September 28
1066 - William the Conqueror invaded England.
1542 - Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego.
1781 - The final campaign of the American Revolution at Yorktown Heights, Virginia began.
1850 - Flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.
1924 - Two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle after completing the first round-the-word flight in 175 days.
1928 - Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first effective antibiotic.
1939 - A German-Soviet agreement divided Poland between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
1958 - Voters in the African country of Guinea overwhelmingly favored independence from France.
1962 - Federal appeals court found Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett in civil contempt for blocking the admission of James Meredith, a Black student, to the University of Mississippi.
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.
1995 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord at the White House ending Israel’s military occupation of West Bank cities and laying the foundation for a Palestinian state.
2000 - Capping a 12-year battle, the government approved the use of the abortion pill RU-486.
2018 - Reversing course, President Donald Trump agreed to the demands of Democrats for a deeper FBI investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
2019 - Voters in Afghanistan went to the polls to elect a president for the fourth time since a U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban regime in 2001; the vote was marred by violence, Taliban threats and widespread allegations of mismanagement.
2020 - The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 1 million, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University.
2021 - Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called the 20-year war in Afghanistan a “strategic failure,” and said he had favored keeping several thousand troops in the country to prevent a collapse of the U.S.-backed government and a rapid takeover by the Taliban.
2022 - Hurricane Ian barreled ashore in southwestern Florida as a massive Category 4 storm. About 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate before the storm hit the coast with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph.
Birthdays
21 - Isidora Vives (actress)
23 - Brenna D'Amico (actress)
36 - Hilary Duff (actress)
39 - Phoebe Robinson (actress/comedian)
42 - Jerrika Hinton (actress)
42 - Melissa Claire Egan (actress)
44 - Bam Margera (actor)
45 - Peter Cambor (actor)
51 - Dita Von Teese (model)
54 - Karen Fairchild (singer)
55 - Naomi Watts (actress)
55 - Carre Otis (model/actress)
56 - Mira Sorvino (actress)
57 - Maria Canals Barrera (actress)
59 - Janeane Garofalo (actress/comedian)
64 - Steve Hytner (actor)
74 - Vernee Watson (actor)
77 - Helen Shapiro (singer)
80 - Joel Higgins (actor)
89 - Brigitte Bardot (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 28
1901 - Nebraska defeats Kirksville Osteopaths (Missouri) 5-0.
1907 - Nebraska opens the season with a 53-0 win over Peru State under new coach W.C. "King" Cole.
1919 - The New York Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies 6-1 in a day game that lasted 51 minutes. The time set a National League record.
1920 - Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in the "Black Sox" scandal.
1935 - Nebraska opens the season with a 28-7 win over the University of Chicago.
1941 - Ted Williams (Boston Red Sox) hit .400 for the season. He was the last major league player of the century to achieve this statistic.
1946 - Nebraska opens the season with a 33-6 loss to Minnesota.
1951 - Norm Van Brocklin of the Cleveland Rams passes for NFL record 554 yards.
1955 - The World Series was televised in color for the first time. The game was between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1957 - Army defeats Nebraska 42-0.
1963 - Nebraska defeats Minnesota 14-7.
1968 - #9 Nebraska defeats #17 Minnesota 17-14.
1974 - #10 Nebraska defeats Northwestern 49-7.
1976 - Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton in 15 rounds to win the WBA, WBC and The Ring heavyweight boxing titles.
1985 - #16 Nebraska defeats Oregon 63-0.
1991 - #16 Nebraska defeats #24 Arizona State 18-9.
1995 - Randy Myers (Chicago Cubs) was charged by a 27-year-old man while standing in the outfield. Myers saw him coming, dropped his glove and knocked the man down with his forearm.
1996 - Iowa State running back Troy Davis rushes for 378 yards in a game against Missouri.
1996 - #8 Nebraska defeats Colorado State 65-9.
2002 - #19 Iowa State defeats #20 Nebraska 36-14.
2003 - Althea Gibson, the first African-American tennis player to win at Wimbledon, died.
2019 - #5 Ohio State defeats Nebraska 48-7.
2020 - The Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Dallas Stars in six games to win their second Stanley Cup.
2022 - Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees hits his 61st home run of the season, tying Roger Maris' American League record from 1961.
