Today is Friday, September 28, the 272nd day of 2012. There are 94 days left in the year.
1066 ― William the Conqueror lands in England
1542 ― Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay
1858 ― Donati's comet becomes the first to be photographed
1906 ― U.S. troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909
1922 ― Mussolini marches on Rome
1930 ― Lou Gehrig’s errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games
1939 ― Soviet-German treaty agree on fourth partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to the USSR
1968 ― Beatles’ “Hey Jude,” single goes No. 1 & stays No. 1 for nine weeks
1972 ― Japan and Communist China agree to reestablish diplomatic relations
1986 ― Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)