About September 28

September 28, 2021 is the 271st day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 94 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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Libra is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 126 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On September 28

  • 48 BC –
    Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.
  • 351 –
    Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
  • 935 –
    Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I of Bohemia.
  • 1106 –
    The Battle of Tinchebrai – Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.
  • 1238 –
    Muslim Valencia surrenders to the besieging King James I of Aragon the Conqueror.
  • 1538 –
    Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
  • 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.
  • 1844 –
    Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
  • 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.
  • 1901 –
    Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers in a surprise attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar Island.
  • 1918 –
    World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
  • 1919 –
    Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, US.
  • 1928 –
    The U.K. Parliament passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing cannabis.
  • 1939 –
    Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II.
  • 1950 –
    Indonesia joins the United Nations.
  • 1960 –
    Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.
  • 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.
  • 1996 –
    Former president of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah is tortured and brutally murdered by the Taliban.

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