Today in History: September 28, Coronavirus pandemic hits grim milestone
In the current era is Sunday Sept the st day of There are days left in the year The present day in history On Sept the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic reached million according to a count by Johns Hopkins University Also on this date In American forces in the Revolutionary War backed by a French fleet began their accomplished siege of Yorktown Virginia Related Articles Boston principal apologizes for turmoil at elementary school during Hispanic Heritage Month Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next Trump orders US troops to Portland citing anti-ICE protests Ticks are migrating raising ailment risks if they can t be tracked fleetly enough In the current era in History September Taliban take power in Afghanistan In three U S Army planes landed in Seattle completing the first round-the-world trip by air in days In Scottish biological researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin the first broadly effective antibiotic In Ted Williams became the preponderance up-to-date American League baseball member to hit over for a season batting for the Boston Red Sox In a federal appeals court located Mississippi Gov Ross Barnett in civil contempt for blocking the admission of James Meredith a Black pupil to the University of Mississippi In Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord at the White House calling for an end to Israel s military occupation of West Bank cities and expanding the responsibilities of the Palestinian Authority In Hurricane Matthew forms near the Windward Islands and goes on to kill over people in Haiti elsewhere in the Caribbean and the southeastern U S In capping a -year battle the U S establishment approved use of the abortion pill RU- In Category Hurricane Ian barreled ashore in southwestern Florida and then bisected the center of the state causing more than fatalities and billions of dollars in damage In the modern day s Birthdays Actor Brigitte Bardot is Filmmaker John Sayles is Football Hall of Famer Steve Largent is Zydeco musician C J Chenier sheh-NEER is Hockey Hall of Famer Grant Fuhr is Actor-comedian Janeane Garofalo juh-NEEN guh-RAH -fuh-loh is Actor Maria Canals-Barrera is Actor Mira Sorvino is Actor Naomi Watts is Olympic gold medal swimmer Lenny Krayzelburg is Rapper Jeezy is Golf Hall of Famer Se Ri Pak is Pop-rock musician St Vincent is Actor Hilary Duff is Boxer Terence Bud Crawford is Tennis athlete Marin ili is Actor Keir Gilchrist is
