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What Happened on September 28

Falcon 1 is launched:
The first privately supported and funded spacecraft, was launched into space on its fourth attempt by SpaceX.

Israel and PLO Sign the Oslo II Accords:
The Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, also known as the Taba Agreement, divided Gaza and West Bank into 3 areas, and gave limited control over some of these areas to the Palestinians. The Accord, which was signed by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, also called for Palestinian elections.

Dissolution of the United Arab Republic:
A coup in Damascus led to the dissolution of the United Arab Republic, which was a short-lived union between Syria and Egypt.

First Flight Around the World:
On April 6, 1924, 4 teams of pilots from the United States Army Air Service set out from Seattle, Washington in an attempt to circumnavigate the world. The 4 Douglas World Cruiser planes were named Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans. 175 days later, Chicago and New Orleans touched down in Seattle – Boston and Seattle did not complete the 27,500-mile journey around the world.

  • 1968 Naomi Watts
    English/Australian actress
  • 1947 Sheikh Hasina
    Bangladeshi politician, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
  • 1934 Brigitte Bardot
    French actress, singer
  • 1909 Al Capp
    American cartoonist
  • 1907 Bhagat Singh
    Indian activist
  • 2000 Pierre Trudeau
    Canadian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada
  • 1991 Miles Davis
    American trumpet player, composer, bandleader
  • 1978 Pope John Paul I
  • 1895 Louis Pasteur
    French chemist, microbiologist

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