SomeFacts | September 28

On this day - September 28

Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is ...

235 — Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, ...

351 — Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.

365 — Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by ...

935 — Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles ...

995 — Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, kills most members of the rival ...

1066 — William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman ...

1106 — King Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert Curthose at ...

1213 — Queen consort Gertrude of Merania is assassinated by a group ...

1238 — King James I of Aragon conquers Valencia from the Moors. ...

1322 — Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats Frederick I of Austria ...

1538 — Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive ...

1542 — Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San ...

1779 — American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of ...

1781 — American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a ...

1787 — The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly ...

1821 — The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is ...

1844 — Oscar I of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

1867 — Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the ...

1868 — The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to ...

1871 — The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children ...

1889 — The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines ...

1892 — The first night game for American football takes place in a ...

1901 — Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than ...

1912 — Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the ...

1912 — The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Unionists ...

1918 — World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.

1919 — Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

1924 — The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from ...

1928 — Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in ...

1939 — World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.

1939 — World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a ...

1941 — Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, ...

1941 — World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian ...

1944 — World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration ...

1951 — CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to ...

1958 — Fernando Rios, a Mexican tour guide in New Orleans, dies of ...

1961 — A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab ...

1970 — Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack ...

1973 — The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ...

1975 — The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken ...

1986 — The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition ...

1992 — A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill ...

1994 — The cruise ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing ...

1995 — Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser ...

1995 — Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the ...

2000 — Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to ...

2006 — Typhoon Xangsane passes over Manila after impacting parts of ...

2008 — The Singapore Grand Prix is held as Formula One's ...

2008 — Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ...

2009 — The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, ...

2012 — Sita Air Flight 601 crashes in Madhyapur Thimi, Nepal, killing ...

2012 — Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault ...

2014 — The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive ...

2016 — The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three ...

2018 — The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large ...

2022 — Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Cayo Costa State Park, Florida ...

2023 — The 2023 Rotterdam shootings occurred, during which two people ...