September 28 in history
Events on September 28
Notable events that happened on September 28 in past years.
- 2023
The 2023 Rotterdam shootings occurred, during which two people were killed in a shooting and arson incident at a residence in Delfshaven, Rotterdam. Additionally, one person lost their life in a classroom at the Erasmus University Medical Center.
Wikipedia article: 2023 Rotterdam shootings - 2014
The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.
Wikipedia article: 2014 Hong Kong protests - 2008
Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit by the RatSat mission.
Wikipedia article: Falcon 1 - 1995
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Wikipedia article: Yitzhak Rabin - 1983
John Pat, a 16-year old Aboriginal Australian boy, dies of injuries inflicted by four off-duty police officers in Roebourne, a catalyst to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
Wikipedia article: Death of John Pat - 1961
A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
Wikipedia article: 1961 Syrian coup d'état - 1941
World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.
Wikipedia article: Drama uprising - 1924
The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
Wikipedia article: First aerial circumnavigation - 1912
Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
Wikipedia article: Frank S. Scott - 1871
The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
Wikipedia article: Rio Branco Law - 1821
The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.
Wikipedia article: Declaration of Independence (Mexico) - 1644
A Hospitaller galley squadron defeats an Ottoman convoy in the action of 28 September 1644.
Wikipedia article: Navy of the Order of Saint John - 1213
Queen consort Gertrude of Merania is assassinated by a group of Hungarian lords.
Wikipedia article: Gertrude of Merania - 935
Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him.
- 48 BC
Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.
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