Friday, September 28, 2007

Today In History

9/28


AP Highlight in History:
On Sept. 28, 1066, William the Conqueror, the duke of Normandy, invaded England.

1781American forces, backed by a French fleet, began the siege of Yorktown Heights, Va., during the Revolutionary War.

1787 Congress voted to send the Constitution to state legislatures for their approval.

1850Flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.

1939During World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed on a plan to partition Poland.

1972 Japan and Communist China agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.

1995 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord to transfer much of the West Bank to the control of its Arab residents.
AP Photo/Dennis Paquin
How did that work out again?







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