28 September 2016

Yorktown Siege Begins

28 September 1781 



On this date in 1781...

The Continental Army under General George Washington began the siege of Lord Cornwallis's British troops at Yorktown, Virginia.


Other Years:

1528 – A Spanish fleet sank in a Florida hurricane drowning about 380 victims.
1912 - W.C. Handy's "Memphis Blues" was published.
1968 - The Atlanta Chiefs won the first North American Soccer League Championship/
2000 - The U.S. Federal Drug Administration approved the use of RU-486 in the United States to induce abortion.


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