In context
- When
- Thursday, September 28 198937 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1980s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Çağla Büyükakçay
At a glance
Born 1989-09-28.
Known as: tennis player. Citizenship: Turkey.
Listed as: human.
Who they were
Çağla Büyükakçay is a Turkish professional tennis player. She won her first title at her home tournament in Istanbul, becoming the first Turkish woman to lift a WTA Tour title.
Path and career
Career Büyükakçay at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships She did not contest many junior tournaments, only playing four, before competing at the senior level. After a few aborted starts, Büyükakçay played her first professional match at an ITF event in Istanbul in May 2004. Losing in the qualifying draw, she would play two more tournaments during the 2004 season. She won her first ever Fed Cup match in 2005, partnering Pemra Özgen to defeat Stephanie Pace and Stephanie Sullivan of Malta .
Why this date
Çağla Büyükakçay appears on our September 28 calendar for 1989 as a birth entry.
September 28 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
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- 20142014 Hong Kong protests
- 20162016 South Australian blackout
- 20182018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
- 2022Hurricane Ian
- 2023Sycamore Gap tree
- 20232023 Rotterdam shootings
Also in 1989
- September 11East GermanyHungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
- September 13ApartheidLargest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
- September 14Typhoon Sarah (1989)Typhoon Sarah dissipated after causing extensive damage along an erratic path across the Western Pacific, killing 71 in Taiwan, the Phili…
- September 14Standard Gravure shootingThe Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former…
- September 16Boris YeltsinDuring a tour of the United States, Soviet politician Boris Yeltsin visited a grocery store in Texas that had a major impact on his views…
- September 181989 Burkina Faso coup attemptAn attempted coup d'état against Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré is uncovered and foiled.
- November 17Walt Disney PicturesWalt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, beginning the Disney Renaissance.
- November 17Velvet RevolutionCold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprisi…
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When did Çağla Büyükakçay happen?
September 28 1989 — 37 years ago, on a Thursday.
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