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• Today is Saturday, Sept. 28, the 271th day of 2013. There are 94 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Sept. 28, 1787, the Congress of the Confederation voted to send the just-completed Constitution of the United States to state legislatures for their approval.
• On this date:
• In 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England to claim the English throne.
• In 1542, Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego.
• In 1781, American forces in the Revolutionary War, backed by a French fleet, began their successful siege of Yorktown, Va.
• In 1850, flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy.
• In 1920, eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in what became known as the "Black Sox" scandal. Despite initial confessions by several of the players, all were acquitted at trial; still, all eight were banned from baseball for life.
• In 1924, two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle, having completed the first round-the-world flight in 175 days.
• In 1939, during World War II, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a treaty calling for the partitioning of Poland, which the two countries had invaded.
• In 1960, Ted Williams hit a home run in his last career at-bat as his team, the Boston Red Sox, defeated the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 at Fenway Park.
• In 1989, deposed Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii at age 72.
• In 1991, jazz great Miles Davis died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 65.
• In 2001, President George W. Bush told reporters the United States was in "hot pursuit" of terrorists behind the Sept. 11 attacks. The U.N. Security Council approved a sweeping resolution sponsored by the United States requiring all 189 U.N. member nations to deny money, support and sanctuary to terrorists.
• In 2002, Iraq defiantly rejected a U.S.-British plan for the United Nations to force President Saddam Hussein to disarm and open his palaces for weapons searches.

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