Historical Events on September 28

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• 235 Pope Pontian becomes the first Pope to abdicate from the role, for St. Anterus
• 351 Battle at Mursa: Emperor Constantine II beats Emperor Magnentius, Magnentius retreats to Gaul
• 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.

• 1322 Battle of Muhldorf: the Duchy of (Upper) Bavaria defeats Austrian forces
• 1362 Guillaum de Grimoard elected as Pope Urban V
• 1394 Cardinal Pedro de Luna of Aragon chosen (anti)pope Benedictus XIII
• 1448 Christian I is crowned king of Denmark
• 1538 Battle at Preveza: Ottoman fleet under Barbarossa beats Papal alliance off Northwestern Greece

• 1569 Istanbul experiences its greatest fire of the century after a blaze that starts in a Jewish bakery goes on to destroy 36,000 buildings over eight days

• 1644 Knights of Malta attack Ottoman convoy of ships that include Chief Black Eunuch and pilgrims for Mecca, killing or selling all into slavery, brings about the Cretan War a year later
• 1652 English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock
• 1687 Venetians take Athens from the Turks
• 1701 Divorce legalized in Maryland
• 1760 Russian and Austrian armies occupy Berlin
• 1767 VOC government bans importation of South-East Asian slaves into the Cape because they are considered dangerous (not observed) [1]

• 1787 Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval
• 1815 Joachim Murats fleet sails from Corsica to Naples
• 1829 Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston
• 1839 British Association expedition to Antarctica ships Erebus and Terror set sail from England, to attempt to locate magnetic South Pole
• 1844 Coronation of Oscar I of Sweden-Norway as King of Sweden-Norway in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1850 US Navy abolishes flogging as punishment
• 1858 Donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed
• 1864 -30) Battle of Fort Harrison Virginia (Chaffin's Farm New Market Heights)
• 1867 Toronto becomes capital of Ontario
• 1868 Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France
• 1868 Opelousas Massacre at St Landry Parish, Louisiana (200 blacks killed)
• 1872 "3 Fingers" Ranald Mackenzie destroys Kwahadi-Commanche village, Texas, killing 23 men and taking 120 women and children prisoner
• 1879 Sydney, Australia, inaugurates steam motor tram route
• 1887 Yellow River or Huáng Hé floods in China, killing between 900,000 and 2 million people, one of the deadliest natural disasters in history
• 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 1st night football game played (Mansfield Pa)
• 1894 Simon Marks & Tom Spencer open Penny Bazaar in Manchester
• 1899 Transvaal mobilizes its army - leadup to Second Boer War
• 1901 Guerrilla's assault unarmed US soldiers at breakfast in Balangiga, Philippines, 44 killed; the abandoned town is burned in retalliation
• 1904 Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, NYC
• 1906 US troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909
• 1911 NY Highlanders get 13 walk & steal 15 bases (including then record 6 in one inning), beating Browns 18-12; each team committed 6 errors
• 1912 SS Kichemaru disappears in storm off Japanese coast, 1,000 die
• 1914 German forces move into Antwerp, Belgium (WWI)
• 1915 Battle of Kut-el-Amara: British defeat Turks in Mesopotamia
• 1919 Fastest major league game (51 mins), Giants beat Phillies 6-1
• 1920 Dirk Fock appointed as governor-general of Dutch East Indies
• 1923 Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations
• 1923 New York Yankees overwhelm Boston Red Sox 24-4
• 1923 Radio Times 1st published
• 1924 2 US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops
• 1924 French government names General Serrail governor-general of Syria
• 1924 General Plutarco Calles elected President of Mexico
• 1926 Russia & Latvia treaty of neutrality signed
• 1928 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers)
• 1928 Juan de la Cierva makes 1st helicopter flight over English Channel
• 1928 NY Yanks clinch pennant #6

• 1928 UK passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing cannabis.

• 1928 Valentin Katayev's "Kvadratura Kruga" premieres in Moscow
• 1929 1st CF interception return for a touchdown (Joe Hess-U of Alberta)

• 1931 200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan in Peking

• 1936 Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am)

• 1938 Clare Boothe's "Boys Goodbye" premieres in NYC
• 1938 Dutch Prime Minister Hendrikus Colijn sends radio message "No war coming"
• 1938 Homer in the Gloamin' - famous walk-off home run hit by Gabby Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs against the Pittsburgh Pirates
• 1939 Estonia accepts Soviet military bases
• 1939 Final broadcast of The Fleischmann Hour was heard on radio

• 1940 Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns
• 1940 Nazi occupiers present "New Dutch Culture" in German
• 1941 Phillies lose club record 111th game

• 1942 Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad
• 1942 NY Americans NHL team folded
• 1944 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)
• 1944 Nazi forces begin killing civilians in the Italian village of Marzabotto

• 1945 Canadian football's Calgary Bronks changes its name to Stampeders
• 1945 Robert T Duncan appears as Tonio in "I Pagliacci"
• 1948 WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting

