Births on September 28

Wenceslao Vinzons

Born on September 28, 1910

Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 1942)

Wenceslao "Bintao" Quinito Vinzons (born Wenceslao Quinito Vinson; September 28, 1910 – July 15, 1942) was a Filipino patriot and leader of the Philippine armed resistance against the Japanese invasion in World War II. He was the youngest delegate to the 1935 Philippine Constitutional Convention.

For leading demonstrations as a student leader, he was dubbed the "Father of Student Activism in the Philippines".

Vinzons was among the first Filipinos to organize a guerrilla movement at the onset of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in 1941. In the course of the resistance, he was captured and executed by the occupying Japanese military.

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11 May

Glacier National Park (U.S.)
An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
4 Jul

Jack Johnson (boxer)
African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States.
15 Jul

Alzheimer's disease
In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
18 Sep

Suffrage
In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
7 Nov

Wright brothers
The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

Births on September 28

Wenceslao Vinzons

Born on September 28, 1910

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Events on 1910

Glacier National Park (U.S.)

Jack Johnson (boxer)

Alzheimer's disease

Suffrage

Wright brothers