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What happened in history on this day: September 28?
On September 28 in ...
- 1781 - American and French forces complete the encirclement of Yorktown.
- 1787 - US Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval.
- 1850 - Flogging in US Navy and on merchant vessels is abolished.
- 1868 - Opelousas Massacre at Saint Landry Parish, Louisiana (200 blacks killed).
- 1893 - An act of US Congress establishes Cascade Range Forest Reserve.
- 1906 - US troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909.
- 1918 - The US offers the fourth Liberty Loan bond issue of $5 billion at 4.25 percent interest.
- 1920 - Eight Chicago White Sox players are indicted, they threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal).
- 1924 - Two US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops.
- 1934 - Over California, USA, a pilot escapes a fireball shower.
- 1937 - US President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon).
- 1953 - At the General Motors Proving Grounds near Milford, Chevrolet officially unveils the Corvette to automotive press journalists. The Corvette features Powerglide two-speed automatic transmission, Polo White exterior paint, Sportsman Red interior, black canvas top, in-line six-cylinder engine, AM radio, and heater. The engine features overhead valves, cast-iron block, 235.5 cubic inch displacement, 150 horsepower, and three one-barrel carburetors.
- 1953 - In New York, Roy Disney meets with ABC-TV's Leonard Goldenson, to seek financing for Disneyland Park. Goldenson eagerly agrees to participate. The final agreement includes a US$500,000 investment from ABC-Paramount, guarantee for US$4.5 million line of credit, in return for 35 percent interest in Disneyland Park, and a weekly one-hour TV program with Disney films and production for TV.
- 1959 - Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around the Earth.
- 1967 - Walter Washington elected first mayor of Washington, DC.
- 1981 - Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing two black joggers in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 1988 - Bronx Museum for the Arts opens in New York.
- 1990 - Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame.
- 2005 - American politician Tom DeLay is indicted on charges of criminal conspiracy by a Texas grand jury.
Births on September 28
- 1880 - Birth of Ralph Edward Flanders in Barnet, Vermont, USA; politician (Senator-Vermont).
- 1909 - Birth of Al Capp in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; cartoonist (Li'l Abner).
- 1910 - Birth of Fran Lee in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Ms Wong - Major Dell Conway).
- 1913 - Birth of Vivian Fine in Chicago, Illinois, USA; composer (Women in the Garden).
- 1922 - Birth of Joe Silver in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Mr I Magination, Fay).
- 1923 - Birth of Fred Robbins in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; DJ (Coke Time with Eddie Fisher, Robbins Nest).
- 1923 - Birth of William Windom in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote).
- 1925 - Birth of Arnold Stang in Massachusetts, USA; comedian/actor (Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat).
- 1926 - Birth of Jerry Clower in Amite County, Mississippi, USA; country comedian (Nashville on Road).
- 1936 - Birth of Robert Hogan in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat).
- 1938 - Birth of Ben E King in North Carolina, USA; singer ("Stand by Me").
- 1943 - Birth of Joel Higgins in Bloomington, Illinois, USA; actor (Salvage 1, Silver Spoons).
- 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?).
- 1951 - Birth of Christian Marlowe in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Bram - Highcliffe Manor).
- 1961 - Birth of Anne White in Charleston, West Virginia, USA; tennis (wore spandex in 1985 Wimbledon).
- 1967 - Birth of Moon Unit Zappa, daughter of Frank Zappa; rocker ("Valley Girl").
- 1968 - Birth of Carré Otis in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (Wild Orchid).
Deaths on September 28
- 1833 - Lemuel Haynes, US Revolutionary War veteran, dies at age 88.
- 1982 - Larry Breeding, American actor (Who's Watching the Kids?) dies on 36th birthday.
- 1988 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist (Addams Family), dies at age 76 of heart attack (born 1912).
- 2007 - Death of Wally Parks, American founder of the National Hot Rod Association (born 1913).
- 2023 - Death of Dianne Feinstein AKA Dianne Goldman at age 90 at home in Washington, D.C.; US politician (San Francisco Mayor, US Senator for California).
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