Today is Monday, Sept. 28, the 272nd day of 2020.
Todayās Highlight in History:On Sept. 28, 1928, Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first effective antibiotic.
1928: Sir Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
In 1781, American forces in the Revolutionary War, backed by a French fleet, began their successful siege of Yorktown, Va.1781: British Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.
The surrender would prompt the British government to negotiate an end to the American Revolutionary War.