It happened today – this day in history – September 28

1066: William the Conqueror invaded England.

1760: The Russian & Austrian army occupies Berlin

1542: Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered San Diego Bay.

1781: The Battle of Yorktown begins with General George Washington commanding fprces in the most important clash of the American Revolution.

1918: A flu epidemic begins in Philadelphia which eventually kills up to 30 million people.

1895: Bacteriologist Louis Pasteur dies aged 72.

1918: An English private fighting in France spares the life of an injured German soldier. That soldier was Adolph Hitler.

1923: The Radio Times is first published.

1928: Alexander Fleming accidentally discovers penicillin

1953: Death of astronomer Edwin Hubble.

1964: Death of comedian/film star Harpo Marx aged 75

1970: Anwar Sadat becomes acting Egyptian president when General Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack aged 52.

1976: Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 rounds to reclaim the World Heavyweight Title.

1978: Pope John Paul I [Albino Luciani], 263rd Roman Catholic Pope, dies after just 33 days as pope.

1980: Alan Jones, driving for Williams, clinches the Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship.

1988: Death of President Ferdinand Marcos of The Phillipines.

1991: Death of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis.

1994: More than 800 passengers perish when the Estonia, a car and passenger ferry, sinks in the Baltic Sea.

2016: Death of former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres aged 93.

BIRTHDAYS: Helen Shapiro, singer, 73; Jon Snow, journalist, 72; Janeane Garofalo, actress, 55; Moon Unit Zappa, actress/writer, 52; Mira Sorvino, actress, 52; Naomi Watts, actress, 51; Dita von Teese (Heather Sweet), burlesque artist, 47; Bam Margera, (Jackass) 40; St Vincent (Annie Clark), musician, 37; Hilary Duff, actress, 32; Marin Cilic, tennis player, 31.