Thursday, September 28, 2017

Day 271 - This day in legal and military history

September 28
 

NATIONAL Ask a Stupid Question Day
 

NATIONAL Good Neighbor Day
 

NATIONAL Strawberry Cream Pie Day
 

NATIONAL Drink Beer Day
 


Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
 

1066 William, Duke of Normandy, soon to be known as William the Conqueror, invades England
 

1904 A woman is placed under arrest for smoking a cigarette on New York’s Fifth Avenue
 

1928 Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin when he notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory
 

2008 SpaceX launches the first private spacecraft

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