In the present day is Sunday, Sept. 28, the 271st day of 2025. There are 94 days left within the yr.
In the present day in historical past:
On Sept. 28, 2020, the worldwide loss of life toll from the coronavirus pandemic reached 1 million, in keeping with a rely by Johns Hopkins College.
Additionally on this date:
In 1781, American forces within the Revolutionary Struggle, backed by a French fleet, started their profitable siege of Yorktown, Virginia.
In 1924, three U.S. Military planes landed in Seattle, finishing the primary round-the-world journey by air in 175 days.
In 1928, Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming found penicillin, the primary broadly efficient antibiotic.
In 1941, Ted Williams turned the newest American League baseball participant to hit over .400 for a season, batting .406 for the Boston Purple Sox.
In 1962, a federal appeals courtroom discovered Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett in civil contempt for blocking the admission of James Meredith, a Black scholar, to the College of Mississippi.
In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord on the White Home calling for an finish to Israel’s army occupation of West Financial institution cities and increasing the duties of the Palestinian Authority.
In 2016, Hurricane Matthew types close to the Windward Islands and goes on to kill over 1,000 individuals in Haiti, elsewhere within the Caribbean and the southeastern U.S.
In 2000, capping a 12-year battle, the U.S. authorities authorised use of the abortion capsule RU-486.
In 2022, Class 4 Hurricane Ian barreled ashore in southwestern Florida after which bisected the middle of the state, inflicting greater than 100 fatalities and billions of {dollars} in harm.
In the present day’s Birthdays:
- Actor Brigitte Bardot is 91.
- Filmmaker John Sayles is 75.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Steve Largent is 71.
- Zydeco musician C.J. Chenier (sheh-NEER’) is 68.
- Hockey Corridor of Famer Grant Fuhr is 63.
- Actor-comedian Janeane Garofalo (juh-NEEN’ guh-RAH’-fuh-loh) is 61.
- Actor Maria Canals-Barrera is 59.
- Actor Mira Sorvino is 58.
- Actor Naomi Watts is 57.
- Olympic gold medal swimmer Lenny Krayzelburg is 50.
- Rapper Jeezy is 48.
- Golf Corridor of Famer Se Ri Pak is 48.
- Pop-rock musician St. Vincent is 43.
- Actor Hilary Duff is 38.
- Boxer Terence “Bud” Crawford is 38.
- Tennis participant Marin Čilić is 37.
- Actor Keir Gilchrist is 33.