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On September 28, -48: Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.

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Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the final decades of the Roman Republic. As a young man, he was a partisan and protégé of the dictator Sulla, after whose death he achieved significant military and political success.

People

Born on September 28

Isack Hadjar 2004– French and Algerian racing driver (born 2004)
Frankie Jonas 2000– American singer and actor (born 2000)
Kayla Day 1999– American tennis player (born 1999)
Panna Udvardy 1998– Hungarian tennis player (born 1998)
Aiden Moffat 1996– British racing driver (born 1996)
Juancho Hernangómez 1995– Spanish basketball player (born 1995)
Caleb Martin 1995– American basketball player (born 1995)
Cody Martin 1995– American basketball player (born 1995)
Jason Williams 1995– English footballer
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Jodie Williams 1993– British sprinter
Khem Birch 1992– Canadian basketball player (born 1992)
Keir Gilchrist 1992– Canadian actor
Alex Landi 1992– American actor (born 1992)
Paula Ormaechea 1992– Argentine tennis player
Adam Thompson 1992– English football player (born 1992)
Kōko Tsurumi 1992– Japanese artistic gymnast
Eddie Rosario 1991– Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1991)
Elvyonn Bailey 1991– American sprinter (born 1991)

People

Died on September 28

Winfield Dunn American politician (1927–2024)
Drake Hogestyn American actor (1953–2024)
Kris Kristofferson American singer and actor (1936–2024)
Coolio American rapper (1963–2022)
José José Mexican singer (1948–2019)
Predrag Ejdus Serbian actor (1947–2018)
Daniel Pe'er Israeli television host and newsreader
Agnes Nixon American soap opera screenwriter (1922–2016)
Gary Glasberg American television writer and producer
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Shimon Peres Israeli politician (1923–2016)
Gloria Naylor American novelist (1950–2016)
Alexander Faris Northern Irish composer and conductor (1921–2015)
Walter Dale Miller American politician
Ignacio Zoco Spanish footballer (1939–2015)
Dannie Abse Welsh poet and physician (1923–2014)
Joseph H. Alexander United States Marine Corps officer and military historian (1938–2014)
Sheila Faith British politician
Tim Rawlings English footballer

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  1. -48 Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.

    Roman general and statesman (106–48 BC)

    Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the final decades of the Roman Republic. As a young man, he was a partisan and protégé of the dictator Sulla, after whose death he achieved significant military and political success.

  2. 235 Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus of Rome.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 230 to 235

    Pope Pontian was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 230 to 28 September 235. In 235, during the persecution of Christians in the reign of the Emperor Maximinus Thrax, Pontian was arrested and sent to the island of Sardinia.

  3. 351 Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.

    Part of the Roman civil war of 350–353

    The Battle of Mursa was fought on 28 September 351 between the eastern Roman armies led by the Emperor Constantius II and the western forces supporting the usurper Magnentius. It took place at Mursa, near the Via Militaris in the province of Pannonia. The battle, one of the bloodiest in Roman history, was a pyrrhic victory for Constantius.

  4. 365 Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself emperor.

    Calendar year

    Year 365 (CCCLXV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the West as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Valens. The denomination 365 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  5. 935 Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him.

    Duke of Bohemia from 921 to 935

    Wenceslaus I, Wenceslas I or Václav the Good was the Prince (kníže) of Bohemia from 921 until his death, probably in 935. According to the legend, he was assassinated by his younger brother, Boleslaus the Cruel.

  6. 995 Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, kills most members of the rival Slavník dynasty.
  7. 1066 William the Conqueror lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest.
  8. 1106 King Henry I of England defeats his brother Robert Curthose at the Battle of Tinchebray.
  9. 1213 Queen consort Gertrude of Merania is assassinated by a group of Hungarian lords.
  10. 1238 King James I of Aragon conquers Valencia from the Moors. Shortly thereafter, he proclaims himself king of Valencia.
  11. 1322 Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.
  12. 1538 Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
  13. 1542 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California. He is the first European in California.
  14. 1779 American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
  15. 1781 American Revolution: French and American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown.
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  1. 1787 The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the newly written United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval.
  2. 1821 The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire is drafted. It will be made public on 13 October.
  3. 1844 Oscar I of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
  4. 1867 Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
  5. 1868 The Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
  6. 1871 The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
  7. 1889 The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a metre.
  8. 1892 The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
  9. 1901 Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
  10. 1912 The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
  11. 1912 Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
  12. 1918 World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
  13. 1919 Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
  14. 1924 The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
  15. 1928 Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.

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