September 28th in History

SEPTEMBER 28, 1066
William the Conqueror and his fleet of around 600 ships landed at Pevensey, Sussex, beginning the Norman conquest of England.

SEPTEMBER 28, 1928
Scottish biologist and pharmacologist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin when he noticed a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory.
28 Sep 1965 music The Rolling Stones played the first of two nights at the Capitol Theatre, Cardiff, Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿During the 1960s The Capitol Theatre saw all the major acts of the era performing here including The Beatles and The Kinks..

Also a cinema where I saw ‘The Spy who Loved Me’ when a student.
Now long gone and the site of a shopping centre.

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RedBaron · M

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008
The New York Mets play their final game at Shea Stadium, their home of 45 years.

They lost to the Florida Marlins, 4-2, and held a closing ceremony following the game.

senghenydd · M

Apparently Marks & Spencer opened their first shop in Leeds on this day in the 1880s.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

According to Wikipedia the Battle of Hastings was on the 14th. Who is using which calendar?

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@22Michelle I've never understood why the calendar has to be so complicated. Why doesn't it just reset to day zero, or one, of the year at the winter solstice or perhaps the vernal equinox? Why mix in the phases of the moon and days of the week?

22Michelle · 70-79, T

@ninalanyon That would require a total reset of the calendars, and what chance there would be worldwide agreement? Between religions, the "we are the world" USA, we'd just end up with an even more complicated calendar/s.

ElwoodBlues · M

@ninalanyon It's useful for scientific purposes to calculate the number of days or hours between events that can be separated by years. The Gregorian calendar does that quite well. As for 7 days per week, that's a worldwide cultural convention that would be hard to get rid of.

Years ago my wife & I visited Italy, and it was fun to spot the occasional inscriptions that said things like "built in the year 18 of the Fascist era." It was a measure of their insanity that they thought they could re-start the numbering of years.

SomeMichGuy · M

Of course, 28 Sept 1066 is OS...

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