Day's Calendar – September 28

The 272nd day of the year; 94 days remain until the New Year.

Church Calendar

After-feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Abba Joseph, Bishop of Alaverdi (570); Great Martyr Nicetas (c. 372); Finding of the relics of Acacius the Confessor, Bishop of Melitene (3rd c.); Martyrs Maximus, Theodotus, and Asclepiades (305–311); Martyr Porphyrius (361); Finding of the relics of the Protomartyr and Archdeacon Stephen (415); Venerable Philotheus the Presbyter, of Asia Minor, Wonderworker (10th c.).

Born:

551 BC – Kongzi (Confucius), Chinese philosopher and founder of Confucianism; died in 479 BC.

1573 – Michelangelo Caravaggio, Italian painter; died in 1610.

1803 – Prosper Mérimée, French writer and member of the Académie Française; died in 1870. 1847 – Davit Eristavi, playwright and public figure. Died in 1890.

1898 – Konstantine Papinashvili, Georgian geophysicist and Honored Worker of Science of Georgia. Died in 1975.

1908 – Irakli Andronikov (Andronikashvili), Russian writer and literary scholar. Died in 1990.

1915 – Vladimir Aleksi-Meskhishvili, architect and Honored Worker of Art of Georgia.

1916 – Bidzina Pochkhua, Georgian linguist and Doctor of Philological Sciences. Died in 1981. 1916 – Peter Finch, English actor and Oscar winner; died in 1977.

1924 – Marcello Mastroianni, Italian film actor; died in 1996.

1934 – Brigitte Bardot, French film actress.

Deaths:

48 BC – Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Roman general and statesman; born in 106 BC.

1891 – Herman Melville, prominent American writer and literary classic; born in 1819.

1902 – Émile Zola, French writer; born in 1840.

1978 – Pope John Paul I; born in 1912.

Events:

490 BC – The Greeks defeated a massive Persian army near the village of Marathon.

48 BC – The Roman general Pompey was killed by the Egyptian King Ptolemy XIII Dionysus.

1066 – [Note: The source text appears to contain an error here, conflating the year 1066 with the Portuguese sailor João Cabral, who discovered San Diego in 1542.] ...was discovered.

1940 – War broke out between Italy and Greece.

1950 – Indonesia became a member of the UN.

1958 – France adopted a new constitution.

1958 – France granted independence to Guinea.

1959 – Earth's radiation belt was discovered via the satellite Explorer VI.

1960 – NATO established joint air forces.

1965 – Up to 500 people died in the Philippines as a result of a lava eruption.

1972 – Japan and China established diplomatic relations.