Historical Events for 28th September 2022

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1829 - Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston
1920 - 8 Chicago White Sox baseball players are indicted by a grand jury, charged with fixing 1919 World Series; infamous "Black Sox scandal"
1930 - Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games
1959 - "Hennesey" debuts on CBS-TV
1972 - David Bowie sells out his 1st show at NYC's Carnegie Hall
1981 - “Physical” single released by Olivia Newton-John (Billboard Song of the Year 1982)
1988 - Despite totally dominating his sport for 14 years, Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka wins his only Olympic gold medal with a vault of 5.90m at the Seoul Games
1995 - Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld v W Prov
1995 - Dennis Martínez pitch breaks Kirby Puckett's jaw in Indians 12-4 win
1996 - 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team and Sri Lanka

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