September 28
1066 – England was invaded by William the Conqueror who claimed the English throne.
1542 – San Diego, CA, was discovered by Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo.
1781 – During the Revolutionary War, American forces began the siege on Yorktown, VA.
1787 – The U.S. Congress voted to send the new Constitution of the United States to the state legislatures for their approval.
1789 – In the U.S., the first Federal Congress passed a resolution that asked President George Washington to recommend to the nation a day of thanksgiving. Several days later Washington issued a proclamation that named Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a “Day of Publick Thanksgivin.” The fixed-date for Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday of November, was established on December 26, 1941.
1850 – U.S. President Millard Fillmore named Brigham Young the first governor of the Utah territory. In 1857, U.S. President James Buchanan removed Young from the position.
1892 – The first nighttime football game in the U.S. took place under electric lights. The game was between the Mansfield State Normal School and the Wyoming Seminary.
1915 – The British defeated the Turks in Mesopotamia at Kut-el-Amara.
1924 – The first around-the-world flight was completed by two U.S. Army planes when they landed in Seattle, WA. The trip took 175 days.
1939 – During World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed upon a plan on the division of Poland.
1955 – The World Series was televised in color for the first time. The game was between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1990 – The Game Boy handheld video game device was released in Europe.
1991 – In response to U.S. President Bush’s reduction of U.S. nuclear arms Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev promised to reciprocate.
1995 – Yasser Arafat of the PLO and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin signed an accord that transferred control of the West Bank.
1997 – The 103rd convention of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) was held in New York City, NY. The official debut of the DVD format was featured.
2000 – The U.S. Federal Drug Administration approved the use of RU-486 in the United States. The pill is used to induce an abortion.
2004 – The U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Secret Service introduced the first newly redesigned $50 bill.
2004 – Nate Olive and Sarah Jones arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border to complete the first known continuous hike of the 1,800-mile trail down the U.S. Pacific Coast. They started the trek on June 8.
2009 – The iTunes Music Store reached 2 billion applications downloaded.
Today’s Birthdays
Confucius 551 B.C. – Teacher and philosopher
Ed Sullivan 1902
Janeane Garofalo 1964
Moon Unit Zappa 1967
Naomi Watts 1968
Mira Sorvino 1967
Sean Levert (Levert) 1968
Mandy Barnett 1975
Hilary Duff 1987