September 28th, 1944

Born on September 28th, 1944

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What happened on September 28th, 1944?

September 28th, 1944

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klooga_concentration_camp

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

Born on September 28th, 1944

79

Miloš Zeman

President of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2023

*September 28th, 1944, Kolín

69

Matthew Cowles

American actor and playwright (1944-2014)

*September 28th, 1944, New York City †May 22nd, 2014, New York City

79

Thomas Graf

German biologist

*September 28th, 1944, Vienna

79

Richie Karl

Professional golfer

*September 28th, 1944, Johnson City

79

Ameli Koloska

German javelin thrower

*September 28th, 1944, Dessau

79

Marcia Muller

American author of fictional mystery and thriller novels

*September 28th, 1944, Detroit

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Who's birthday is on September 28th?

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

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

81

Donna Leon

American crime novelist (born 1942)

*September 28th, 1942, Montclair

87

Wee Chong Jin

Singaporean judge

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

84

Rudolph Walker

British actor

*September 28th, 1939, Trinidad and Tobago

82

Edmund Stoiber

German politician

*September 28th, 1941, Oberaudorf

36

Maria Bartusz

Badminton player

*September 28th, 1987, Opole

56

Mira Sorvino

American actress

*September 28th, 1967, Tenafly

56

Franz-Karl Effenberg

Austrian politician (1948-2005)

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

89

Brigitte Bardot

French actress and singer

*September 28th, 1934, Paris

76

Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001, 2009–present)

*September 28th, 1947, Tungipara Upazila

61

Dietmar Schacht

German association football player and manager

*September 28th, 1962, Duisburg

77

Peter Egan

British actor

*September 28th, 1946, London

39

Mathieu Valbuena

French association football player

*September 28th, 1984, Bruges

20

Lauren Spencer-Smith

Canadian singer and songwriter

*September 28th, 2003, Portsmouth

59

Sergio Dalma

Spanish singer

*September 28th, 1964, Sabadell

77

Manfred Weinreich

German rower

*September 28th, 1946, Brookmerland

80

Joel Higgins

American actor

*September 28th, 1943, Bloomington

92

Lata Mangeshkar

Indian singer (1929–2022)

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

55

Naomi Watts

English actress

*September 28th, 1968, Shoreham

54

Henri Moissan

French chemist

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

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Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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