THE HISTORY OF SEPTEMBER 28

THE HISTORY OF SEPTEMBER 28

WORLD EVENTS

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1542  Spanish explores arrived at a Pacific coast port they named San Miguel – they were in current day San Diego

1781  9,000 Americans and 7,800 French troops encircled Yorktown, Va. In what was to be the last major battle of the American Revolution

1891  Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick, died at age 72

1901  TV host Ed Sullivan was born

1909  Cartoonist Al Capp was born – “Li’l Abner”

1924  Two US Army planes ended an around the world flight – Seattle to Seattle – they made 57 stops and it took 175 days

1928  Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin

1934  Actress Brigitte Bardot was born

1959  The US satellite, Explorer VI, took the first video pictures of the earth

1961  “Dr. Kildare” premiered on TV

1961  “Hazel” premiered on NBC

1972  Japan and communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations

1978  The Israeli Knesset agreed to the Camp David Accords

1978  Pope John Paul I died after only 33 days as Pope

1987  Actress Hillary Duff was born

1991  Jazz great Miles Davis died at age 65

1994  900 people died when an Estonian ferry capsized in the Baltic Sea

1994  Clinton and Yeltsin signed an agreement to speed destruction of American and Russian nuclear weapons

1996  Arafat and Rabin sign an accord that transfers control of the West Bank

1997  Newsman David Brinkley retired after 54 years in broadcasting

2008  Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth after completing the countries first ever space walk

2009  Iran successfully tested a long range missile with the ability to hit US bases in the region and Israel

SPORTS HISTORY ON SEPTEMBER 28

2008  Mike Mussina wins his 20^th game of the  year – his only 20 win season among his 270 career wins

2006  Rookie Jim Loney of Dodgers has 9 RBI in the game

2003  Drew Henson gets his 1^st and only MLB hit – quit to play football

2001  Alex Rodriguez hits his 50^th HR – 20^th in MLB history to do so

2000  Baltimore gets 23 hits and 23 runs to beat Toronto 23-1

2000  NY Mets end Greg Maddux’s streak of 39 1/3^rd scoreless innings

1993  Dennis Martinez wins his 100^th NL game – 7^th pitcher in history to win 100 in

each league

1988  Orel Hershiser pitches 10 shutout innings – now has 59 consecutive scoreless innings – started August 30 – MLB record

1982  Minnesota pitcher Terry Felton plays in his last MLB game – record is 0-13 and career 0-16

1974  Nolan Ryan gets his 3^rd career no hitter – ends with 7 of them

1972  Steve Carlton gets his 300^th strikeout of the season – record 27-10 with a 1.91 ERA – will win Cy Young

1960  Ted Williams hits his final HR #521 – hit his 1^st 4/23/1939

1941  Ted Williams ends the season with a .406 average

1940  Michigan’s Tom Harmon runs for TDs of 72, 86, and 94 yards

# 1 SONGS ON SEPTEMBER 28

1961  Take Good Care of My Baby – Bobby Vee

1962  Sherry – The Four Seasons

1963  Blue Velvet – Bobby Vinton

1964  Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison

1965  Hang on Snoopy – The McCoys

1966  Cherish – The Association

1967  The Letter – The Box Tops

1968  Hey Jude –The Beatles

1969  Sugar Sugar – The Archies

1970  Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Diana Ross

1971  Maggie May – Rod Stewart

1972  Don’t Get Hooked on Me – Mac Davis

1973  We’re an American Band – Grand Funk

1974  Rock Me Gently – Andy Kim

1975  I’m Sorry – John Denver

1976  Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry

1977  Star Wars Theme - Meco

1978  Kiss You All Over - Exile

1979  My Sharona – The Knack

1980  Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1982  Jack and Diane – John Cougar

1983  Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler

1984  Let’s Go Crazy - Prince

1985  Money for Nothing – Dire Straights

1987  Didn’t We Almost Have It All – Whitney Houston

1988  Don’t Worry Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1993  Dream Lover – Mariah Carey

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio