Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
Today marks the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
1609 - Delaware Bay was discovered by Henry Hudson. 1619 - Ferdinand II was elected Holy Roman Emperor. His policy of "One church, one king" was his way of trying to outlaw Protestantism. 1774 - The first American-born saint was born in New York City. Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton was canonized in 1975. 1811 - Percy Bysshe Shelley and Harriet Westbrook eloped. 1830 - "The Tom Thumb" was demonstrated in Baltimore, MD. It was the first passenger-carrying train of its kind to be built in America. 1833 - Slavery was banned by the British Parliament throughout the British Empire. 1907 - "American Messenger Company" was started by two teenagers, Jim Casey and Claude Ryan. The company's name was later changedto "United Parcel Service." 1916 - Italy's declaration of war against Germany took effect duringWorld War I. 1917 - Ten suffragists were arrested as they picketed the White House. 1922 - The first radio commercial aired on WEAF in New York City. The Queensboro Realty Company bought 10 minutes of time for$100. 1922 - The Walker Cup was held for the first time at Southampton, NY. It is the oldest international team golf match in America. 1939 - The first successful flight of a jet-propelled airplane took place. The plane was a German Heinkel He 178. 1941 - The Football Writers Association of America was organized. 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, DC. More than 200,000 people attended. 1972 - Mark Spitz captured the first of his seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He set a world record when he completed the 200-meter butterfly in 2 minutes and 7/10ths of a second. 1981 - "The New York Daily News" published its final afternoon edition. 1990 - Iraq declared Kuwait to be its 19th province and renamed Kuwait City al-Kadhima. 1995 - The biggest bank in the U.S. was created when Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank announced their $10 billion deal. 1996 - A divorce decree was issued for Britain's Charles and Princess Diana. This was the official end to the 15-year marriage. 1998 - The Pakistani prime minister created new Islamic order and legal system based on the Koran. 2004 - George Brunstad, at age 70, became the oldest person to swim the English Channel. The swim from Dover, England, to Sangatte, France, took 15 hours and 59 minutes.
1609 Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay. 1850 Richard Wagner's opera, Lohengrin, premiered at Weimar, Germany. 1922 The first commercial to be broadcast on radio aired on station WEAF in New York City. The ten minute advertisement for the Queensboro Realty Company cost $100. 1955 Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was abducted and by white men after he supposedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. The case was reopened in 2005. 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial to civil rights demonstrators. 1968 Anti-Vietnam war protesters and police clashed in the streets of Chicago while the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president. 1981 The Centers for Disease Control announced a medical task force had been formed to look into the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis in homosexual men. AIDS was later found to be the cause.
The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:
http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/aug28.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory
But there also were other events that took place today. Roman general Orestes forced the western Roman Emperor, Julius Nepos, to flee Ravenna. Jews were barred from military service in New Amsterdam. The Battle of Cooch's Bridge, near Newark, Delaware, took place on this date during the American Revolution. Sir William Herschel discovered one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. Wagner's Lohengrin premiered on this day in Germany in 1850. Germany declared war on Romania during the First World War. Netherlands began to mobilize on this date in 1939, in anticipation of possible (some might have acknowledged, inevitable) invasion by Germany during the next World War. Cameroon and French Congo declared their support of General Charles De Gaulle on this date in 1940. A general strike against the Nazi occupying forces took place on this date in 1943 in Denmark. The last remaining German troops in Marseilles surrendered on this date in 1944. Six years to the day before the "I Have a Dream" speech, Senator Strom Thurmond spoke for 24 consecutive hours in an attempt to filibuster and block a Civil Rights bill. Five years after the speech, police clashed with protesters in Chicago on this day during the Democratic National Convention. The New York Cosmos won consecutive championships in two straight years on this date in the 1970's. Israeli Prime Minister Begin resigned on this day in 1983. A proposed bill introduced in the Pakistani National Assembly that would have put the "Qu'ran and Sunnah" as the "supreme law" was defeated.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
On this day back in 475, the Roman General Orestes forced Western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. In 476 on this day, German ruler Odoacer captured Pavia. Also on this day in 476, West Roman Empire formally disbanded/Emperor Romulus August was ousted. On this day in 489, Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths, defeated Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forced his way into Italy. In 1189 on this day during the Third Crusade, the Crusaders began the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan. Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I's troops occupied Belgrade on this day in 1521. On this day in 1542 during the Ottoman-Portuguese Conflicts (1538-1557), the Battle of Wofla was fought. The Portuguese were scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama was captured and afterwards executed. St Augustine, Florida, the oldest city in the United States, was established on this day in 1565.
