September 28th is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 94 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).
On this day in history:
1066 – William the Conqueror invades England beginning the Norman conquest of England.
1889 – The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.
1924 – First round-the-world flight completed.
1928 – Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
1951 – CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later.
2008 – SpaceX launches the first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.
Celebrity Birthdays:
Mulholland Drive Star Naomi Watts turns 49
Lizzie McGuire Actress Hilary Duff turns 30
Actress and Model Brigitte Bardot turns 83
Dancer Dita Von Teese turns 45
Happy Birthday to all September 28th babies!
Ew. Rough pic of Naomi.
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That’s what happens when you evade the plastic surgeons in Los Angeles, dear. You grow older naturally. Refreshing but frightful sight admittedly!
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She’s aged remarkably well. She’s gorgeous. Just not in that picture.
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I had the same thought. 😂 She looks every day of 49 in that picture.
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Really thought colored tvs were the norm before that. Guess I need to watch more Mad Men LOL
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“Dancer” Dita. Ok.
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Why didn’t they use whore?
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That is kind of what she’s most known for, and she did make burlesque a thing again. She’s a model too, but everyone knows what she’s about. There are worse things to call her.
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More fucking accurate too.
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That’s debatable. Google disagrees with you. She’s no more a “whore” than most actresses or models.
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A few blinds said she was technically a whore on occasion. Of course so are some actresses and models. So many yachts so little time.
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