History for September 28 - On-This-Day.com
Confucius 551 B.C. - Teacher and philosopher, Georges Clemenceau (France) 1841, Ed Sullivan 1902
Peter Finch 1916, Arnold Stang 1925, Brigitte Bardot 1934
1789 - In the U.S., the first Federal Congress passed a resolution that asked President George Washington to recommend to the nation a day of thanksgiving. Several days later Washington issued a proclamation that named Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a "Day of Publick Thanksgivin." The fixed-date for Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday of November, was established on December 26, 1941.
1974 - First Lady Betty Ford underwent a mastectomy to remove a lump in her breast.
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