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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gamal Abdel-Nasser
Head of State
15-Jan-1918 28-Sep-1970 President of Egypt, 1956-70
Mabel Albertson
Actor
24-Jul-1901 28-Sep-1982 Darrin's mother on Bewitched
Mulk Raj Anand
Novelist
22-Dec-1905 28-Sep-2004 Untouchable
Thomas F. Bayard
Government
29-Oct-1828 28-Sep-1898 US Secretary of State, 1885-89
Geoffrey Beene
Fashion Designer
30-Aug-1927 28-Sep-2004 Award-winning fashion designer
Whitney Blake
Actor
20-Feb-1925 28-Sep-2002 Mrs. B on Hazel
William Boeing
Business
1-Oct-1881 28-Sep-1956 Founder of Boeing, United Airlines
André Breton
Author
18-Feb-1896 28-Sep-1966 Manifeste du Surréalisme
Nacio Herb Brown
Songwriter
22-Feb-1896 28-Sep-1964 Singin' in the Rain
J. P. Coleman
Politician
9-Jan-1914 28-Sep-1991 Governor of Mississippi, 1956-60
Con Conrad
Songwriter
18-Jun-1891 28-Sep-1938 The Continental
Norma Crane
Actor
10-Nov-1928 28-Sep-1973 Fiddler on the Roof
Charles M. Dale
Politician
8-Mar-1893 28-Sep-1978 Governor of New Hampshire, 1945-49
Miles Davis
Jazz Musician
26-May-1926 28-Sep-1991 Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue
Peter De Vries
Novelist
27-Feb-1910 28-Sep-1993 The Tunnel of Love
Harry S. Dent, Sr.
Government
21-Feb-1930 28-Sep-2007 Devised Nixon's Southern Strategy
Nicolas Desmarest
Geologist
16-Sep-1725 28-Sep-1815 Proved rocks can be igneous
William K. L. Dickson
Inventor
3-Aug-1860 28-Sep-1935 Motion picture camera
William Dunlap
Playwright
19-Feb-1766 28-Sep-1839 Fountainville Abbey
Willem Einthoven
Scientist
21-May-1860 28-Sep-1927 Invented the electrocardiograph
Guillermo Endara
Head of State
12-May-1936 28-Sep-2009 President of Panama, 1989-94
Eric Fleming
Actor
4-Jul-1925 28-Sep-1966 Gil Favor on Rawhide
Peter Gennaro
Dancer
23-Nov-1919 28-Sep-2000 Broadway choreographer
Althea Gibson
Tennis
25-Aug-1927 28-Sep-2003 First black woman to win Wimbledon
Charles B. Griffith
Screenwriter
23-Sep-1930 28-Sep-2007 Little Shop of Horrors
Daniel Guggenheim
Business
9-Jul-1856 28-Sep-1930 Mining magnate
Edwin Hubble
Astronomer
20-Nov-1889 28-Sep-1953 Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble's Law
T. E. Hulme
Poet
16-Sep-1883 28-Sep-1917 Modernist poet and critic
J. Franklin Jameson
Historian
19-Sep-1859 28-Sep-1937 Dictionary of United States History
Pope John Paul I
Religion
17-Oct-1912 28-Sep-1978 Pope for 33 days, in summer 1978
Elia Kazan
Film Director
7-Sep-1909 28-Sep-2003 A Streetcar Named Desire
Friedrich Leibacher
Criminal
21-Jul-1944 28-Sep-2001 Killed 14 Swiss politicians on a rampage
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Journalist
1-May-1847 28-Sep-1903 Radical reporter
Martin Manulis
Film/TV Producer
30-May-1915 28-Sep-2007 Creator of Playhouse 90
Ferdinand Marcos
Head of State
11-Sep-1917 28-Sep-1989 Disgraced Philippine dictator
Harpo Marx
Actor
23-Nov-1888 28-Sep-1964 Silent harp-playing Marx Brother
Pat McCarran
Politician
8-Aug-1876 28-Sep-1954 US Senator from Nevada, 1933-54
Daniel T. McCarty
Politician
18-Jan-1912 28-Sep-1953 Governor of Florida, 1953
Herman Melville
Author
1-Aug-1819 28-Sep-1891 Moby Dick
Patsy Mink
Politician
6-Dec-1927 28-Sep-2002 Congresswoman from Hawaii
Mantan Moreland
Actor
3-Sep-1902 28-Sep-1973 Birmingham Brown
Mohammad Najibullah
Head of State
1947 28-Sep-1996 President of Afghanistan, 1987-92
John Dos Passos
Author
14-Jan-1896 28-Sep-1970 U.S.A. Trilogy
Louis Pasteur
Chemist
27-Dec-1822 28-Sep-1895 Discovered process of pasteurization
Arthur Penn
Film Director
27-Sep-1922 28-Sep-2010 Bonnie and Clyde
Politian
Scholar
14-Jul-1454 28-Sep-1494 Humanist under Lorenzo de Medici
Rosa Raisa
Singer
30-May-1893 28-Sep-1963 Operatic soprano
Andrea del Sarto
Painter
16-Jul-1486 28-Sep-1530 Florentine school
David Hans Schmidt
Business
27-May-1960 28-Sep-2007 Celebrity porn broker
Richard W. Sears
Business
7-Dec-1863 28-Sep-1914 Sears, Roebuck founder
Robert L. F. Sikes
Politician
3-Jun-1906 28-Sep-1994 Congressman from Florida, 1945-79
Wilbert Snow
Politician
6-Apr-1884 28-Sep-1977 Governor of Connecticut, 1946-47
Joshua Sylvester
Poet
1563 28-Sep-1618 Essay of the Second Week
Pierre Trudeau
Head of State
18-Oct-1919 28-Sep-2000 Twice Prime Minister of Canada




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