September 28 in history: • 235 – Pope Pontian resigned after being exiled to Sardinia, becoming the first pope to relinquish the position. → go there • 1821 – The Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain was drafted in the National Palace in Mexico City. → go there • 1901 – Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas killed more than forty American soldiers in a surprise attack on the town of Balangiga on the island of Samar. → go there • 1958 – Fernando Rios, a Mexican tour guide in New Orleans, was killed in an instance of gay bashing. → go there • 2023 – The Sycamore Gap tree (pictured) in Northumberland, England, was illegally felled. → go there Born 1626: Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale Wiki link Born 1944: Miloš Zeman Wiki link Born 1984: Melody Thornton Wiki link Born 1988: Marin Čilić Wiki link Pictured: Sycamore Gap tree after it was felled.