On September 28th, 1928, Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first effective antibiotic. This day also marks the beginning of the successful siege of Yorktown, Virginia by American forces in 1781, and the completion of the first round-the-world trip by air in 1924. In 1941, Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox became the last American League baseball player to hit over .400 for a season. In 1962, Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett was found in contempt for blocking the admission of a Black student to the University of Mississippi.
In more recent history, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord in 1995, ending Israel’s military occupation of West Bank cities. In 2000, the U.S. government approved the abortion pill RU-486 after a 12-year battle. The year 2020 saw the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic reach 1 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.
In 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm, leading to the evacuation of 2.5 million people. Today, notable birthdays include actor Brigitte Bardot turning 90, hockey Hall of Famer Grant Fuhr turning 62, and actor Hilary Duff turning 37. Other birthdays include rapper Jeezy at 47, pop-rock singer St. Vincent at 42, and tennis player Marin Čilić at 36.
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