In 1609 on this day, Henry Hudson, discovered & explored the Delaware Bay. On this day in 1619, Ferdinand II was elected as the Holy Roman Emperor. Henry Casimir I was appointed Viceroy of Drenthe on this day in 1632. On this day in 1637, WIC-Colonel Hans Koin conquered Fort Elmina, West Africa. In 1640 on this day during Second Bishop's War, King Charles I's English army lost to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn. New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant barred Jews from military service on this day in 1655. On this day in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Cooch's Bridge took place near Newark, Delaware. Sir William Herschel discovered Saturn's moon Enceladus on this day in 1789. On this day in 1830, the first locomotive in the United States, "Tom Thumb," ran from Baltimore to Ellicotts Mill. Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactured Worcester Sauce on this day in 1837. In 1840 on this day, 9 Jewish prisoners were released from Damascus jails. On this day in 1845, Scientific American magazine published its first issue.
1849 - Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, after been under siege since July 20 after proclaiming independence
1850 - Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres at Weimar Germany
1859 - A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far afield as Japan.
1861 - Battle of Fort Hatteras NC
1862 - Battle of Thoroughfare Gap VA
1862 - Battle of Groveton, VA (Manassas Plains) [->AUG 19] US7000 CS7000
1862 - Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC
1867 - US occupies Midway Islands in Pacific
1879 - Battle at Ulundi: Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz
1884 - 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD
1884 - Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces
1898 - Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola".
1907 - United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
1907 - UPS is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington.
1908 - 14th US Golf Open: Fred McLeod shoots a 322 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass
1911 - 45.7 cm rainfall at St George, Georgia (state record)
1913 - Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague)
1914 - 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles
1914 - Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed
1914 - John French evacuate Amiens
1916 - Germany declares war on Romania
1916 - Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
1917 - 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House
1918 - Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly
1919 - General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa
1921 - 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels& amp; Paris)
1921 - Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games
1922 - 1st Walker Cup: US beats England 8-4
1922 - Albert von Tilzer & Neville Fleesons musical premieres in NYC
1922 - WEAF in NYC airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins)
1924 - Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
1925 - Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island
1926 - Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)
1929 - Frank Woolley scores his 100th first-class hundred
1937 - Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1938 - Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria
1938 - Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy
1938 - On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader
1939 - "Monty" becomes commandant of 3rd "Iron" Infantry division
1939 - Netherlands mobilizes
1939 - Sammy Fain/Jack Yellen's musical "George White's Scandals" premieres
1940 - French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle
1941 - 8th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 37, All-Stars 13 (98,203)
1941 - Last meeting of resistance fighter Comte d'Estienne d'Orves
1942 - 9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 21, All-Stars 0 (101,100)
1942 - Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2)
1942 - Transport nr 25 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1943 - Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers
1943 - Benito Mussolini transfered from La Maddalena Sardinia to Gran Sasso
1944 - Last German troops in Marseille surrendered, and Toulon cleared
1944 - US air raid on Ambon
1949 - 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
1949 - Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY
1950 - Earle & Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr
1951 - Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000
1951 - Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game win streak
1952 - German & Israeli reach accord about recovery payments
1952 - Jakob Malik succeeds Zorine as Foreign minister
1953 - "Me & Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 358 performances
1955 - 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17
1955 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament
1956 - England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series
1957 - Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill
1958 - Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98)
1960 - White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time
1962 - 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record)
1962 - Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid
1962 - Tony Sheridan & Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"
Two pictures that I took (on two separate trips) to Washington, D.C. - The spot where MLK gave his famous "I have a dream" speech is pictured above, while below, the MLK Memorial, which is a bit of a distance from the Lincoln Memorial (but not too far).
On this day back in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr gave his famous "I have a dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial, with 200,000 demonstrators for equal rights gathered in Washington, D.C.. In 1963 on this day, Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue opened. There was a race riot in Philadelphia on this day in 1964.
1964 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 - US weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched
1964 - WEWS-TV Channel 5's "Upbeat" debuts in Cleveland
1965 - Bob Dylan booed for playing electric guiter at a concert in New York's Forest Hills
1966 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Glass City Golf Classic
1967 - Asif Iqbal & Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt v Eng
1967 - Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus
1968 - Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven
1970 - Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970
1971 - The dollar is allowed to float against the yen for the first time.
