The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT Sept. 28, 1920
Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
ON THIS DATE 1928
Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first effective antibiotic.
2000
Capping a 12-year battle, the government approved use of the abortion pill RU-486.
2019
Voters in Afghanistan went to the polls to elect a president for the fourth time since a U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban regime in 2001; the vote was marred by violence, Taliban threats and widespread allegations of mismanagement.