Today is Tuesday, Sept. 28, the 272nd day of 2004. There are 94 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 28, the 272nd day of 2004. There are 94 days left in the year. On this date in 1066, William the Conqueror invades England to claim the English throne.
In 1542, Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrives at present-day San Diego. In 1781, American forces in the Revolutionary War, backed by a French fleet, begin their siege of Yorktown Heights, Va. In 1787, Congress votes to send the just-completed Constitution of the United States to state legislatures for their approval. In 1850, flogging is abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy. In 1924, two U.S. Army planes land in Seattle having completed the first round-the-world flight in 175 days. In 1939, during World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a plan to partition Poland. In 1974, first lady Betty Ford undergoes a mastectomy at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland, following discovery of a cancerous lump in her breast. In 1989, deposed Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos dies in exile in Hawaii at age 72. In 1991, jazz great Miles Davis dies in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 65. In 2000, former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau dies in Montreal at age 80.