On this day: September 28

September 28: Statehood Day in the Czech Republic

Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo

• 1066 – William the Conqueror and his fleet of around 600 ships landed at Pevensey, Sussex, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
• 1542 – Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (pictured), the first European to travel along the coast of California, landed at what is now the city of San Diego.
• 1891 – Railway workers in Montevideo founded the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club, which later changed its name to Peñarol, now Uruguay's most successful football club.
• 1963 – Whaam!, now considered Roy Lichtenstein's most important work, debuted at an exhibition held at the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City.
• 1996 – Former President of Afghanistan Mohammad Najibullah was tortured and murdered by the Taliban.

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