What happend on 28. September in History
In our data base we found 334 events happened on 28. September:
• 235: Pope Pontian resigns. He and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia. [category: Events]
• 351: Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius. [category: Events]
• 365: Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor. [category: Events]
• 1066: William the Bastard (as he was known at the time) invades England beginning the Norman Conquest. [category: Events]
• 1104: Peter I of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1068) [category: Deaths]
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1106: The Battle of Tinchebrai – Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.
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1197: Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)
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1238: Muslim Valencia surrenders to the besieging King James I of Aragon the Conqueror.
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1322: Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
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1429: Cymburgis of Masovia (b. 1397)
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1448: Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
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1493: Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet (d. 1545)
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1538: Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
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1542: Navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California, United States.
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1582: George Buchanan, Scottish historian (b. 1506)
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1596: Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby (b. 1540)
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1605: Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (d. 1694)
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1618: Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)
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1667: Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
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1681: Johann Mattheson, German composer (d. 1764)
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1687: Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian (b. 1623)
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1694: Gabriel Mouton, French scientist (b. 1618)
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1702: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English politician (b. 1640)
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1705: Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician (d. 1774)
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1705: Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1772)
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1742: Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)
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1746: William Jones, Welsh philologist and scholar (d. 1794)
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1779: American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
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1781: William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, English diplomat and politician (b. 1717)
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1781: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War.
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1787: The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval.
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1791: France becomes the first European country to emancipate its Jewish population.
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1803: Prosper Mérimée, French author (d. 1870)
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1809: Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (d. 1899)
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1819: Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol, Catalan engineer (d. 1885)
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1821: Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (d. 1874)
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1823: Alexandre Cabanel, French painter (d. 1889)
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1824: Francis Turner Palgrave, English critic and poet (d. 1897)
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1829: Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)
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1835: Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1918)
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1836: Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock (d. 1910)
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1841: Georges Clemenceau, French journalist, physician, and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1929)
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1844: Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
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1844: Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
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1852: Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1907)
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1856: Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author (d. 1923)
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1860: Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist, discovered gamma rays (d. 1934)
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1861: Amélie of Orléans (d. 1951)
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1867: Hiranuma Kiichirō, Japanese politician, 35th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1952)
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1867: The United States takes control of Midway Island.
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1867: Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario.
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1868: Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
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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.
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1873: Émile Gaboriau, French author and journalist (b. 1832)
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1877: Albert Young, American boxer (d. 1940)
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1877: Walter Thijssen, Dutch rower (d. 1943)
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1878: Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1962)
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1881: Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (d. 1950)
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1887: Avery Brundage, American sports administrator, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1975)
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1889: Jack Fournier, American baseball player (d. 1973)
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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.
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1891: Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (d. 1918)
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1891: Herman Melville, American novelist (b. 1819)
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1892: The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
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1893: Giannis Skaribas, Greek author, playwright, and poet (d. 1984)
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1895: Louis Pasteur, French chemist (b. 1822)
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1898: Carl Clauberg, German nazi doctor (d. 1957)
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1899: Alice de Janzé, American heiress (d. 1941)
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1900: Joe Falcon, Cajun accordion player (d. 1965)
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1901: Ed Sullivan, American television host (d. 1974)
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1901: William S. Paley, American broadcaster, founded CBS (d. 1990)
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1901: Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own, in a surprise attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar Island.
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1903: Haywood S. Hansell, American general officer (d. 1988)
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1905: Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
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1907: Bhagat Singh, Indian actvist (d. 1931)
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1907: Heikki Savolainen, Finnish gymnast (d. 1997)
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1909: Al Capp, American cartoonist (d. 1979)
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1910: Diosdado Macapagal, Filipino politician, 9th President of the Philippines (d. 1997)
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1910: Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician (d. 1942)
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1912: Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash. He and pilot Lt. Lewis C. Rockwell are killed in the crash of an Army Wright Model B at College Park, Maryland.
