What happend on 28th September

27.09
29.09
2000

The Al-Aqsa Intifada begins after the visit of Ariel Sharon to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

1995

Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros in a coup.

1994

The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.

1987

Encounter at Farpoint, the first episode of TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation airs.

1976

R&B singer Stevie Wonder releases the classic double album Songs in the Key of Life.

1973

ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.

1972

Paul Henderson scores The Goal to win the Canada/USSR (ice hockey) "Summit Series".

1971

UK Misuse of Drugs Act: medicinal cannabis is banned.

1961

A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.

1958

France ratifies a new Constitution of France; the French Fifth Republic is then formed upon the formal adoption of the new constitution on October 4. Guinea rejects the new constitution, voting for independence instead.