• 1950 Indonesia becomes 60th member of UN

• 1951 Norm Van Brocklin of Rams passes for NFL record 554 yards

• 1953 "Bob & Ray Show" TV Variety last air on NBC
• 1953 "Juvenile Jury" TV Children's last airs on NBC, moved to CBS
• 1953 "Racket Squad" TV Crime Drama last airs on CBS
• 1953 Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954
• 1953 KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, NM (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1955 WITN TV channel 7 in Washington, NC (NBC) begins broadcasting

• 1957 "Dollar A Second" last airs on NBC-TV
• 1957 "Gisele MacKenzie Show" debuts on NBC-TV
• 1957 "Honeycomb," by Jimmie F. Rodgers hits #1

• 1958 France adopts constitution
• 1958 Guinea votes for independence from France
• 1958 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1958 USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's
• 1959 "Hennesey" debuts on CBS-TV

• 1959 Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around Earth
• 1960 "Millionaire" last airs on CBS-TV
• 1960 "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" by Connie Francis hits #1
• 1960 "Queen For A Day" moves to ABC-TV
• 1960 "Sunrise at Campobello" premieres at Palace theater
• 1960 Ted Williams hits his final homer #521 (off Jack Fisher)
• 1961 "Doctor Kildare" debuts on NBC-TV

• 1961 Syria withdraws from United Arab Republic
• 1961 USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m
• 1961 Walt Disney's movie "Grey Friars Bobby" premieres
• 1962 "Brighter Day" last airs on CBS-TV daytime
• 1962 "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster" debuts on ABC-TV
• 1962 "Jan Murray Show" last airs on NBC-TV
• 1962 "Verdict Is Yours," last airs on CBS-TV
• 1962 Alouette (Canada), 1st Canadian satellite, launched
• 1962 Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia.
• 1962 The last airing of "The Tonight Show" prior to Johnny Carson becoming host airs on NBC-TV
• 1963 "King Leonardo" cartoon last airs on NBC-TV
• 1963 "Little Deuce Coupe" single by The Beach Boys peaks at #15

• 1963 "Nick Teen & Al K. Hall" by Rolf Harris peaks at #95
• 1963 "Sally, Go 'Round The Roses" by Jaynetts, a one-hit wonder from the Bronx, NYC, peaks at #2
• 1963 "Shari Lewis Show" last airs on NBC-TV
• 1963 "Surfer Joe" by Surfaris peaks at #62

• 1963 Giuseppe Cantarella roller-skates record 25.78 mph (415 k) for 440 yds
• 1963 Novelty song "Martian Hop" by The Ran-Dells, from Villas, New Jersey, peaks at #16
• 1963 NYC DJ "Murray The K" plays The Beatles "She Loves You" on the radio
• 1964 Suriname governor A Currie resigns
• 1965 Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km
• 1965 Taal Volcano explodes on Luzon in the Philippines, killing an estimated 100 people
• 1966 Whitney Museum of American Art opens its controversial Marcel Breuer designed new building in Manhattan, New York (since relocated)
• 1967 Walter Washington elected 1st mayor of Washington, D.C.
• 1968 Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr
• 1968 Atlanta Chiefs beat San Diego Toros 3-0 for NASL championship
• 1968 Beatles' "Hey Jude" single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
• 1968 Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes

• 1968 Marisa Danisi of West Germany roller skates record 21.995 miles in 1 hr
• 1969 Minnesota vs Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing!
• 1969 NFL Minnesota Vikings QB Joe Kapp passes for 7 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts in 52-14 home win
• 1969 SPD wins West German Parliament elections

• 1970 Intrepid (US) beats Gretel II (Australia) in 22nd America's Cup
• 1970 TV game show "Words & Music" debuts on NBC
• 1971 Hungarian cardinal József Mindszenty after 15 years refuge in US Embassy in Budapest is allowed to leave the country
• 1971 NY Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music
• 1971 UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
• 1972 Canada defeats the USSR in the eighth and final game of the ice hockey Summit Series

• 1972 Japan & Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations

• 1973 ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.
• 1973 Palestinian Terrorists hijack Austrian train

• 1974 "Live It Up Part 1" by the Isley Brothers peaks at #52

• 1974 "Rock Me Gently" by Andy Kim peaks at #1
• 1974 "Surfin' USA" by Beach Boys reenters chart & peaks at #36
• 1974 British rock guitarist Mick Ronson joins Mott the Hoople

• 1975 Bill authorizes admission of women to military academies

• 1975 The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people were taken as hostages, takes place in London.

• 1976 US Congress passes Toxic Substances Control Act
• 1978 Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord

• 1978 Syrians & Lebanese engage in heavy fighting in Lebanon

• 1980 Australian Williams driver Alan Jones clinches his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by winning the Canadian Grand Prix at Île Notre-Dame Circuit

• 1980 Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly Atlantic standing on wing
• 1981 Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City

• 1982 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
• 1982 NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 505
• 1983 STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad

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