What happened in history on this day: September 28?
On September 28 in ...
- 1957 - NBC-TV debuts The Gisele MacKenzie Show.
- 1959 - CBS-TV debuts TV show Hennesey, starring Jackie Cooper.
- 1960 - CBS-TV airs the last Millionaire TV show after a five-year run.
- 1961 - NBC-TV airs the first episode of TV sitcom show Hazel, starring Shirley Booth.
- 1961 - NBC debuts medical drama Dr. Kildare, starring Richard Chamberlain.
- 1962 - ABC-TV debuts the sitcom I'm Dickens, He's Fenster.
- 1963 - NBC-TV airs the last episode of The Shari Lewis Show.
- 1976 - CBS airs the 100th episode of TV show M*A*S*H.
- 1980 - PBS premoeres Carl Sagan's 13-part TV series Cosmos.
- 1987 - Star Trek: The Next Generation debuts on syndicated TV. First episode is "Encounter at Farpoint".
- 1991 - ABC-TV debuts TV series The Commish.
- 1995 - CBS debuts TV show NY News starring Mary Tyler Moore.
- 1997 - The ABC TV network begins airing The Wonderful World of Disney TV show.
Births on September 28
- 1910 - Birth of Fran Lee in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Ms Wong - Major Dell Conway).
- 1916 - Birth of Peter Finch; actor (Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe).
- 1922 - Birth of Joe Silver in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Mr I Magination, Fay).
- 1923 - Birth of William Windom in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote).
- 1924 - Birth of Marcello Mastroianni; actor (8 1/2, La Dolce Vita).
- 1925 - Birth of Arnold Stang in Massachusetts, USA; comedian/actor (Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat).
- 1934 - Birth of Brigitte Bardot in Paris, France; actress (And God Created Woman).
- 1936 - Birth of Robert Hogan in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat).
- 1943 - Birth of Joel Higgins in Bloomington, Illinois, USA; actor (Salvage 1, Silver Spoons).
- 1946 - Birth of Fiona Lewis in Westcliff, England; actress (Stunts, Lisztomania).
- 1946 - Birth of Herbert Jefferson Junior in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Battlestar Galactica).
- 1946 - Birth of Larry Breeding in Winchester, Illinois, USA; actor (Who's Watching the Kids?).
- 1948 - Birth of Phil Hartman; comedian (Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons).
- 1951 - Birth of Christian Marlowe in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Bram - Highcliffe Manor).
- 1952 - Birth of Sylvia Kristel in Holland; actress (Emmanuelle, Private School for Girls).
- 1968 - Birth of Carré Otis in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (Wild Orchid).
Deaths on September 28
- 1954 - Bert Lytell, actor (Henry - One Man's Family), dies at age 69.
- 1961 - Michael Shepley, actor (Dick and the Duchess), dies at age 54.
- 1966 - Eric Fleming, actor (Gil - Rawhide), dies at age 41.
- 1973 - Norma Crane, actress (Rayola - Mr Peepers), dies at age 42.
- 1982 - Larry Breeding, American actor (Who's Watching the Kids?) dies on 36th birthday.
- 2022 - Death of Coolio AKA Artis Leon Ivey at age 59 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA; hip-hop rapper ("Gangsta's Paradise" song (1995), Grammy award winner (Best Rap Solo Performance, 1996)), reality star (Celebrity Big Brother, Celebrity Boot Camp), author (Cookin' With Coolio).
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