, German politician
• 1942 – Marshall Bell, American actor
• 1942 – Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999)
• 1942 – Tim Maia, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
• 1942 – Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1943 – Warren Lieberfarb, American businessman
• 1943 – Nick St. Nicholas, German-Canadian bass player (Steppenwolf, The Mynah Birds, The Sparrows, Blue Cheer, and World Classic Rockers)
• 1943 – Win Percy, English racing driver and three-times British Touring Car Champion (1980; 1981 & 1982)
• 1943 – J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1944 – Marcia Muller, American author
• 1945 – Marielle Goitschel, French skier
• 1945 – Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 2011)
• 1945 – Fusako Shigenobu, Japanese activist, founded the Japanese Red Army
• 1946 – Jeffrey Jones, American actor
• 1946 – Helen Shapiro, English singer and actress
• 1947 – Bob Carr, Australian politician, 39th Premier of New South Wales
• 1947 – Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• 1948 – Panagiotis Adraktas, Greek politician
• 1949 – Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor, screenwriter, and producer
• 1950 – Laurie Lewis, American singer and fiddler
• 1950 – John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
• 1951 – Norton Buffalo, singer-songwriter, harmonica player, producer, and actor (Steve Miller Band) (d. 2009)
• 1951 – Wei Chen, Canadian journalist
• 1952 – Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou, Greek basketball coach
• 1952 – Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress, singer, and model(d. 2012)
• 1954 – Steve Largent, American football player and politician
• 1954 – George Lynch, American guitarist and songwriter (Dokken, Lynch Mob, Souls of We, and Tooth and Nail)
• 1955 – Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician
• 1955 – Kenny Kirkland, American pianist (d. 1998)
• 1957 – C. J. Chenier, American singer-songwriter and accordion player
• 1959 – Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
• 1959 – Steve Hytner, American actor
• 1959 – Dantes Tsitsi, Nauruan politician
• 1960 – Frank Hammerschlag, German footballer
• 1960 – Jennifer Rush, American singer-songwriter
• 1960 – Socrates B. Villegas, Filipino archbishop in Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan
• 1961 – Quentin Kawānanakoa, American politician
• 1962 – Grant Fuhr, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1962 – Dietmar Schacht, German footballer
• 1962 – Chuck Taylor, American journalist
• 1963 – Steve Blackman, American wrestler
• 1963 – Greg Weisman, American scriptwriter and producer
• 1964 – Claudio Borghi, Argentine footballer and manager
• 1964 – Laura Cerón, American actress
• 1964 – Gregor Fisken, Scottish race car driver and businessman
• 1964 – Janeane Garofalo, American actress
• 1964 – Paul Jewell, English footballer
• 1964 – Mārtiņš Roze, Latvian politician (d. 2012)
• 1965 – Jens Melzig, German footballer
• 1966 – María Canals Barrera, American actress and singer
• 1966 – Ginger Fish, American drummer
• 1966 – Puri Jagannadh, Indian director
• 1966 – Leilani Sarelle, American actress
• 1967 – Mira Sorvino, American actress
• 1967 – Moon Zappa, American actress and singer
• 1968 – Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
• 1968 – Rob Moroso, American race car driver (d. 1990)
• 1968 – Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress
• 1969 – Manuel Benitez, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1969 – Marcel Dost, Dutch decathlete
• 1969 – Ben Greenman, American author
• 1969 – Éric Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1969 – Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
• 1970 – Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japanese tennis player
• 1970 – Mike DeJean, American baseball player
• 1970 – Gualter Salles, Brazilian race car driver
• 1971 – Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lonely Astronauts and Fistful of Mercy)
• 1971 – A. J. Croce, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1971 – Alan Wright, English footballer
• 1972 – Dita Von Teese, American dancer, model, and actress
• 1973 – Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish DJ and producer
• 1973 – Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player
• 1974 – Marco Di Loreto, Italian footballer
• 1974 – Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer
• 1974 – Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer
• 1974 – John Light, English actor
• 1974 – Shane Webcke, Australian rugby player
• 1975 – Stuart Clark, Australian cricketer
• 1975 – Lenny Krayzelburg, American swimmer
• 1976 – Ali Asel, Kuwaiti footballer
• 1976 – Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist
• 1977 – Ireneusz Marcinkowski, Polish footballer
• 1977 – Se Ri Pak, South Korean golfer
• 1978 – Bushido, German rapper and producer
• 1979 – Bam Margera, American skateboarder, actor, and stuntman
• 1981 – José Calderón, Spanish basketball player
• 1981 – Melissa Claire Egan, American actress
• 1981 – Gül Gölge, Turkish model and actress
• 1981 – Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1981 – Iracema Trevisan, Brazilian bass player (CSS)
• 1982 – Aleksandr Anyukov, Russian footballer
• 1982 – Abhinav Bindra, Indian target shooter
• 1982 – Ray Emery, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor
• 1982 – Nolwenn Leroy, French singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
• 1982 – Dustin Penner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
• 1982 – St. Vincent, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Polyphonic Spree)
• 1983 – Mary Kom, Indian Boxer
• 1983 – Stefan Moore, English footballer
• 1983 – John Schwalger, New Zealand rugby player
• 1984 – Melody Thornton, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Pussycat Dolls)
• 1984 – Mathieu Valbuena, French footballer
• 1984 – Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
• 1985 – Shindong, South Korean singer and actor (Super Junior)
• 1985 – Alina Ibragimova, Russian violinist
• 1986 – Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
• 1987 – Pierre Becken, German footballer
• 1987 – Hilary Duff, American actress and singer
• 1987 – Chloë Hanslip, English violinist
• 1988 – Marin Čilić, Croatian tennis player
• 1988 – Esmée Denters, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer
• 1989 – Mark Randall, English footballer
