[Today] september 28 To remember 12 events
01) 48 BC – Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.
02) 351 – Battle of Mursa Major: The Roman emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.
03) 995 – Members of the Slavník dynasty: Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious.
04) 1106 – Battle of Tinchebray: Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.
05) 1538 – Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
06) 1779 – American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay.
07) 1868 – Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France.
08) 1892 – The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
09) 1912 – The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
10) 1924 – First round-the-world flight completed.
11) 2000 – Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
12) 2008 – SpaceX launches the first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.
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