September 28, 1887.

Days of relentless rain pushed China's Yellow River beyond its limits.

Then the levees failed.

Water swept across northern China, swallowing villages, destroying farmland, and leaving survivors without food, shelter, or clean drinking water. But the flood itself was only the beginning. Famine and disease followed, helping make the 1887 Yellow River Flood one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history.

Today on The Write Team Daily, we revisit the catastrophe that reinforced the Yellow River's haunting nickname: “China's Sorrow.”

Also on today's journey through September 28:

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 National Family Day celebrates the people who provide some of life's strongest foundations.

⛵ Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo enters what is now San Diego Bay in 1542.

🪒 King C. Gillette launches the company that would revolutionize shaving with replaceable razor blades.

🐕 World Rabies Day raises awareness about prevention and vaccination.

🎶 A 1928 recording session helps launch Nashville's recording industry.

🖖 Star Trek: The Next Generation premieres in 1987.

🚀 SpaceX's Falcon 1 reaches Earth orbit in 2008.

🏈 SPORTS DAILY: A small Pennsylvania town attempts something revolutionary in 1892—playing football under artificial lights.

🎉 BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: From Lizzie McGuire to music and adult television roles, Houston native Hilary Duff turns 39.

🌹 DAILY REMEMBRANCE: Herman Melville wrote Moby-Dick but died before seeing it recognized as one of America's great literary masterpieces.

📖 DAILY INSPIRATION: Amos 5:8 points us toward the stars, sunrise, and oceans as reminders of the greatness of their Creator.

🎧 Join us for history, sports, culture, faith, and inspiration on The Write Team Daily.

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