1066 - William the Conqueror invaded England.
1542 - Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego.
1781 - The final campaign of the American Revolution at Yorktown Heights, Virginia began.
1850 - Flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.
1924 - Two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle after completing the first round-the-word flight in 175 days.
1928 - Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first effective antibiotic.
1939 - A German-Soviet agreement divided Poland between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
1958 - Voters in the African country of Guinea overwhelmingly favored independence from France.
1962 - Federal appeals court found Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett in civil contempt for blocking the admission of James Meredith, a Black student, to the University of Mississippi.
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.
1995 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord at the White House ending Israel’s military occupation of West Bank cities and laying the foundation for a Palestinian state.
2000 - Capping a 12-year battle, the government approved the use of the abortion pill RU-486.
2018 - Reversing course, President Donald Trump agreed to the demands of Democrats for a deeper FBI investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
2019 - Voters in Afghanistan went to the polls to elect a president for the fourth time since a U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban regime in 2001; the vote was marred by violence, Taliban threats and widespread allegations of mismanagement.
2020 - The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 1 million, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University.
2021 - Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called the 20-year war in Afghanistan a “strategic failure,” and said he had favored keeping several thousand troops in the country to prevent a collapse of the U.S.-backed government and a rapid takeover by the Taliban.
2022 - Hurricane Ian barreled ashore in southwestern Florida as a massive Category 4 storm. About 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate before the storm hit the coast with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph.
Birthdays
21 - Isidora Vives (actress)
23 - Brenna D'Amico (actress)
36 - Hilary Duff (actress)
39 - Phoebe Robinson (actress/comedian)
42 - Jerrika Hinton (actress)
42 - Melissa Claire Egan (actress)
44 - Bam Margera (actor)
45 - Peter Cambor (actor)
51 - Dita Von Teese (model)
54 - Karen Fairchild (singer)
55 - Naomi Watts (actress)
55 - Carre Otis (model/actress)
56 - Mira Sorvino (actress)
57 - Maria Canals Barrera (actress)
59 - Janeane Garofalo (actress/comedian)
64 - Steve Hytner (actor)
74 - Vernee Watson (actor)
77 - Helen Shapiro (singer)
80 - Joel Higgins (actor)
89 - Brigitte Bardot (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 28
1901 - Nebraska defeats Kirksville Osteopaths (Missouri) 5-0.
1907 - Nebraska opens the season with a 53-0 win over Peru State under new coach W.C. "King" Cole.
1919 - The New York Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies 6-1 in a day game that lasted 51 minutes. The time set a National League record.
1920 - Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in the "Black Sox" scandal.
1935 - Nebraska opens the season with a 28-7 win over the University of Chicago.
1941 - Ted Williams (Boston Red Sox) hit .400 for the season. He was the last major league player of the century to achieve this statistic.
1946 - Nebraska opens the season with a 33-6 loss to Minnesota.
1951 - Norm Van Brocklin of the Cleveland Rams passes for NFL record 554 yards.
1955 - The World Series was televised in color for the first time. The game was between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1957 - Army defeats Nebraska 42-0.
1963 - Nebraska defeats Minnesota 14-7.
1968 - #9 Nebraska defeats #17 Minnesota 17-14.
1974 - #10 Nebraska defeats Northwestern 49-7.
1976 - Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton in 15 rounds to win the WBA, WBC and The Ring heavyweight boxing titles.
1985 - #16 Nebraska defeats Oregon 63-0.
1991 - #16 Nebraska defeats #24 Arizona State 18-9.
1995 - Randy Myers (Chicago Cubs) was charged by a 27-year-old man while standing in the outfield. Myers saw him coming, dropped his glove and knocked the man down with his forearm.
1996 - Iowa State running back Troy Davis rushes for 378 yards in a game against Missouri.
1996 - #8 Nebraska defeats Colorado State 65-9.
2002 - #19 Iowa State defeats #20 Nebraska 36-14.
2003 - Althea Gibson, the first African-American tennis player to win at Wimbledon, died.
2019 - #5 Ohio State defeats Nebraska 48-7.
2020 - The Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Dallas Stars in six games to win their second Stanley Cup.
2022 - Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees hits his 61st home run of the season, tying Roger Maris' American League record from 1961.
