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Today's Events | on horizon | on this day | newslink | Notable | Almanac archive
Wednesday, September 28, 2000
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Everyone was watching the game ... I joked with my husband: 'Who's driving the ship?' Christa Liczbinski, who survived the sinking of a Greek ferry in the Aegean Sea.
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The ruling National Congress party is scheduled to holds its convention in Khartoum, Sudan, ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections expected in October.
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The Mayberry Days festival begins in Mount Airy, North Carolina. The three-day festival honors actor Andy Griffith, a Mount Airy native who starred in a television show set in the fictional small town of Mayberry.
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Fernando Hernandez, convicted of killing his wife, is scheduled to be sentenced in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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On Friday, September 29, hundreds of office workers in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana, are scheduled to compete in the Office Olympics. Scheduled events include the Human Post-it Note, Musical Office Chairs and Toss the Boss.
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On Saturday, September 30, Thomasville, North Carolina, is scheduled to celebrate Everybody's Day Festival. Various crafts, foods and entertainment will be featured during the hometown street party.
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On Sunday, October 1, the People's Republic of China celebrates National Day, which commemorates the founding of New China in 1949.
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On Monday, October 2, the annual buffalo roundup in Custer, South Dakota, is scheduled to begin. The goal: To round up, brand and separate 1,500 buffalo before slaughter.
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On Tuesday, October 3, Honduras holds a national holiday to commemorate its hero, Francisco Morazan. Morazan, a general who had dreamed of Central America's unification, was born in 1799.
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Learn more about Mayberry Days. Click here.
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- Actress Brigitte Bardot is 66.
- Singer Ben E. King is 62.
- Hall of Fame football player Steve Largent is 46.
- Blues singer Koko Taylor is 65.
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In 1066, after invading England, William the Conqueror claimed the English throne.
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In 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the Portuguese explorer, landed at San Diego, California.
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In 1787, the U.S. Congress voted to have the states' legislatures ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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In 1939, a plan to partition Poland was agreed on by the Soviet Union and Germany. Poland had surrendered to the countries the previous day.
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In 1967, Walter Washington was sworn in as the first mayor of Washington, District of Columbia.
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In 1989, Ferdinand Marcos, the deposed Philippine president, died in Hawaii, the United States. He was 72.
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In 1995, an accord to transfer control of portions of the West Bank to Arabs was signed by Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
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