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Today in History
September 28

48 BC   On landing in Egypt, Pompey is murdered on the orders of Ptolemy.
855   The Emperor Lothar dies in Gaul, and his kingdom is divided between his three sons.
1066   William, Duke of Normandy, soon to be known as William the Conqueror invades England.
1106   King Henry of England defeats his brother Robert at the Battle of Tinchebrai and reunites England and Normandy.
1238   James of Aragon retakes Valencia, Spain, from the Arabs.
1607   Samuel de Champlain and his colonists return to France from Port Royal Nova Scotia.
1794   The Anglo-Russian-Austrian Alliance of St. Petersburg, which is directed against France, is signed.
1864   Union General William Rosecrans blames his defeat at Chickamauga on two of his subordinate generals. They are later exonerated by a court of inquiry.
1874   Colonel Ronald Mackenzie raids a war camp of Comanche and Kiowa at the Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, Texas, slaughtering 2,000 of their horses.
1904   A woman is placed under arrest for smoking a cigarette on New York’s Fifth Avenue.
1912   W.C. Handy’s "Memphis Blues" is published.
1913   Race riots in Harriston, Mississippi, kill 10 people.
1924   Three U.S. Army aircraft arrive in Seattle, Washington after completing a 22 day round-the-world flight.
1959   Explorer VI, the U.S. satellite, takes the first video pictures of earth.

Born on September 28
1820   Fredrich Engels, socialist who collaborated with Karl Marx on The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital.
1901   Ed Sullivan, television host.
1909   Al Capp, cartoonist who created the "Li’l Abner" comic strip.
1915   Ethel Rosenburg, who, with her husband Julius, became one of the first American civilians executed for espionage.
1924   Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2).
1934   Brigitte Bardot, French actress.
1938   Ben E. King, lead singer of The Drifters and composer of "Spanish Harlem" and "Stand by Me."
1938   Koko Taylor, blues singer.

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