SEPTEMBER 28
1924:U.S. Army Air Service airplanes Chicago and New Orleans, piloted by Lt. Lowell Smith and Lt. Erik Nelson, land in Seattle after completing the first around-the-world flight. The trip takes 175 days. Two other planes that began the journey are destroyed.
1542: Searching for a legendary water route across the North American continent, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator sailing for Spain, becomes the first European explorer to reach California when he arrives in present-day San Diego Bay.
1955: NBC broadcasts the World Series in color for the first time, as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-5, in the first game.
1962In Brisbane, Australia the Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams
1941:Ted Williams finished the baseball season with .406 average
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