2008
A private rocket reaches orbit. After three failures, SpaceX's Falcon 1 reached orbit on its fourth try, the first privately built liquid-fuel rocket to do so.
Wikipedia: Falcon 1Photo: SpaceX / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
On this day
28 September in history.
5 moments from 1542 to 2008: discovery, creativity and courage, each with a source to read more.
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1542
Cabrillo reaches San Diego Bay
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo became the first European to reach what is now San Diego Bay.
Wikipedia: Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Photo: Blervis / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
1889
Defining the metre
The General Conference on Weights and Measures defined the metre using a special metal bar kept near Paris.
Wikipedia: General Conference on Weights and MeasuresWikipedia: Metre
Photo: Yerpo / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
1941
.406
Ted Williams played both games of the last day instead of sitting out and finished the season batting .406. No major leaguer has hit .400 since.
Photo: Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
1963
Whaam!
Roy Lichtenstein's large comic-style painting of a fighter plane went on show in New York.
Photo: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Moments chosen for discovery, creativity and courage. Each one links to a source where you can read more; photos are credited to their owners.