This day in History - September 28

595 Historic Events for September 28
1868 Event Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France
1868 Death Thomas Carmichael Hindman, attorney/Confederate gen-mjr, shot at 40
1868 Event Opelousas Massacre at St Landry Parish Louisiana (200 blacks killed)
1869 Death Libri, mathematician, dies
1870 Birth Florent Schmitt, Blƒmont France, composer (Fr‚d‚gonde, Salom‚)
1871 Birth Pietro Badoglio, Italy, gen/Libya gov (1928-33)/PM of Italy (1943-44)
1872 Birth Lena Ashwell, England, actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway)
1872 Birth Tom Terriss, London England, director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru)
1873 Death Emile Gaboriau, detective writer (Monsieur Lecoq), dies at 37
1873 Birth Julian Lowell Coolidge, Mass, mathematician (Study-Segre school)
1873 Birth Waclaw Rawicz, [Berent], Warsaw Poland, biologist/writer
1875 Death Aleksei K Tolstoi, [Kozjma Prutkov], Russian poet, dies at 58 [OS]
1877 Birth Stanner E V Taylor, St Louis MO, director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona)
1879 Event Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route
1879 Death Nathan C Meeker, US, poet/writer, murdered
1879 Birth Benjamin Christensen, Viborg Denmark, actor (Barnet, Mockery)
1880 Birth Ralph Edward Flanders, Barnet VT, (Sen-VT)
1881 Birth Pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Mexican Hayride, Before I Hang)
1881 Birth Henry Geehl, composer
1882 Birth Jack Fournier, 2nd baseman (1917-18 NY Yankees)
1882 Birth Eugenio d' Ors y Rovira, Barcelona Spain, essayist/philosopher
1884 Death Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies
1885 Birth Wilbur 'Lefty' Good, pitcher (NY Yankees, 1905)
1887 Birth Avery Brundage, Detroit Mich, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72)
1887 Event Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million