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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_28" title="September 28">September 28</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meskel" title="Meskel">Meskel</a></b> in Ethiopia and Eritrea (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/235" title="235">235</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pontian" title="Pope Pontian">Pope Pontian</a></b> resigned after being exiled to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinia" title="Sardinia">Sardinia</a>, becoming the first pope to relinquish the position; he was reportedly beaten to death with sticks weeks later.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1066" title="1066">1066</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror" title="William the Conqueror">William the Conqueror</a> and his fleet of around 600 ships landed at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pevensey" title="Pevensey">Pevensey</a>, Sussex, beginning the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Conquest" title="Norman Conquest">Norman conquest of England</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901" title="1901">1901</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine–American War</a>: Filipino guerrillas killed more than forty American soldiers in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balangiga_massacre" title="Balangiga massacre">a surprise attack</a></b> on the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balangiga" title="Balangiga">Balangiga</a> on the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samar" title="Samar">Samar</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928" title="1928">1928</a> – Scottish biologist and pharmacologist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fleming" title="Alexander Fleming">Alexander Fleming</a></b> discovered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin" title="Penicillin">penicillin</a> when he noticed a bacteria-killing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mold" title="Mold">mould</a> growing in his laboratory.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975" title="1975">1975</a> – An attempted robbery of Spaghetti House, a restaurant in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a>, London, turned into <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_House_siege" title="Spaghetti House siege">a six-day hostage situation</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi_Akiva" title="Rabbi Akiva">Rabbi Akiva</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 135); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Maitland,_Duchess_of_Lauderdale" title="Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale">Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1626); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Violet_McKenzie" title="Florence Violet McKenzie">Florence Violet McKenzie</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1890); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Endara" title="Guillermo Endara">Guillermo Endara</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2009)</p>
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