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Historical Events
on September 28th
- Lead Story
- Ted Williams becomes last player to hit .400,1941
- American Revolution
- Battle of Yorktown begins,1781
- Automotive
- Auto inventor Charles Duryea dies,1938
- Civil War
- McCook and Crittenden blamed for Chickamauga,1863
- Cold War
- Khrushchev and Eisenhower offer views on summit meeting,1959
- Crime
- A cult leader kills one of his followers,1988
- Disaster
- Flu epidemic hits Philadelphia,1918
- General Interest
- Pompey the Great assassinated,-48
- William the Conqueror invades England,1066
- Cabrillo encounters California,1542
- Marcos dies in exile,1989
- Estonia sinks,1994
- Hollywood
- TV host Ed Sullivan born,1901
- Literary
- John Milton's drama, Comus, performed,1634
- Music
- Miles Davis dies,1991
- Old West
- Cabrillo discovers San Diego Bay,1542
- Presidential
- President Johnson honors American soldier,1967
- Sports
- Ted Williams hits home run in last major league at-bat,1960
- Vietnam War
- Battle for Thuong Duc begins,1968
- Weekly casualty figures contain no U.S. fatalities,1972
- World War I
- British soldier allegedly spares the life of an injured Adolf Hitler,1918
- World War II
- General Arnold fights for unique bombers,1942
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