TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Sept. 28, 1787

The Congress of the Confederation voted to send the just-completed Constitution of the United States to state legislatures for their approval. ALSO ON THIS DATE

1542

Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego.

1781

American forces in the Revolutionary War, backed by a French fleet, began their successful siege of Yorktown, Va.

1892

The first nighttime football game took place in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, as teams from Mansfield State Normal and Wyoming Seminary played under electric lights to a scoreless tie.

1920

Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.

1928

Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first effective antibiotic.

1939

During World War II, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a treaty calling for the partitioning of Poland, which the two countries had invaded.

1964

Comedian Harpo Marx, 75, died in Los Angeles.

1976

Muhammad Ali kept his world heavyweight boxing championship with a close 15-round decision over Ken Norton at New York’s Yankee Stadium.