TODAY in HISTORY
Today is Wednesday, September 28, the 271st day of 2016. There are 95 days left in the year. 1106 Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose, in the Battle of Tinchebray. 1238 Muslim Valencia surrenders to the besieging King James I of Aragon the Conqueror. 1322 Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf. 1538 The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a holy league fleet in the Battle of Preveza. 1542 Navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, United States. 1779 Samuel Huntington is elected president of the Continental Congress during American Revolution. 1787 The newly- completed United States Constitution is voted on by the US Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval. 1791 France becomes the first country to emancipate its Jewish population. 1844 Oscar I is crowned king of Sweden. 1867 Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario, Canada. 1868 Battle of Alcolea causes Queen Isabella II of Spain to flee to France. 1912 Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash. 1919 Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska, US. 1928 Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria- killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin. 1939 Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II. 1944 Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia. 1960 Mali and Senegal join the United Nations. 1970 Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo. 1971 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Misuse of Drugs Act, banning the medicinal use of cannabis. 1972 Paul Henderson scores the winning goal for Canada in the final minute of the final game of the ice hockey Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union. 1975 The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London. 1992 A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A300 crashes in Nepal killing all 167 passengers and crew. 1994 The cruise ferry MS
Estonia sinks in Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.