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1912: The Ulster Covenant is signed by half a million Ulster Protestants in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
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1913: Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (d. 2007)
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1914: Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (b. 1863)
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1915: Saitō Hajime, Japanese samurai (b. 1844)
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1916: Olga Lepeshinskaya, Soviet ballerina (d. 2008)
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1916: Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (d. 1977)
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1918: Arnold Stang, American actor (d. 2009)
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1918: Ángel Labruna, Argentinian footballer and coach (d. 1983)
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1918: Freddie Stowers, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
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1918: Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1858)
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1918: World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
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1919: Doris Singleton, American actress (d. 2012)
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1919: Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, US.
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1923: John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish politician (d. 2007)
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1923: Tuli Kupferberg, American poet, author, and musician (The Fugs) (d. 2010)
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1923: William Windom, American actor (d. 2012)
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1924: Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (d. 1996)
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1924: Rudolf Barshai, Russian conductor and violist (d. 2010)
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1925: Cromwell Everson, South African composer (d. 1991)
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1925: Frank Latimore, American actor (d. 1998)
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1925: Seymour Cray, American computer scientist, founded the CRAY Computer Company (d. 1996)
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1926: Jerry Clower, American comedian (d. 1998)
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1928: Koko Taylor, American singer (d. 2009)
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1928: Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
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1928: The U.K. Parliament passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing cannabis.
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1929: Lata Mangeshkar, Indian singer-songwriter
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1930: Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist
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1932: Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (d. 1973)
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1933: Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (Jimmy & Johnny) (d. 2011)
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1933: Miguel Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (d. 2006)
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1934: Brigitte Bardot, French actress and singer
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1934: Janet Munro, English actress (d. 1972)
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1935: Heather Sears, English actress (d. 1994)
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1935: Ronald Lacey, English actor (d. 1991)
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1935: William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer, invented the Kinetoscope (b. 1860)
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1936: Emmett Chapman, American guitarist, invented the chapman stick
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1937: Alice Mahon, English politician
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1937: Rod Roddy, American game show announcer (d. 2003)
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1938: Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Drifters)
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1938: Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (b. 1861)
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1939: Elbridge Bryant, American tenor (The Temptations) (d. 1975)
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1939: Rudolph Walker, Trinidadian-English actor
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1939: Stuart Kauffman, American biologist
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1939: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II.
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1939: Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.
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1941: Edmund Stoiber, German politician
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1942: Edward "Little Buster" Forehand, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
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1942: Marshall Bell, American actor
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1942: Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999)
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1942: Tim Maia, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
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1943: J. T. Walsh, American actor (d. 1998)
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1943: Nick St. Nicholas, German-Canadian bass player (Steppenwolf, The Mynah Birds, The Sparrows, Blue Cheer, and World Classic Rockers)
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1943: Warren Lieberfarb, American businessman
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1943: Win Percy, English racing driver and three-times British Touring Car Champion (1980; 1981 & 1982)
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1943: Sam Ruben, American chemist (b. 1913)
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1944: Marcia Muller, American author
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1944: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia.
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1945: Fusako Shigenobu, Japanese activist, founded the Japanese Red Army
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1945: Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 2011)
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1945: Marielle Goitschel, French skier
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1946: Helen Shapiro, English singer and actress
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1946: Jeffrey Jones, American actor
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1947: Bob Carr, Australian politician, 39th Premier of New South Wales
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1947: Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
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1948: Panagiotis Adraktas, Greek politician
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1949: Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor, screenwriter, and producer
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1949: Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (b. 1881)
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1950: John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
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1950: Laurie Lewis, American singer and fiddler
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1950: Indonesia joins the United Nations.
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1951: Norton Buffalo, singer-songwriter, harmonica player, producer, and actor (Steve Miller Band) (d. 2009)
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1951: Wei Chen, Canadian journalist
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1951: CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
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1952: Efthimis Kioumourtzoglou, Greek basketball coach
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1952: Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress (d. 2012)
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1953: Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (b. 1889)
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1954: George Lynch, American guitarist and songwriter (Dokken, Lynch Mob, Souls of We, and Tooth and Nail)
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1954: Steve Largent, American football player and politician
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1955: Kenny Kirkland, American pianist (d. 1998)
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1955: Stéphane Dion, Canadian politician
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1956: William Boeing, American businessman, founded the Boeing Company (b. 1881)
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1957: C. J. Chenier, American singer-songwriter and accordion player
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1957: Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan violinist and composer (b. 1888)
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1958: France ratifies a new Constitution of France; the French Fifth Republic is then formed upon the formal adoption of the new constitution on October 4. Guinea rejects the new constitution, voting for independence instead.
