September 28th, 1871

Born on September 28th, 1871

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What happened on September 28th, 1871?

September 28th, 1871

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Branco_Law

What else happened on September 28th?

September 28th, 2012

War in Somalia: Somali National Army forces and their AMISOM and Raskamboni allies launched an offensive against Al-Shabaab in the latter's last major stronghold of Kismayo.

September 28th, 2006

Typhoon Xangsane passed Manila on its way to causing more than 300 deaths, mostly in the Phillippines and Vietnam.

September 28th, 1978

Pope John Paul I died only 33 days after his papal election due to an apparent myocardial infarction, resulting in the first year of three popes since 1605.

September 28th, 1975

An attempted robbery of Spaghetti House, a restaurant in Knightsbridge, London, turned into a six-day hostage situation.

September 28th, 1972

Against the backdrop of the Cold War, the Canadian ice hockey team defeated the Soviet team in the Summit Series.

September 28th, 1963

Whaam!, now considered one of Roy Lichtenstein's most important works, debuted at an exhibition held at the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City.

September 28th, 1928

Scottish biologist and pharmacologist Alexander Fleming (pictured) discovered penicillin when he noticed a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory.

September 28th, 1924

A team of U.S. Army Air Service aviators landed in Seattle, Washington, to complete the first aerial circumnavigation of the world.

September 28th, 1901

Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas killed more than forty American soldiers in a surprise attack on the town of Balangiga on the island of Samar.

September 28th, 1821

The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain was drafted in the National Palace in Mexico City.

September 28th, 1542

Explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (pictured), the first European to travel along the coast of California, landed at what is now the city of San Diego.

September 28th, 1106

In the Battle of Tinchebray in Normandy, the invading King Henry I of England captured his brother Robert Curthose.

September 28th, 1066

William the Conqueror and his fleet of around 600 ships landed at Pevensey, Sussex, beginning the Norman conquest of England.

September 28th, 0351

The Eastern Roman armies under Constantius II defeated those of the usurper Magnentius at the Battle of Mursa Major.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 28th?

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

54

Henri Moissan

French chemist

*September 28th, 1852, Paris †February 20th, 1907, Paris

87

Wee Chong Jin

Singaporean judge

*September 28th, 1917, Penang †June 5th, 2005, Singapore

36

Maria Bartusz

Badminton player

*September 28th, 1987, Opole

56

Mira Sorvino

American actress

*September 28th, 1967, Tenafly

20

Lauren Spencer-Smith

Canadian singer and songwriter

*September 28th, 2003, Portsmouth

39

Mathieu Valbuena

French association football player

*September 28th, 1984, Bruges

89

Brigitte Bardot

French actress and singer

*September 28th, 1934, Paris

84

Rudolph Walker

British actor

*September 28th, 1939, Trinidad and Tobago

61

Dietmar Schacht

German association football player and manager

*September 28th, 1962, Duisburg

36

Hilary Duff

American actress and singer (born 1987)

*September 28th, 1987, Houston

59

Sergio Dalma

Spanish singer

*September 28th, 1964, Sabadell

96

Jack LaLanne

American exercise instructor

*September 28th, 1914, San Francisco †January 23rd, 2011, Morro Bay

92

Lata Mangeshkar

Indian singer (1929–2022)

*September 28th, 1929, Indore †February 6th, 2022, Mumbai

55

Naomi Watts

English actress

*September 28th, 1968, Shoreham

81

Donna Leon

American crime novelist (born 1942)

*September 28th, 1942, Montclair

72

Marcello Mastroianni

Italian actor (1924–1996)

*September 28th, 1924, Fontana Liri †December 19th, 1996, 6th arrondissement of Paris

82

Edmund Stoiber

German politician

*September 28th, 1941, Oberaudorf

99

Max Schmeling

German boxer (1905-2005)

*September 28th, 1905, Klein Luckow †February 2nd, 2005, Wenzendorf

56

Franz-Karl Effenberg

Austrian politician (1948-2005)

*September 28th, 1948, Vienna †January 27th, 2005, Vienna

Same year
Born in 1871

51

Marcel Proust

French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)

*July 10th, 1871, 16th arrondissement of Paris †November 18th, 1922, 16th arrondissement of Paris

47

Rosa Luxemburg

German-Polish Marxist theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary, editor (1871–1919)

*March 5th, 1871, Zamość †January 15th, 1919, Berlin

66

Ernest Rutherford

British physicist of New Zealand origin, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1908) (1871–1937)

*August 30th, 1871, Nelson †October 19th, 1937, Cambridge

64

Victor Grignard

French chemist (1871-1935)

*May 6th, 1871, Cherbourg †December 13th, 1935, 7th arrondissement of Lyon

128

Irene Alföldi

Hungarian singer and opera singer

*July 24th, 1871, Eger †January 1st, 2000

74

Theodore Dreiser

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

*August 27th, 1871, Terre Haute †December 28th, 1945, Hollywood

85

Émile Borel

French mathematician and politician

*January 7th, 1871, Saint-Affrique †February 3rd, 1956, Paris

76

Wilhelm von Opel

Member of the German Opel family

*May 15th, 1871, Rüsselsheim am Main †May 2nd, 1948, Wiesbaden

64

Grazia Deledda

Italian novelist (1871-1936)

*September 27th, 1871, Nuoro †August 15th, 1936, Rome

67

James Weldon Johnson

American writer and activist

*June 17th, 1871, Jacksonville †June 26th, 1938, Wiscasset

85

Maurice Garin

French cyclist

*March 3rd, 1871, Arvier †February 18th, 1957, Lens

93

Jan Fabricius

(1871-1964) Dutch playwright and writer

*September 30th, 1871, Assen †November 23rd, 1964, Wimborne Minster

69

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon

British politician (1871-1940)

*January 8th, 1871, Belfast †November 24th, 1940, County Down

54

Friedrich Ebert

German politician, president of Germany (1871-1925)

*February 4th, 1871, Heidelberg †February 28th, 1925, Berlin

47

Karl Liebknecht

German socialist, editor, and co-founder of the Spartacus League (1871-1919)

*August 13th, 1871, Leipzig †January 15th, 1919, Berlin

72

Emma Müllenhoff

German writer

*September 22nd, 1871, Kiel †April 14th, 1944, Bavaria

57

Segundo de Chomón

Spanish-French film director, cinematographer and animator (1871-1929)

*October 17th, 1871, Teruel †May 2nd, 1929, 20th arrondissement of Paris

68

Giuseppe Motta

Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1871-1940)

*December 29th, 1871, Airolo †January 23rd, 1940, Bern

83

Cordell Hull

American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944

*October 2nd, 1871, Olympus †July 23rd, 1955, Bethesda

73

Paul Valéry

French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)

*October 30th, 1871, Sète †July 20th, 1945, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1871 is a normal year and no leap year.

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