Born on September 28
September 28 birthdays & history
If you were born on September 28, you share a birthday with Brigitte Bardot, Sheikh Hasina and Marcello Mastroianni. September 28 babies are Libra, with sapphire as their birthstone and the aster as their birth flower. September 28 is the 272nd day of the year in leap years (271st in other years).
Famous people born on September 28
- 1934Brigitte Bardot, French actress and animal rights activist
- 1947Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- 1924Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor and singer
- 1803Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author
- 1968Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress and producer
- 1987Hilary Duff, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1929Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer and composer
- 1852Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1967Mira Sorvino, American actress
- 1968Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
What happened on September 28
- 1821The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain was drafted in the National Palace in Mexico City.
- 1844Oscar I of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.
- 1867Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, having also been the capital of Ontario's predecessors since 1796.
- 1889The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a metre.
- 1892The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
- 1912The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
- 1941Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.
- 1951CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
- 1963Whaam!, now considered one of Roy Lichtenstein's most important works, debuted at an exhibition held at the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City.
- 1986The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.
- 1995Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
- 2023The Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland, England, was illegally felled.
Also observed on September 28
- Czech Statehood Day (Czech Republic)
- Freedom from Hunger Day
- International Day for Universal Access to Information
- World Rabies Day (International)
Questions, answered
What star sign is September 28?
People born on September 28 are Libra. Their birthstone is sapphire and their birth flower is the aster.
Which famous people were born on September 28?
Brigitte Bardot (1934), Sheikh Hasina (1947), Marcello Mastroianni (1924), Prosper Mérimée (1803), Naomi Watts (1968), Hilary Duff (1987) were all born on September 28.
What happened on September 28 in history?
Among other things: in 1986, The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan; in 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip; in 2023, The Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland, England, was illegally felled.
Can I get a newspaper front page from September 28?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any September 28 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “September 28”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.