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1959: Dantes Tsitsi, Nauruan politician
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1959: Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
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1959: Steve Hytner, American actor
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1959: Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
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1960: Frank Hammerschlag, German footballer
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1960: Jennifer Rush, American singer-songwriter
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1960: Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.
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1961: Quentin Kawānanakoa, American politician
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1961: A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
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1962: Chuck Taylor, American journalist
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1962: Dietmar Schacht, German footballer
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1962: Grant Fuhr, Canadian ice hockey player
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1962: Roger Nimier, French writer (b. 1925)
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1962: The Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia.
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1963: Greg Weisman, American scriptwriter and producer
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1963: Steve Blackman, American wrestler
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1964: Claudio Borghi, Argentine footballer and manager
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1964: Gregor Fisken, Scottish race car driver and businessman
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1964: Janeane Garofalo, American actress
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1964: Laura Cerón, American actress
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1964: Mārtiņš Roze, Latvian politician (d. 2012)
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1964: Paul Jewell, English footballer
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1964: Harpo Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1888)
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1965: Jens Melzig, German footballer
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1966: Ginger Fish, American drummer
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1966: Leilani Sarelle, American actress
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1966: María Canals Barrera, American actress and singer
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1966: Puri Jagannadh, Indian director
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1966: André Breton, French poet (b. 1896)
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1967: Mira Sorvino, American actress
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1967: Moon Zappa, American actress and singer
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1968: Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
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1968: Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress
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1968: Rob Moroso, American race car driver (d. 1990)
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1969: Ben Greenman, American author
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1969: Manuel Benitez, American actor (d. 2008)
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1969: Marcel Dost, Dutch decathlete
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1969: Nico Vaesen, Belgian footballer
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1969: Éric Lapointe, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
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1970: Gualter Salles, Brazilian race car driver
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1970: Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japanese tennis player
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1970: Mike DeJean, American baseball player
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1970: Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian politician, 2nd President of Egypt (b. 1918)
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1970: John Dos Passos, American novelist (b. 1896)
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1971: A. J. Croce, American singer-songwriter and pianist
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1971: Alan Wright, English footballer
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1971: Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lonely Astronauts and Fistful of Mercy)
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1971: The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
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1972: Dita Von Teese, American dancer, model, and actress
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1972: Rory Storm, English singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
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1973: Brian Rafalski, American ice hockey player
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1973: Jori Hulkkonen, Finnish DJ and producer
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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.
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1974: John Light, English actor
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1974: Joonas Kolkka, Finnish footballer
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1974: Marco Di Loreto, Italian footballer
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1974: Mariya Kiselyova, Russian swimmer
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1974: Shane Webcke, Australian rugby player
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1975: Lenny Krayzelburg, American swimmer
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1975: Stuart Clark, Australian cricketer
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1975: The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.
