12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for September 28, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1066 – William of Normandy lands at Pevensey, beginning the Norman Conquest.
- 1542 – Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo becomes the first European known to set foot in California, landing near today’s San Diego.
- 1781 – The Siege of Yorktown begins, the decisive campaign of the American Revolution.
- 1924 – U.S. Army Douglas World Cruisers complete the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe.
- 1928 – Alexander Fleming observes the effect of a mold that leads to the discovery of penicillin.
- 1961 – Syria withdraws from the United Arab Republic after a military coup.
- 1972 – Paul Henderson scores the last-minute winner in Game 8 to give Canada the Summit Series over the USSR.
- 1994 – Ferry Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea; 852 people are lost.
- 2000 – Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount triggers the Second Intifada.
- 2008 – SpaceX’s Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit.
- 2015 – NASA announces strongest evidence yet of present-day liquid water on Mars.
- 2024 – NASA’s Crew-9 launches to the ISS aboard Dragon.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1934 – Brigitte Bardot, actor & animal-rights advocate (91).
- 1968 – Naomi Watts, actor & producer (57).
- 1967 – Mira Sorvino, actor (58).
- 1977 – Jeezy, rapper (48).
- 1972 – Dita Von Teese, burlesque icon & entrepreneur (53).
- 1987 – Hilary Duff, actor & singer (38).
- 1987 – Terence Crawford, world champion boxer (38).
Today’s Deaths:
- 1895 – Louis Pasteur, pioneering microbiologist (72).
- 1891 – Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick (72).
- 1978 – Pope John Paul I, head of the Catholic Church (65).
- 1970 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, president of Egypt (52).
- 1991 – Miles Davis, jazz legend (65).
- 1989 – Ferdinand Marcos, former president of the Philippines (72).
- 2000 – Pierre Elliott Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada (80).
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