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September 28, 1972 final game of the Canada Russia Super Seriesat the Luzhniki Arena, Moscow. Paul Henderson would score the last minute game winning goal as called by Foster Hewitt: "Here's a shot. Henderson makes a wild stab for it and falls. Here's another shot. Right in front. They score! Henderson scores for Canada!" For a full review of the series: www.hhof.com/html/s72menu.shtml  
 
September 28, 1929 The Hudson Bay Railway connects to the town of Churchill. The line became part of CN in 1951 and today is owned by OmniTRAX. It’s Canada’s only Arctic Seaport and the prairies only The only deep-water ocean port. http://www.portofchurchill.ca/ and http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/08/hudsonbayrailway.shtml  
 
September 28th 1864 "William King, alias Pegowys, Chief of the Red River Indians" is buried at St. Peter's Dynevor church, East Selkirk MB. Peguis was seen as a peacemaker and friend of the Selkirk Settlers.  
http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38772  
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/plaques/plaq0206.html  
 
September 29, 2000 James Murphy, Bomber receiver 1986 CFL MVP is inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. For his bio, stats and awards: http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=halloffame&func=display&hid=197&letter=m  
 
September 30, 1939 Actor Len Cariou born in Winnipeg http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137230/  
 
September 30, 1918 first Manitoba case of Spanish Influenza, a soldier returning from the War. In a few short months, January 1919, there were 12,863 reported cases of the flu in Winnipeg alone and 824 people had already died. A Manitoba Historical Society essay writes: “In the winter 1919, there were echoes of the Middle Ages in Brandon, Manitoba, as men with horses and carts made their way through the town collecting the bodies of those who died during the night, to await mass burial in the spring.”  
 
By the end of 1919 60,000 Canadians died from the pandemic. In the US 500,000 died. Worldwide estimates range form 21 to as many as 40 million deaths.  
Source http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/23/influenza.shtml