• 1990 – Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress
• 1992 – Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress
• 1993 – Jodie Williams, English sprinter
• 2000 – Frankie Jonas, American actor

Deaths

• 48 BC – Pompey, Roman general and politician (b. 106 BC)
• 935 – Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 907)
• 1104 – Peter I of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1068)
• 1197 – Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)
• 1429 – Cymburgis of Masovia (b. 1397)
• 1582 – George Buchanan, Scottish historian (b. 1506)
• 1596 – Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby (b. 1540)
• 1618 – Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)
• 1687 – Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian (b. 1623)
• 1694 – Gabriel Mouton, French scientist (b. 1618)
• 1702 – Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English politician (b. 1640)
• 1742 – Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)
• 1781 – William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, English diplomat and politician (b. 1717)
• 1829 – Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)
• 1844 – Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
• 1873 – Émile Gaboriau, French author and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1891 – Herman Melville, American novelist (b. 1819)
• 1895 – Louis Pasteur, French chemist (b. 1822)
• 1914 – Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (b. 1863)
• 1915 – Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)
• 1918 – Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1918 – Freddie Stowers, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
• 1935 – William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer, invented the Kinetoscope (b. 1860)
• 1938 – Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (b. 1861)
• 1943 – Sam Ruben, American chemist (b. 1913)
• 1949 – Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (b. 1881)
• 1953 – Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (b. 1889)
• 1956 – William Boeing, American businessman, founded the Boeing Company (b. 1881)
• 1957 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan violinist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1959 – Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
• 1962 – Roger Nimier, French writer (b. 1925)
• 1964 – Harpo Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1888)
• 1966 – André Breton, French poet (b. 1896)
• 1970 – John Dos Passos, American novelist (b. 1896)
• 1970 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian politician, 2nd President of Egypt (b. 1918)
• 1972 – Rory Storm, English singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 1978 – Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
• 1979 – John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist (b. 1921)
• 1981 – Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
• 1982 – Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)
• 1989 – Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino politician, 10th President of the Philippines (b. 1917)
• 1991 – Miles Davis, American trumpet player, bandleader, and composer (Miles Davis Quintet) (b. 1926)
• 1993 – Peter De Vries, American novelist (b. 1910)
• 1993 – Alexander A. Drabik, American soldier (b. 1910)
• 1994 – Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (Propeller and Ruja) (b. 1953)
• 1994 – José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican politician, 6th Governor of Guerrero (b. 1946)
• 1994 – Harry Saltzman, Canadian film producer (b. 1915)
• 1996 – Mohammad Najibullah, Afghan politician, 7th President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)
• 1999 – Escott Reid, Canadian diplomat and author (b. 1905)
• 2000 – Pierre Trudeau, Canadian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
• 2002 – Patsy Mink, American politician (b. 1927)
• 2002 – Hartland Molson, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
• 2003 – Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927)
• 2003 – Elia Kazan, Greek-American director (b. 1909)
• 2003 – George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician (b. 1934)
• 2004 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (b. 1924)
• 2004 – Scott Muni, American radio host (b. 1930)
• 2005 – Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
• 2007 – René Desmaison, French mountaineer (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Wally Parks, American businessman, founded National Hot Rod Association (b. 1913)
• 2009 – Guillermo Endara, Panamanian politician, 32nd President of Panama (b. 1936)
• 2009 – Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor (b. 1956)
• 2010 – Kurt Albert, German mountaineer (b. 1954)
• 2010 – Dolores Wilson, American soprano (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Avraham Adan, Israeli general (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Lateef Adegbite, Nigerian politician (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Larry Cunningham, Irish singer (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Chris Economaki, American sportscaster (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Joe Habie, Guatemalan businessman (b. 1956)
• 2012 – Abdul Ghani Minhat, Malaysian footballer (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Brajesh Mishra, Indian diplomat (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Michael O'Hare, American actor (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Ahmed Ramzy, Egyptian actor (b. 1930)
• 2012 – M. S. Shinde, Indian film editor (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Pierluigi Vigna, Italian magistrate (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Aaron of Auxerre
  • Annemund
  • Conval
  • Eustochium
  • Exuperius
  • Faustus of Riez
  • Leoba
  • Lorenzo Ruiz
  • Paternus of Auch
  • Wenceslas
  • September 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
• Czech Statehood Day (Czech Republic)
• National Day of Awareness and Unity against Child Pornography (Philippines)
• Teachers' Day (Republic of China and Chinese-Filipino schools in the Philippines), ceremonies dedicated to Confucius are also observed.
• World Heart Day (World Heart Federation)
• World Rabies Day (International)
• Ask a Stupid Question Day (United States)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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