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September 28
1542Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego. 1781The closing campaign of the American Revolution at Yorktown Heights, Va. began. 1920Eight Chicago White Sox players were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series in the "Black Sox scandal." 1924Two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle after completing the first round-the-world-flight in 175 days. 1939A German-Soviet agreement divided Poland between Nazi Germany and the USSR. 1967Walter Washington became the first mayor of the District of Columbia. 1972Japan and Communist China agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations. 1989Former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii. 1991Jazz great Miles Davis died. 2003Althea Gibson, the first African-American tennis player to win at Wimbledon, died. 
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