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*[[1542]] - [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[explorer]] '''[[Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo]]''', the first [[Europe]]an to travel the [[California]] coast, landed on what is now [[San Diego, California|San Diego]]. |
*[[1542]] - [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[explorer]] '''[[Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo]]''', the first [[Europe]]an to travel the [[California]] coast, landed on what is now [[San Diego, California|San Diego]]. |
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*[[1820]] - The '''[[tomato]]''' was publicly proved safe when Robert Johnson ate a bushel of tomatoes outside a [[courthouse]] in Salem, |
*[[1820]] - The '''[[tomato]]''' was publicly proved safe when Robert Johnson ate a bushel of tomatoes outside a [[courthouse]] in [[Salem, New Jersey]]. |
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*[[1994]] - The '''''[[M/S Estonia]]''''', a [[ferry]] commuting between [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] and [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], sank. 852 people [[drown]]ed or were frozen to death in the cold water in one of the worst maritime accidents on the [[Baltic Sea]]. |
*[[1994]] - The '''''[[M/S Estonia]]''''', a [[ferry]] commuting between [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] and [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], sank. 852 people [[drown]]ed or were frozen to death in the cold water in one of the worst maritime accidents on the [[Baltic Sea]]. |
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Revision as of 20:35, 28 September 2004
September 28: St. Wenceslas Day in the Czech Republic, Teacher's Day in Taiwan, Mid-Autumn Festival on the Chinese lunar calendar (2004).
- 1066 - William the Conqueror and his invasion fleet of around 600 ships and an army of 7000 reached England and landed at Pevensey, Sussex.
- 1542 - Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European to travel the California coast, landed on what is now San Diego.
- 1820 - The tomato was publicly proved safe when Robert Johnson ate a bushel of tomatoes outside a courthouse in Salem, New Jersey.
- 1994 - The M/S Estonia, a ferry commuting between Tallinn, Estonia and Stockholm, Sweden, sank. 852 people drowned or were frozen to death in the cold water in one of the worst maritime accidents on the Baltic Sea.
Recent days: September 27 – September 28 – September 27