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100 years anniversary | ||||
28 Sep 1924 | Antonio Jacinto: Portuguese West Africa, Angolan poet | |||
28 Sep 1924 | 2 US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops | |||
28 Sep 1924 | French government names General Serrail Governor-General of Syria | |||
28 Sep 1924 | Gen Plutarco Calles elected President of Mexico | |||
28 Sep 1924 | Rudolf Barshai, Russian-Swiss viola player and conductor (d. 2010) | |||
28 Sep 1924 | Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor and singer (d. 1996) | |||
28 Sep 1924 | First round-the-world flight completed. | |||
28 Sep 1924 | WW2 | Shortly after 0000 hour, while Joseph Rochefort was acting as the officer of the deck, tanker Cuyama and the several destroyers attached to her began drifting into the San Francisco Bay in California, United States, causing minor damage to various ships but causing no casualties. Rochefort would escape blame in the resulting inquiry, receiving only a minor reprimand on his file. | ||
28 Sep 1924 | Marcello Mastroianni actor (8 | |||
28 Sep 1924 | 2 US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
28 Sep 1949 | "My Friend Irma" is 1st of 12 films starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis | |||
28 Sep 1949 | Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor, screenwriter, and producer | |||
28 Sep 1949 | Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (b. 1881) | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
28 Sep 1974 | Raymond Largay: Actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), dies at 88 | |||
28 Sep 1974 | "Live It Up Part 1" by Isley Brothers peaks at #52 | |||
28 Sep 1974 | "Rock Me Gently" by Andy Kim peaks at #1 | |||
28 Sep 1974 | 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy | |||
28 Sep 1974 | California Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minn Twin, 4-0 | |||
28 Sep 1974 | John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (NYC) | |||
28 Sep 1974 | Mick Ronson joins Mott the Hoople | |||
28 Sep 1974 | Marco Di Loreto, Italian footballer and manager | |||
28 Sep 1974 | Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer | |||
28 Sep 1974 | Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer and coach | |||
28 Sep 1974 | Shane Webcke, Australian rugby player and coach | |||
28 Sep 1974 | Bad Company went to No.1 on the US album chart with their self-titled debut album. Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke had come out of Free, while Mick Ralphs had played guitar with Mott the Hoople and Boz Burrell was bass player for King Crimson before the group formed in 1973. They produced six albums together before disbanding in 1983. | |||
28 Sep 1974 | Canadian singer Andy Kim went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Rock Me Gently', it made No.2 in the UK. Kim was the co-writer of The Archies 'Sugar Sugar'. | |||
28 Sep 1974 | 1st lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy | |||
28 Sep 1974 | Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minn Twin, 4-0 | |||
28 Sep 1974 | John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (NYC) | |||
28 Sep 1974
Sunil Kumar Verma |
birth Sunil Kumar Verma Sunil Kumar Verma, Indian biologist |
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25 years anniversary | ||||
28 Sep 1999 | Escott Reid, Canadian diplomat, academic, and author (b. 1905) | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
28 Sep 2004 | Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (b. 1924) | |||
28 Sep 2004 | Scott Muni, American radio host (b. 1930) | |||
28 Sep 2004 | Producer Phil Spector was charged with the murder of actress Lana Clarkson in an unsealed indictment. Spector was in attendance at a Los Angeles court as the indictment about the slaying of 40-year-old Clarkson was read. He remained free on $1 million bail. | |||
28 Sep 2004
Parkfield, California |
Parkfield, California (earth sciences) A long-awaited earthquake strikes Parkfield, California, the most closely monitored earthquake zone in the world. The earthquake, which had been expected to have occurred by the late 1980s, strikes as a magnitude 6.0. The network of instruments that had been installed in the region make this the most well-recorded earthquake in history. |
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15 years anniversary | ||||
28 Sep 2009 | Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama (b. 1936) | |||
28 Sep 2009 | Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor and director (b. 1956) | |||
28 Sep 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. | |||
28 Sep 2009 | Adam Goldstein (DJ AM.), American club DJ and musician died of an accidental drug overdose at home in New York City aged 36. Had worked with Blink 182, Crazy Town, Madonna. Goldstein had surrived a plane crash along with Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker in September 2008. | |||
28 Sep 2009 | Lucy Vodden, the childhood pal of John Lennon's son Julian, passed away at the age of 46 after losing her battle with auto-immune disease lupus. She was the inspiration for The Beatles' track 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds', written mostly by John after Julian showed his father a nursery school drawing he called Lucy - in the sky with diamonds, depicting his classmate. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
28 Sep 2014 | Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (b. 1923) | |||
28 Sep 2014 | Joseph H. Alexander, American colonel and historian (b. 1938) | |||
28 Sep 2014 | Sheila Faith, English dentist and politician (b. 1928) | |||
28 Sep 2014 | Tim Rawlings, English footballer and manager (b. 1932) | |||
28 Sep 2014 | Petr Skoumal, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1938) | |||
28 Sep 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. |