Today is Thursday, September 28, the 271st day of 2017. There are 94 days left in the year.
1974 — John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (NYC)
1976 — Muhammad Ali retains heavyweight boxing championship in a close 15-round decision over Ken Norton at Yankee Stadium
1978 — Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord
1979 — Larry Holmes (retain championship) KOs Earnie Shavers in 11 rounds
1980 — Jaromir Wagner is first to fly the Atlantic standing on the wing
1981 — Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing two black joggers in Salt Lake City
1982 — First reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
1982 — NASA launches Intelsat V