Today is Tuesday, September 28, the 271st day of 2021 with 94 to follow.

The moon is declining. The morning stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. The evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.

People born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include the Chinese philosopher Confucius in 551 BC. television variety show host / columnist Ed Sullivan in 1901; cartoonist Al Capp in 1909; actor Marcello Mastroianni in 1924; actor / animal rights defender Brigitte Bardot in 1934 (87 years old); musician Ben E. King in 1938; actor Jeffrey Jones in 1946 (75); filmmaker John Sayles in 1950 (71); former Congressman and Football Hall of Fame member Steve Largent in 1954 (67); Grant Fuhr, 1962 Hockey Hall of Fame member (59); actor Janeane Garofalo in 1964 (57 years old); the actor Maria Canals Barrera in 1966 (55 years old); actor Mira Sorvino in 1967 (54 years old); actor Naomi Watts in 1968 (53 years old); the dancer Dita Von Teese in 1972 (49 years old); St. Vincent singer, born Annie Erin Clark, in 1982 (age 39); drummer Daniel Platzman in 1986 (35); actor Hilary Duff in 1987 (34); actor / model Hana Mae Lee in 1988 (33); actor Alex Landi in 1992 (29); actor Keir Gilchrist in 1992 (29); actor Frankie Jonas in 2000 (21).

At this date in history:

In 490 BC, the Greeks defeated the Persians at Marathon. A Greek soldier named Phidippides ran over 42 kilometers to inform the Athenians of the victory and died after his announcement. His achievement provided the model for modern marathon racing.

In 1892, Mansfield University was the home team for the first night football game. The contest at Smythe Park in Mansfield, Pa., Was canceled at halftime because the electric lighting was inadequate.

In 1920, in baseball’s biggest scandal, a grand jury indicted eight Chicago White Sox players for hosting the 1919 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds.

In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.

In 1938, Adolf Hitler called a four-power conference in Munich to discuss the Czechoslovak crisis, postponing the march of the German army in the Sudetenland.

In 1958, France adopted a new Constitution written by Michel Debré and defended by former President Charles de Gaulle.

In 1982, the first reports of deaths in the Chicago area were caused by extra strength Tylenol capsules containing cyanide. Seven people have died and the unresolved case has resulted in tamper-evident packaging for consumer products.

In 1987, a federal appeals court declared Boston’s public schools officially desegregated after a 13-year effort.

In 1989, former Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos died in exile in Hawaii.

In 1992, a Pakistani airliner carrying 167 people crashed into a hill southeast of Kathmandu, Nepal, killing all passengers.

In 1994, 852 people died after a ferry, the MS Estonia, traveling from Estonia to Sweden, capsized and sank in stormy weather off the coast of Finland.

In 2008, US Congressional negotiators and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson agreed on a $ 700 billion banking industry bailout. He gave the Treasury Department unprecedented authority, including the ability to purchase a range of distressed financial assets.

In 2009, Iran said it tested long-range missiles, one of which had a range of 1,250 miles. Observers quickly identified many places within range of such a missile, including Israel, US bases in the Persian Gulf and parts of Europe.

In 2014, tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, members of the Occupy Central movement, clashed with riot police, resulting in 26 injuries and 78 arrests.

In 2018, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck near the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, triggering a tsunami that killed more than 1,500 people.

In 2020, Johns Hopkins University said one million people worldwide had died from COVID-19 around 9 months after the virus was first reported in China.

A thought for the day: “The worst prison would be a closed heart. – Pope John Paul II