September 28 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for September 28
In the headlines today:

2004	A redesigned US $50 bill, incorporating a host of anti-counterfeiting measures, goes into circulation.
1990	The exiled Kuwaiti emir visits US president George Bush, and complains of numerous hostilities by Iraqi forces.
1989	Ex-Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos dies in Hawaii at age 72.
1960	Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.
1955	The first color TV broadcast of a World Series baseball game is made by NBC.
1950	Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.
1924	A pair of US Army airplanes land in Seattle, Washington, after an historic, 175-day, round-the-world flight.
1920	Eight Chicago White Sox baseball players are indicted for taking part in the 'Black Sox' gambling scandal, where Chicago intentionally lost to Cincinnati during the 1919 World Series.
1892	The first night football game is played.
1787	Congress votes to send the newly completed US Constitution to the individual states for approval.
1781	US troops, with help from French warships, begin the battle of Yorktown Heights, VA, during the American Revolution.
1542	Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California.
1066	William the Conqueror and the Normans invade England.

Born today:

1975 Mandy Barnett - country singer

1967 Mira Sorvino - actress

1967 Moon Unit Zappa - actress

1964 Janeane Garofalo - comedienne, actress

1954 Steve Largent - Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver, Us Senator (Oklahoma)

1947 Jeffrey Jones - actor

1946 Helen Shapiro - singer, actress

1941 Charley Taylor - football player

1938 Ben E. King - singer

1935 Bruce Crampton - golfer

1934 Brigitte Bardot - actress

1923 William Windom - actor

1919 Tom Harmon - football player, sportscaster

1916 Peter Finch - actor (Oscar® winner, 1976)

1909 Al Capp - Li'l Abner cartoonist

1905 Max Schmeling - heavyweight boxing champ

1902 Ed Sullivan - TV host, newspaper columnist

1901 William S. Paley - founded CBS network

1856 Kate Smith-Wiggin - author

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Libra

(The Scales)