Today in History – Sept. 28 – William The Conqueror Invades England

935 Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I of Bohemia

1066 William the Conqueror invades England landing at Pevensey Bay, Sussex

1781 9,000 American and 7,000 French troops begin siege of Yorktown

1887 Yellow River or Huáng Hé floods in China, killing between 900,000 and 2 million people, one of the deadliest natural disasters in history

1939 German-Soviet Frontier Treaty is signed by Joachim von Ribbentrop and Vyacheslav Molotov; redraws German and Soviet spheres of influence in central Europe and transfers most of Lithuania to the USSR

Today’s Historical Events
Today in Film & TV
1945 “Mildred Pierce” starring Joan Crawford opens at Strand Theater, NYC; wins Academy Award for Best Actress

Today in Music
1968 Beatles’ “Hey Jude” single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks

Today in Sport
1938 Homer in the Gloamin’ – famous walk-off home run hit by Gabby Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs against the Pittsburgh Pirates

Do you know this fact about today? Did You Know?
The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice, on this day in 1889

Would you believe this fact about today? Would You Believe?
Napoléon Bonaparte, aged 16, graduates from the elite École Militaire in Paris (42nd in a class of 51), on this day in 1785