September 28 - This Day in History

September 28: General Interest
1941: Ted Williams becomes last player to hit .400

On this day in 1941, the Boston Red Sox's Ted Williams plays a double-header against the Philadelphia Athletics on the last day of the regular season and gets six hits in eight trips to the plate, to boost his batting average to .406 and become the first player since Bill Terry in 1930 to hit .400... read more


American Revolution
1781 : Battle of Yorktown begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-yorktown-begins


Automotive
1938 : Auto inventor Charles Duryea dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/auto-inventor-charles-duryea-dies


Civil War
1863 : Union generals blamed for Chickamauga defeat
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mccook-and-crittenden-blamed-for-chickamauga


Cold War
1959 : Khrushchev and Eisenhower offer views on summit meeting
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khrushchev-and-eisenhower-offer-views-on-summit-meeting


Crime
1988 : A cult leader kills one of his followers
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-cult-leader-kills-one-of-his-followers


Disaster
1918 : Flu epidemic hits Philadelphia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/flu-epidemic-hits-philadelphia


General Interest
48 B.C. : Pompey the Great assassinated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pompey-the-great-assassinated

1066 : William the Conqueror invades England
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/william-the-conqueror-invades-england

1542 : Cabrillo encounters California
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cabrillo-encounters-california

1989 : Marcos dies in exile
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marcos-dies-in-exile

1994 : Estonia sinks
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/estonia-sinks


Hollywood
1901 : TV host Ed Sullivan born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tv-host-ed-sullivan-born


Literary
1634 : John Milton's drama, Comus, performed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-miltons-drama-comus-performed


Music
1991 : Miles Davis dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/miles-davis-dies


Old West
1542 : Cabrillo discovers San Diego Bay
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cabrillo-discovers-san-diego-bay


Presidential
1967 : President Johnson honors American soldier
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-johnson-honors-american-soldier


Sports
1960 : Ted Williams hits home run in last major league at-bat
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ted-williams-hits-home-run-in-last-major-league-at-bat


Vietnam War
1968 : Battle for Thuong Duc begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-for-thuong-duc-begins

1972 : Weekly casualty figures contain no U.S. fatalities
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/weekly-casualty-figures-contain-no-us-fatalities


World War I
1918 : British soldier allegedly spares the life of an injured Adolf Hitler
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-soldier-allegedly-spares-the-life-of-an-injured-adolf-hitler


World War II
1942 : General Arnold fights for unique bombers
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/general-arnold-fights-for-unique-bombers