What happened on 28 September?
A day that mixes public-health action and scientific breakthroughs with aviation milestones and memorable birthdays — from World Rabies Day and Fleming’s penicillin observation to the end of the first aerial circumnavigation.
🇮🇳 India Events
National Lata Mangeshkar Award ceremony (marks her birth anniversary)
India marks the birth anniversary of the legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar each year; national and state cultural bodies often hold the National Lata Mangeshkar Award ceremony or commemorative programmes on 28 September.World Rabies Day — national observances and vaccination drives
The Government of India and state health/veterinary departments observe World Rabies Day with awareness and dog-vaccination drives; the Ministry/NRCP and state programmes list 28 September observances and local campaigns.🌄 Assam & Northeast India
World Rabies Day activities across Assam
Institutions in Assam — from district veterinary departments to academic institutes such as IIT Guwahati — run awareness drives and anti-rabies vaccination camps around 28 September. Recent local reports document vaccination camps and school outreach in Dibrugarh, Udalguri and other districts. These are recurring public-health actions tied to World Rabies Day rather than fixed festival dates.🌍 International Events
World Rabies Day (observed annually on 28 September)
An annual global awareness day to promote rabies prevention and mass dog vaccination; the date was chosen to mark Louis Pasteur’s death and to focus global attention on eliminating human deaths from dog-mediated rabies.1928 — Alexander Fleming notices penicillin
On 28 September 1928 Alexander Fleming observed that a mould (later identified as Penicillium) inhibited bacterial growth on a neglected Petri dish — the observation that led to development of penicillin and the antibiotic revolution.1924 — First aerial circumnavigation completed (Seattle)
On 28 September 1924 three U.S. Army Douglas World Cruisers completed the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe — a 175-day, 27,000-mile pioneering flight that ended with landings in Seattle.1995 — Oslo II (Interim Agreement) signed
On 28 September 1995 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza (Oslo II) in Washington, D.C., expanding the framework for Palestinian self-rule.1542 — Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo reaches San Diego Bay
Explorer Cabrillo landed in what is now San Diego Bay on 28 September 1542, an early European visit to California’s coast recorded in exploration histories.🎂 Birthdays
Indian Personalities
Lata Mangeshkar
(1929) — Iconic
playback singer, known across the subcontinent as the “Nightingale” of Indian
cinema.
Ranbir Kapoor (1982) — Leading Bollywood actor, born into the famous
Kapoor film family.
Abhinav Bindra (1982) — Olympic gold-medallist shooter; India’s first
individual Olympic gold-medallist.
International Personalities
Brigitte Bardot
(1934) — French
actress and cultural figure.
Hilary Duff (1987) — American actress and singer.
Naomi Watts (1968) — British-born actress (listed among Sep 28 birthdays
in major outlets).
✝️ Deaths
International Personalities
Pompey the
Great (48 BC) — Roman
general assassinated in Egypt on or about 28 September 48 BC after fleeing the
Battle of Pharsalus.
Edwin Hubble (1953) — American astronomer, after whom the Hubble Space
Telescope is named, died on 28 September 1953.
💡 Did You Know?
- Fleming’s dirty Petri dish (1928)
changed medicine: penicillin went from curiosity to mass-produced
antibiotic in the 1940s and remains the template for modern antibiotics.
- World Rabies Day (28 Sept)
intentionally links to Louis Pasteur’s work; the day is used worldwide
(and locally in Assam) to push mass canine vaccination and
public-education to eliminate human rabies.
📝 Final Thoughts
28 September is
one of those dates where public health (World Rabies Day) and scientific
serendipity (Fleming’s penicillin) meet aviation history and cultural memory.
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