28 September in history

5 events that happened on 28 September, from 48 BCE to 1989.

  1. ✦ Anniversary of the day

    48 BCE 1,978 years ago

    Pompey is murdered on landing in Egypt

    Fleeing after Pharsalus, Pompey the Great was stabbed to death as he stepped ashore, on the orders of Ptolemy XIII's advisers. Caesar is said to have wept when shown his rival's head.

    Pompey

  2. 1066 CE 960 years ago

    William of Normandy lands at Pevensey

    William's invasion fleet landed unopposed on the Sussex coast while King Harold was in the north. Just over two weeks later William won the Battle of Hastings.

  3. 1781 CE 245 years ago

    American and French armies begin the siege of Yorktown

    Washington and Rochambeau's forces closed in on Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, while a French fleet blocked escape by sea. Cornwallis surrendered on 19 October, effectively ending the war.

    Virginia

  4. 1928 CE 98 years ago

    Alexander Fleming notices the mould that leads to penicillin

    Back from holiday, Alexander Fleming found a mould killing bacteria on a culture plate in his London laboratory. Developed into a drug in the 1940s, penicillin opened the antibiotic era.

    London

  5. 1989 CE 37 years ago

    Ferdinand Marcos dies in exile in Hawaii

    Former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos died in Honolulu, three years after the People Power Revolution drove him from power. His regime was notorious for martial law and plunder.

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