History Events on September 28

Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.

#Ted_Williams

King James I of Aragon conquers Valencia from the Moors. Shortly thereafter, he proclaims himself king of Valencia.

#James_I_of_Aragon

The Parliament of the UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, banning the medicinal use of cannabis.

#Misuse_of_Drugs_Act_1971

Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.

#History_of_Toronto

Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.

#Alexander_Fleming

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.

#Battle_of_Mühldorf

American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.

#Samuel_Huntington_(Connecticut_politician)

World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.

#World_War_II

The cruise ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.

#MS_Estonia

The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.

#2014_Hong_Kong_protests

The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.

#Declaration_of_Independence_of_the_Mexican_Empire

The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.

#First_aerial_circumnavigation

World War II: Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Estonia.

#Klooga_concentration_camp

Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, kills most members of the rival Slavník dynasty.

#Boleslaus_II,_Duke_of_Bohemia

The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly-written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.

#History_of_the_United_States_Constitution

Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him.

#Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia

Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.

#Battle_of_Kismayo_(2012)

The Strategic Air Command stands down from alert all ICBMs scheduled for deactivation under START I, as well as its strategic bomber force.

#Strategic_Air_Command

Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself emperor.

#Procopius_(usurper)

Ottoman-Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.

#Battle_of_Preveza

Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.

#Frank_S._Scott

Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.

#Omaha_race_riot_of_1919

King Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.

#Battle_of_Tinchebray

CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.

#Color_television

The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.

#2018_Sulawesi_earthquake_and_tsunami

Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

#Oscar_I_of_Sweden

The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.

#Rio_Branco_Law

Pompey is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy upon arriving in Egypt.

#Pompey

World War II: The Drama uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins.

#Drama_uprising

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California.

#Juan_Rodríguez_Cabrillo

Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.

#Battle_of_Mursa_Major

Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.

#Gamal_Abdel_Nasser

Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.

#Association_football

Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

#Al-Aqsa_Intifada

World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.

#World_War_I

Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit.

#Falcon_1

William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest.

#England

The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.

#Ulster_Covenant

The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas.

The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1400 people.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.

A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill in Nepal, killing all 167 passengers and crew.

The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.

The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.

The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile.

A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.

World War II: The siege of Warsaw comes to an end.

Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.

The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.

The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.

The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.

American Revolution: American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.

Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus of Rome.