Men Who Made History…TODAY

Men who made History

855        Sep 28, The Emperor Lothar died in Gaul, and his kingdom was divided between his three sons. 1607        Sep 28, Samuel de Champlain and his colonists returned to France from Port Royal Nova Scotia. 1971        Sep 28, Cardinal Josef Mindszenty (1892-1975) of Hungary, who had spent 15 years in refuge in the US Embassy in Budapest, ended his exile and flew to Rome. 1995        Sep 28, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord to transfer much of the West Bank to the control of its Arab residents. 2001        Sep 28, Pres. Bush authorized $50 million in aid to Pakistan.2001        Sep 28, Dr. Kenneth M. Berry of Pittsburgh filed a patent application for a system responsive to bioterrorism attacks. In 2004 the FBI probed him in relation to investigations on letters containing anthrax. 2004        Sep 28, Geoffrey Beene (77), the award-winning designer whose simple, classic styles for men and women put him at the forefront of American fashion, died.2005        Sep 28, President George W. Bush waived some defense export restrictions on Libya to allow U.S. companies to participate in destroying Tripoli’s chemical weapons and to refurbish eight transport planes. 2006        Sep 28, Mexico’s President-elect Felipe Calderon asked Congress to get tougher on criminals, create a universal health care system and generate jobs so millions of Mexicans do not have to migrate to the US to find work. Calderon also called for reducing the gap between rich and poor and called for a return to life sentences for hardened criminals, including violent kidnappers. 2006        Sep 28, Nigeria’s vice president Atiku Abubakar was suspended by his party for three months because of corruption allegations, preventing him from running for president on the party’s ticket. 2007        Sep 28, Traveler Carol Anne Gotbaum of New York died in a holding cell at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix; authorities say Gotbaum accidentally asphyxiated herself after being chained to a bench. 2008        Sep 28, President Hugo Chavez said that Russia will help Venezuela develop nuclear energy, a move likely to raise US concerns over increasingly close cooperation between Caracas and Moscow. 2009        Sep 28, Guillermo Endara (73), Panama’s former President (1989-1994), died. He led Panama to democracy after the US invasion that toppled dictator Gen. Manuel Noriega. 2010        Sep 28, Arthur Penn (88), American film director, died at his home in Manhattan. His films included “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967) and “Little Big Man” (1970). 2011        Sep 28, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Beezos unveiled the new Kindle Fire tablet computer to sell for $199, compared with $499 for Apple’s least expensive iPad.2011        Sep 28, In Abu Ghraib, Iraq, gunmen wearing military-style uniforms broke into the house of Hameed al-Zobaie, a pro-government Sunni militiaman, and killed five members of his family, including three children. 2012        Sep 28, In Arizona Jodon F. Romero (33) fired at officers and a police helicopter at one point during a pursuit for carjacking. He died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in an event that was broadcast live by Fox News, which later apologized for the live coverage of the suicide.2014        Sep 28, In Germany Dennis Kimetto of Kenya knocked 26 seconds off the world marathon record. Kimetto won the 41st edition of the Berlin Marathon in 2 hours, 2 minutes, 57 seconds, becoming the first man to complete a marathon in under 2 hours, 3 minutes.