September 28: St. Wenceslas Day in the Czech Republic, Teacher's Day in Taiwan.

• 1066: Norman Conquest: William the Conqueror and his fleet of around 600 ships reached England and landed at Pevensey, Sussex.
• 1542: Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, the first European to travel along the California coast, landed on what is now the U.S. city of San Diego.
• 1972: Paul Henderson scored the game-winning goal against Vladislav Tretiak, securing a Canadian victory in the Summit Series over the Soviet ice hockey team.
• 1994: The ferry M/S Estonia sank while commuting between Tallinn, Estonia, and Stockholm, Sweden, claiming 852 lives in one of the worst maritime accidents in the Baltic Sea.

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