September 28
1066
William the Conqueror invaded England.
1542
Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego.
1781
The closing campaign of the American Revolution at Yorktown Heights, Va. began.
1920
Eight Chicago White Sox players were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series in the “Black Sox scandal.”
1924
Two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle after completing the first round-the-world-flight in 175 days.
1939
A German-Soviet agreement divided Poland between Nazi Germany and the USSR.
1967
Walter Washington became the first mayor of the District of Columbia.
1972
Japan and Communist China agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.
1989
Former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii.
1991
Jazz great Miles Davis died.
2003
Althea Gibson, the first African-American tennis player to win at Wimbledon, died.
Birthdays
Michelangelo Caravaggio
1573?–1610, Italian painter.
Georges Clemenceau
political figure (1841)
Avery Brundage
sports executive (1887)
Ed Sullivan
television personality (1901)
Al Capp
cartoonist (1909)
Alice Marble
tennis player (1913)
Marcello Mastroianni
actor (1924)
Brigitte Bardot
actress (1934)