Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for September 28th: https://ko-fi.com/post/September-28-Michaelmas-Eve-A0A413OBIJ
Bummer September 28th
September 28, 1919: A large group of young white residents of Omaha, Nebraska sets off toward the courthouse, where a Black suspect named Will Brown is being held on a rape charge. The crowd grows in number as it progresses and also manages to convince the police department, initially ordered to disperse the mob, that the mob posed no significant threat.
Within three hours, however, the white mob begins attacking police officers. Police turn fire hoses on them in an attempt to disperse the mob, but the effort fails and the white mob sets the courthouse on fire. They murder Brown and attempt to hang the mayor, although the mayor survives. The rioting lasts into the early morning hours of September 29th, by which time Brown and two white rioters are dead and numerous police officers and Black civilians are injured.
September 28, 1991: Musician Miles Davis is taken off life support after suffering a stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage while being treated for pneumonia in a Santa Monica, California hospital. He is 65 years old.
September 28, 2022: Rapper Coolio (Artis Leon Ivey Jr.) is found unresponsive on the bathroom floor of his friend’s house in Los Angeles. Paramedics attempt to revive him but are unsuccessful. His cause of death appears to be cardiac arrest. He is 59 years old.
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