TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28,

the 272nd day of 2016. There are 94 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY:

On this date in 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England to claim the English throne.

In 1542,

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

In 1787,

the Congress of the Confederation voted to send the just-completed Constitution of the United States to state legislatures for their approval.

In 1850,

flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.

In 1914,

the First Battle of the Aisne during World War I ended inconclusively.

In 1928,

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

In 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.

In 1958,

voters in the African country of Guinea overwhelmingly favored independence from France.

In 1967,

Walter E. Washington was sworn in as the first mayor-commissioner of the District of Columbia.

In 1976,

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

In 1989,

deposed Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii at age 72.

In 1991,

jazz great Miles Davis died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 65.

In 1995,

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord at the White House ending Israel’s military occupation of West Bank cities and laying the foundation for a Palestinian state.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

Actress Brigitte Bardot is 82. Actor Joel Higgins is 73. Singer Helen Shapiro is 70. Movie writer-director-actor John Sayles is 66. Rock musician George Lynch is 62. Zydeco singer-musician C.J. Chenier is 59. Actor Steve Hytner is 57. Country singer Matt King is 50. Actress Mira Sorvino and TV personality/singer Moon Zappa are 49. Actressmodel Carre Otis and actress Naomi Watts are 48. Country singer Karen Fairchild (Little Big Town) is 47. Country musician Chuck Crawford is 43. Country singer Mandy Barnett is 41. World Golf Hall of Famer Se Ri Pak is 39. Actor Peter Cambor is 38. Writer-producer-director-actor Bam Margera is 37. Actresses Melissa Claire Egan and Jerrika Hinton, and neo-soul musician Luke Mossman (Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats ) are 35. Pop-rock singer St. Vincent is 34. Rock musician Daniel Platzman (Imagine Dragons) is 30. Actress Hilary Duff is 29. Actor Keir Gilchrist is 24.