On September 28, Kazakhstan celebrates Nuclear Industry Workers' Day. The decree approving the professional holiday for nuclear industry workers was signed in 2008. The inclusion of the nuclear industry workers' professional holiday in the calendar of holidays reflects the important role of the nuclear industry in the country's economic development. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.

Today is the International Day for Universal Access to Information. The holiday was established by UNESCO in 2015. The UN General Assembly also included this day in the list of international days in 2019.

Today, the People's Republic of China celebrates Teachers' Day. This day was established in honor of the birthday of the thinker and first professional teacher Confucius, who was born in 551 BC.

September 28 is World Rabies Day. Also today, an unofficial humorous holiday is celebrated — Boss's Day. In addition, on September 28, the annual festival of winemakers — the Wine Festival — begins in Switzerland. It is timed to the start of the grape harvest. In Switzerland, wine is made from almost all grapes.

Historical events on September 28 in the world

  • 01In 1542, Spaniard Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo became the first European to sail along the coast of California;
  • 02In 1958, a referendum was held in France, adopting the Constitution of the Fifth Republic;
  • 03In 1994, the ferry "Estonia" sank in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people;
  • 04In 2001, Brazilian pilot Gérard Moss, in the motor glider "Shimangu," flew around the globe for the first time in 100 days.

Historical events on September 28 in Kazakhstan

  • 01In 1995, the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Elections" was adopted;
  • 02In 1996, a monument was erected at the Kensai cemetery in Almaty on the grave of writer Oralkhan Bokey;
  • 03In 1999, a monument to Alashorda figure Mustafa Shokai was erected in the city of Aktau;
  • 04In 2006, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, on an official visit to the United States, unveiled the Independence Monument of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Washington, installed in front of the Kazakh Embassy.

Famous people born on September 28

  • 01In 1924, Italian actor Marcello Domenico was born;
  • 02In 1934, French actress and singer Brigitte Bardot was born;
  • 03In 1938, Soviet theater and film actor Alexander Goloborodko was born;
  • 04In 1976, Russian athlete, four-time Pride FC heavyweight world champion, two-time WAMMA world champion Fedor Emelianenko was born.

Who was born on September 28 in Kazakhstan

  • 01In 1897, classic of Kazakh literature, public figure, Honored Scientist of the Kazakh SSR Mukhtar Auezov was born;
  • 02In 1932, People's Writer of Kazakhstan, Honored Worker of Culture of Kazakhstan, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sherkhan Murtaza was born;
  • 03In 1940, scientist, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, professor, excellence worker of the USSR oil industry Geroi Zholtaev was born;
  • 04In 1943, writer, laureate of the State Prize of the Kazakh SSR, All-Union Literary Prize named after N. Ostrovsky Oralkhan Bokey was born.