UPI Almanac for Monday, Sept. 28, 2015

Today is Monday, Sept. 28, the 271st day of 2015 with 94 to follow.

The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Mercury, Neptune and Saturn.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include Frances Willard, founder of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, in 1839; sports entrepreneur and IOC President Avery Brundage in 1887; CBS Chairman William Paley in 1901; TV variety show host/columnist Ed Sullivan in 1901; boxer Max Schmeling in 1905; cartoonist Al Capp (L'il Abner) in 1909; actor Peter Finch in 1916; actor Arnold Stang in 1918; actor William Windom in 1923; actor Marcello Mastroianni in 1924; actor/animal rights advocate Brigitte Bardot in 1934 (age 81); musician Ben E. King in 1938 (age 77); former congressman/football Hall of Fame member Steve Largent in 1954 (age 61); hockey Hall of Fame member Grant Fuhr in 1962 (age 53); actor Jeffrey Jones in 1946 (age 69), actor Janeane Garofalo in 1964 (age 51); actor Mira Sorvino in 1967 (age 47); actor Naomi Watts in 1968 (age 47); actor Hilary Duff in 1987 (age 28).

On this date in history:

In 490 B.C., the Greeks defeated the Persians at Marathon. A Greek soldier named Phidippides ran more than 26 miles to tell Athenians of the victory and died after his announcement. His feat provided the model for the modern marathon race.

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

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

In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.

In 1982, the first reports appeared of deaths in the Chicago area from Extra-strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. (Seven people died and the unsolved case resulted in tamper-proof packaging for consumer products.)

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

In 1989, former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos died in exile in Hawaii.

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

In 2003, legendary Broadway and film director Elia Kazan died at his home in New York at the age of 94.

In 2004, the price of oil topped $50 a barrel for the first time in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

In 2008, U.S. congressional negotiators and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson agreed on a $700 billion banking industry bailout plan. It gave the Treasury Department unprecedented authority, including the ability to buy a range of troubled financial assets.

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

In 2012, a twin-engine propeller plane carrying 19 people to Lukla near Mount Everest hit an eagle and crashed in Nepal, killing all aboard.

In 2013, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake killed about 20 people and caused much destruction in the province of Balochistan in Pakistan four days after at least 500 people died in a 7.7 quake in the same region.

In 2014, Europe, in dominating fashion, won its third straight Ryder Cup defeating the United States 16 1/2 to 11 1/2 in Gleneagles, Scotland. Also in sports, the Washington Nationals' Jordan Zimmerman pitched a no-hitter in a 1-0 win over the Miami Marlins -- the gem saved by left fielder Steven Souza Jr.'s spectacular diving catch for the final out.

A thought for the day: "If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it." -- Elmore Leonard.