Historical timeline for September 28

The 2023 Rotterdam shootings occurred, during which two people were killed in a shooting and arson incident at a residence in Delfshaven, Rotterdam. Additionally, one person lost their life in a classroom at the Erasmus University Medical Center.

Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Cayo Costa State Park, Florida as a category four hurricane, killing 169 and doing $113 billion in damage, becoming Florida's costliest hurricane and the deadliest in 89 years.

The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.

The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas.

The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.

Somali and African Union forces launch a coordinated assault on the Somali port of Kismayo to take back the city from al-Shabaab militants.

Sita Air Flight 601 crashes in Madhyapur Thimi, Nepal, killing all 19 passengers and crew.

The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1,400 people.

Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit by the RatSat mission.

The Singapore Grand Prix is held as Formula One's inaugural night race, with Fernando Alonso winning the event. Almost a year later it was revealed that Alonso's team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr. had been ordered to crash his car to help bring out the safety car and give Alonso the advantage and win.

Typhoon Xangsane passes over Manila after impacting parts of Southern Luzon and Eastern Visayas, becoming the strongest to affect the Philippine capital in 11 years.

Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits Al-Aqsa Mosque known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

The cruise ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.

A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill in Nepal, killing all 167 passengers and crew.

The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.

The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.

The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile.

Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo.