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September 28 Historical Events

The following events took place on September 28. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 60 events. Showing 31 - 60.

  • 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.
  • 1941
    The Drama Uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
  • 1944
    Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia.
  • 1948
    United Nations Security Council Resolution 58 relating to International Court of Justice is adopted.
  • 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.
  • 1963
    Whaam!, now considered Roy Lichtenstein’s most important work, debuted at an exhibition held at the Leo Castelli Gallery that lasted until at October 24.
  • 1970
    Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo. Anwar Sadat is named as Nasser’s temporary successor, and will later become the permanent successor.
  • 1971
    The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
  • 1972
    Paul Henderson scores the series-winning goal for Canada in the final minute of the final game of the ice hockey Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union.
  • 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.
  • 1991
    All US Air Force Minuteman II ICBM’s plus certain bomber and tanker aircraft are taken off of standing alert by the US Secretary of Defense.
  • 1994
    The cruise 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.
  • 2006
    Suvarnabhumi Airport opens in Amphoe Bang Phli, Samut Prakan Province from Don Mueang International Airport after the older airport ceased international commercial flights.
  • 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.
  • 2012
    Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port city of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.
  • 2012
    A Dornier Do 228 light aircraft crashes on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu, killing 19 people.
  • 2014
    Hong Kong protests: Benny Tai announces that Occupy Central is launched as Hong Kong’s government headquarters is being occupied by thousands of protesters. Hong Kong police resort to tear gas to disperse protesters but thousands remain.

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