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Events on September 28

• 1066 William the Conqueror lands with an invasion fleet at Pevensey in southern England.
• 1322 In the Battle of Mühldorf, the Wittelsbach ruler Louis the Bavarian defeats the Habsburg Frederick the Fair and takes him prisoner. He does not release him until three years later, after Frederick has renounced the imperial title. The battle is now regarded as the last battle of knights without firearms.
• 1717 Universal compulsory schooling is introduced in Prussia.
• 1864 The First International is founded in London.
• 1928 The bacteriologist Alexander Fleming accidentally notices that one of his staphylococcus cultures, which has been contaminated with molds of the genus Penicillium, has been killed. His further investigations lead to the development of the antibacterial agent penicillin.
• 1951 The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe begins its work.
• 1958 In a referendum, the French people adopt a new constitution drafted by Charles de Gaulle that grants the president greater power. When this constitution enters into force on 4 October, the Fourth French Republic ends and is replaced by the Fifth Republic.
• 1969 Following the election to the 6th German Bundestag, the SPD and FDP agree on a social-liberal coalition with Willy Brandt as Federal Chancellor. The CDU/CSU again receives the most votes, but must enter the opposition for the first time.
• 1987 The first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation is broadcast in the United States.
• 1990 Nintendo's portable game console, the Game Boy, is released in Europe. It quickly becomes one of the most commercially successful game consoles of the 90s.
• 1994 The Estonian ferry Estonia sinks off the coast of Finland while sailing to Stockholm, after the bow door has burst open on the high seas. 852 people die in the disaster.
• 2000 Ariel Sharon visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Militant Palestinians take this as the occasion for the Second Intifada.

Born on September 28

• 1852 Henri Moissan, French chemist
• 1887 Avery Brundage, American sports executive
• 1900 Otto Braun, German writer, party official, military adviser and 1st Secretary of the Writers' Association of the GDR
• 1901 Ed Sullivan, American entertainer and host of the Ed Sullivan Show
• 1941 Edmund Stoiber, German administrative lawyer and politician
• 1942 Donna Leon, American writer
• 1952 Sylvia Kristel, Dutch actress
• 1960 Jennifer Rush, American rock and pop singer
• 1970 Fırat Arslan, German boxer
• 1992 Amira Aly, Austrian presenter

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „28. September“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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