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.
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. | ||
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