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Notable anniversaries in history for today: September 28
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of Francis Turner Palgrave in England; poet (Golden Treasury), professor (Oxford).
- 100th: 1924 - Two US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Marcello Mastroianni; actor (8 1/2, La Dolce Vita).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Brigitte Bardot in Paris, France; actress (And God Created Woman).
- 90th: 1934 - Over California, USA, a pilot escapes a fireball shower.
- 80th: 1944 - First TV musical comedy (The Boys from Boise).
- 80th: 1944 - Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands.
- 70th: 1954 - Bert Lytell, actor (Henry - One Man's Family), dies at age 69.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Steve Largent; wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks).
- 60th: 1964 - Australia beats US in first clay court Davis Cup.
- 60th: 1964 - Harpo Marx, comedian (The Marx Brothers), dies at age 75.
- 50th: 1974 - California Angels' Nolan Ryan third no-hitter, beats Minnesota Twins, 4-0.
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Melody Thornton; singer (The Pussycat Dolls).
- 30th: 1994 - (near midnight) In a storm on the Baltic Sea, the bow door of the ferry Estonia is torn off and the ship sinks. 137 survive, 852 die. The death of 551 Swedes is the largest single loss of Swedish life in modern history.
- 30th: 1994 - Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican politician, is assassinated.
- 15th: 2009 - At least 157 demonstrators are killed in a clash with the Guinean military.
- 15th: 2009 - Death of Guillermo Endara, President of Panama, 1989-1994 (born 1936).
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