Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 28
This is a list of selected September 28 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| 48 BC – Pompey the Great was assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt following a decisive defeat by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Pharsalus. | refimprove |
| 1542 – Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, the first European to travel along the coast of California, landed at what is now the City of San Diego. | refimprove |
| 1891 – Railway workers in Montevideo, Uruguay, founded the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club, which later changed its name to C.A. Peñarol. | refimprove |
| 1962 – A fire destroyed the Paddington tram depot and 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia. | needs more footnotes |
| 2008 – SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket achieved orbit on its fourth attempt to become the first successful liquid-propelled orbital launch vehicle developed with private funding. | outdated |
Eligible
- 1928 – Scottish biologist and pharmacologist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin when he noticed a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory.
- 1961 – A group of officers in Damascus staged a coup and declared Syria's independence from the United Arab Republic, leaving Egypt as the sole remaining member.
- 1995 – Over 30 mercenaries led by Bob Denard landed on the Comoros in an attempted coup, his fourth one on the African island nation since 1975.
- 1996 – Former President of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah was tortured and murdered by the Taliban.
- 2009 – A protest held by 50,000 people in Conakry, Guinea, was forcefully disrupted by the military junta, resulting in at least 157 deaths and over 1,200 injuries.
Notes
- Taliban takeover (1996) is on September 27 so Mohammad Najibullah should not be featured in the same year.
September 28: Meskel in Ethiopia and Eritrea (2024); Statehood Day in the Czech Republic; Teachers' Day in Taiwan
- 1066 – William the Conqueror and his fleet of around 600 ships landed at Pevensey, Sussex, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
- 1901 – Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas killed more than forty American soldiers in a surprise attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar Island.
- 1972 – Paul Henderson scored the game-winning goal against Vladislav Tretiak, securing a Canadian victory in the Summit Series over the Soviet ice hockey team.
- 1978 – Pope John Paul I died only 33 days after his papal election due to an apparent myocardial infarction, resulting in the most recent Year of Three Popes.
- 1994 – The ferry MS Estonia (pictured) sank while commuting between Tallinn, Estonia, and Stockholm, Sweden, claiming 852 lives in one of the worst maritime accidents in the Baltic Sea.