Public Holidays on September 28

• 🌍 Canterbury (South) Anniversary Day (New Zealand)
• 🌍 Den české státnosti (Czech Republic)
• 🌍 King's Birthday (Australia)
• 🌍 St. Wenceslas Day (Czech Republic)
• 🌍 孔子誕辰紀念日 (Taiwan)

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Religious Observances on September 28

• Jewish: Sukkot III (CH’’M) סוכות ג׳ (חוה״מ)

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On This Day in History — September 28

• 2014 — Hong Kong protests: Benny Tai announces that Occupy Central is launched as Hong Kong's government headquarters is being occupied by thousands of protesters. Hong Kong police resort to tear gas to disperse protesters...
• 2012 — Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port city of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.
• 2009 — The military junta leading Guinea, headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, raped, killed, and wounded protesters during a protest rally in a stadium called Stade du 28 Septembre.
• 2008 — SpaceX launches the first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.
• 2000 — Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
• 1996 — Former president of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah is tortured and murdered by the Taliban.

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Notable Births on September 28

• 1995 — Jason Williams, English footballer
• 1993 — Jodie Williams, English sprinter
• 1992 — Khem Birch, Canadian professional basketball player
• 1992 — Adam Thompson, English-Northern Irish footballer
• 1992 — Kōko Tsurumi, Japanese gymnast
• 1990 — Phoenix Battye, Australian rugby player

Notable Deaths on September 28

• 2017 — Daniel Pe'er, Israeli television host and newsreader (b. 1943)
• 2016 — Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (b. 1922)
• 2016 — Gary Glasberg, American television writer and producer (b. 1966)
• 2016 — Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli statesman and politician, 9th President of Israel (b. 1923)
• 2016 — Gloria Naylor, American novelist (b. 1950)
• 2015 — Alexander Faris, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1921)

Sports on September 28

• NFL: Los Angeles Rams @ Denver Broncos — 00:20 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Dallas Wings @ Golden State Valkyries — 01:00 UTC Scheduled

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Religious Observances on September 29

• Jewish: Sukkot IV (CH’’M) סוכות ד׳ (חוה״מ)

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On This Day in History — September 29

• 2013 — Over 42 people are killed by members of Boko Haram at the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Nigeria.
• 2009 — The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake strikes with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami follows, leaving 189 dead and hundreds injured.
• 2008 — Following the bankruptcies of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual, The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 777.68 points, the largest single-day point loss in its history.
• 2007 — Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station, is demolished in a controlled explosion.
• 2006 — Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collides in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy 600 business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Mato Grosso, Brazil, killing 154 people, and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
• 2004 — The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.

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Notable Births on September 29

• 1998 — Vera Lapko, Belarusian tennis player
• 1995 — Alice Matteucci, Italian tennis player
• 1994 — Britteny Cox, Australian skier
• 1994 — Halsey, American singer
• 1993 — Lee Hong-bin, South Korean singer
• 1993 — Viktor Romanenkov, Estonian figure skater

Notable Deaths on September 29

• 2016 — Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipina politician (b. 1945)
• 2015 — Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1932)
• 2015 — Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (b. 1934)
• 2015 — William Kerslake, American wrestler and engineer (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Jean Ter-Merguerian, French-Armenian violinist (b. 1935)
• 2015 — Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931)

Sports on September 29

• NFL: Philadelphia Eagles @ Chicago Bears — 00:15 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago White Sox @ TBD — 04:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees — 04:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: TBD @ Atlanta Braves — 04:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago Cubs @ San Diego Padres — 04:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Florida Panthers @ Carolina Hurricanes — 21:00 UTC Scheduled

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