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1976: Ali Asel, Kuwaiti footballer
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1976: Fedor Emelianenko, Russian mixed martial artist
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1977: Ireneusz Marcinkowski, Polish footballer
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1977: Se Ri Pak, South Korean golfer
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1978: Bushido, German rapper and producer
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1978: Pope John Paul I (b. 1912)
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1979: Bam Margera, American skateboarder, actor, and stuntman
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1979: John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist (b. 1921)
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1981: Gül Gölge, Turkish model and actress
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1981: Iracema Trevisan, Brazilian bass player (CSS)
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1981: Jorge Guagua, Ecuadorian footballer
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1981: José Calderón, Spanish basketball player
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1981: Melissa Claire Egan, American actress
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1981: Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1908)
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1982: Abhinav Bindra, Indian target shooter
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1982: Aleksandr Anyukov, Russian footballer
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1982: Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
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1982: Dustin Penner, Canadian ice hockey player
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1982: Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
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1982: Nolwenn Leroy, French singer-songwriter
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1982: Ranbir Kapoor, Indian actor
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1982: Ray Emery, Canadian ice hockey player
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1982: St. Vincent, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Polyphonic Spree)
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1982: Mabel Albertson, American actress (b. 1901)
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1983: John Schwalger, New Zealand rugby player
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1983: Mary Kom, Indian Boxer
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1983: Stefan Moore, English footballer
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1984: Mathieu Valbuena, French footballer
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1984: Melody Thornton, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Pussycat Dolls)
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1984: Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
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1985: Alina Ibragimova, Russian violinist
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1985: Shindong, South Korean singer and actor (Super Junior)
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1986: Andrés Guardado, Mexican footballer
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1987: Chloë Hanslip, English violinist
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1987: Hilary Duff, American actress and singer
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1987: Pierre Becken, German footballer
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1988: Aleks Vrteski, Australian footballer
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1988: Esmée Denters, Dutch singer-songwriter
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1988: Marin Čilić, Croatian tennis player
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1989: Mark Randall, English footballer
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1989: Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino politician, 10th President of the Philippines (b. 1917)
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1990: Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress
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1991: Miles Davis, American trumpet player, bandleader, and composer (Miles Davis Quintet) (b. 1926)
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1992: Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress
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1993: Jodie Williams, English sprinter
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1993: Alexander A. Drabik, American soldier (b. 1910)
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1993: Peter De Vries, American novelist (b. 1910)
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1994: Harry Saltzman, Canadian film producer (b. 1915)
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1994: José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican politician, 6th Governor of Guerrero (b. 1946)
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1994: Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (Propeller and Ruja) (b. 1953)
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1994: The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
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1995: Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.
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1995: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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1996: Mohammad Najibullah, Afghan politician, 7th President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)
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1996: Former president of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah is tortured and brutally murdered by the Taliban.
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1999: Escott Reid, Canadian diplomat and author (b. 1905)
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2000: Frankie Jonas, American actor
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2000: Pierre Trudeau, Canadian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1919)
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2000: Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
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2002: Hartland Molson, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
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2002: Patsy Mink, American politician (b. 1927)
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2003: Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927)
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2003: Elia Kazan, Greek-American director (b. 1909)
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2003: George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician (b. 1934)
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2004: Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (b. 1924)
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2004: Scott Muni, American radio host (b. 1930)
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2005: Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
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2007: René Desmaison, French mountaineer (b. 1930)
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2007: Wally Parks, American businessman, founded National Hot Rod Association (b. 1913)
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2008: SpaceX launches the first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.
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2009: Guillermo Endara, Panamanian politician, 32nd President of Panama (b. 1936)
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2009: Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor (b. 1956)
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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.
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2010: Dolores Wilson, American soprano (b. 1928)
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2010: Kurt Albert, German mountaineer (b. 1954)
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2012: Abdul Ghani Minhat, Malaysian footballer (b. 1935)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Ahmed Ramzy, Egyptian actor (b. 1930)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Avraham Adan, Israeli general (b. 1926)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Brajesh Mishra, Indian diplomat (b. 1928)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Chris Economaki, American sportscaster (b. 1920)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Joe Habie, Guatemalan businessman (b. 1956)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Larry Cunningham, Irish singer (b. 1938)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Lateef Adegbite, Nigerian politician (b. 1933)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: M. S. Shinde, Indian film editor (b. 1929)
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2012: Michael O'Hare, American actor (b. 1952)
[category: Deaths] •
2012: Pierluigi Vigna, Italian magistrate (b. 1933)
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48_bc: Pompey, Roman general and politician (b. 106 BC)
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48_bc: Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.
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935: Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 907)
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935: Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I of Bohemia.
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995: Members of Slavník's dynasty – Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious.
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_: Aaron of Auxerre
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_: Annemund
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_: Ask a Stupid Question Day (United States)
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_: Christian Feast Day:
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_: Conval
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_: Czech Statehood Day (Czech Republic)
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_: Eustochium
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_: Exuperius
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_: Faustus of Riez
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_: Leoba
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_: Lorenzo Ruiz
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_: National Day of Awareness and Unity against Child Pornography (The Philippines)
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_: Paternus of Auch
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_: September 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
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_: Teachers' Day (Republic of China and Chinese-Filipino schools in The Philippines), ceremonies dedicated to Confucius are also observed.
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_: Wenceslas
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_: World Heart Day (World Heart Federation)
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_: World Rabies Day (International)
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