On This Day in History September 28th: 235 Saint Pontianus, bishop of Rome, died. 929 (or 935) King Wenceslas, ruler and patron saint of Czechoslovakia, died (b. ca. 907). 1918 A Liberty Loan parade in Philadelphia prompts a huge outbreak of the flu epidemic in the city. By the time the epidemic ended, an estimated 30 million people were dead worldwide. More people died from the flu than from all of the battles of World War I combined. 1934 The first issue of the fundamentalist Christian newspaper The Sword of the Lord was published. Founded by American evangelist John R. Rice (1895–1980), it was the largest independent Christian weekly for many years. 1978 Pope John Paul I (b. 17 October 1912), 262nd pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:28:48 +0000
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