1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1973 - "Monster Mash" goes gold
1973 - "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple goes gold
1973 - 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527
1973 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1973 - India & Pakistan sign POW accord
1973 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1974 - Soyuz 15 returns to Earth
1976 - NY Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup
1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 - Bonnie Lauer wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
1977 - NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men & beats Texas Rangers 1-0
1977 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year
1977 - NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship
1978 - Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph
1978 - Ja'afar Sharif-Emami appointed premier of Iran
1979 - IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market
1979 - Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die
1981 - John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan
1981 - Sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken)
1981 - National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men
1982 - "Sugar Babies" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 1208 perfs
1982 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1982 - The first Gay Games are held in San Francisco.
1983 - "Mame" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 41 performances
1983 - Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 HRs onto roof at Comiskey Park
1983 - Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation
1983 - Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour
1983 - Pat Bradley wins Columbia Savings Golf Classic
1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1986 - Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege
1986 - Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium
1986 - Tina Turner's star unveiled in Hollywood
1986 - US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying
1987 - Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams & Willie McCovey with 522 HRs
1988 - 40th Emmy Awards: 30something, Wonder Years & Richard Kiley
1988 - 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany
1988 - 88th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Eric Meeks
1988 - Italian stunt flyers crashes in flames in West Germany, killing 50
1988 - Patty Jordan wins LPGA Ocean State Golf Open
1988 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
1989 - 1st regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners
1989 - Frank Viola & Mets outduel Orel Hershiser & Dodgers 1-0
1990 - Cub's Ryne Sandberg is 1st 2nd baseman to hit 30 HRs, consecutively
1990 - Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov
1991 - Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die
1991 - Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher
1992 - Test Cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo
1993 - Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed
1993 - Jakovlev-42 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 76 killed
1993 - Long Beach California beats Panama for little league world championship
1993 - Singapore vice-premier Teng Cheong elected president
1994 - 1st Japanese gay pride parade
1994 - 22nd du Maurier Golf Classic: Martha Nause
1994 - 94th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
1995 - Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson
1995 - Northants 7-781 decl defeat Nottinghamshire 527 & 157
1996 - Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants v Middlesex
1997 - Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes
1998 - Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
2003 - An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina hammers the south eastern United States, especially New Orleans, Louisiana, and coastal Mississippi
2012 - Mitt Romney is officially nominated as the United States Republican Party's candidate
1609 - Delaware Bay was discovered by Henry Hudson. 1619 - Ferdinand II was elected Holy Roman Emperor. His policy of "One church, one king" was his way of trying to outlaw Protestantism. 1774 - The first American-born saint was born in New York City. Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton was canonized in 1975. 1811 - Percy Bysshe Shelley and Harriet Westbrook eloped. 1830 - "The Tom Thumb" was demonstrated in Baltimore, MD. It was the first passenger-carrying train of its kind to be built in America. 1833 - Slavery was banned by the British Parliament throughout the British Empire. 1907 - "American Messenger Company" was started by two teenagers, Jim Casey and Claude Ryan. The company's name was later changedto "United Parcel Service." 1916 - Italy's declaration of war against Germany took effect duringWorld War I. 1917 - Ten suffragists were arrested as they picketed the White House. 1922 - The first radio commercial aired on WEAF in New York City. The Queensboro Realty Company bought 10 minutes of time for$100. 1922 - The Walker Cup was held for the first time at Southampton, NY. It is the oldest international team golf match in America. 1939 - The first successful flight of a jet-propelled airplane took place. The plane was a German Heinkel He 178. 1941 - The Football Writers Association of America was organized. 1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, DC. More than 200,000 people attended. 1972 - Mark Spitz captured the first of his seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He set a world record when he completed the 200-meter butterfly in 2 minutes and 7/10ths of a second. 1981 - "The New York Daily News" published its final afternoon edition. 1990 - Iraq declared Kuwait to be its 19th province and renamed Kuwait City al-Kadhima. 1995 - The biggest bank in the U.S. was created when Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank announced their $10 billion deal. 1996 - A divorce decree was issued for Britain's Charles and Princess Diana. This was the official end to the 15-year marriage. 1998 - The Pakistani prime minister created new Islamic order and legal system based on the Koran. 2004 - George Brunstad, at age 70, became the oldest person to swim the English Channel. The swim from Dover, England, to Sangatte, France, took 15 hours and 59 minutes.
1609 Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay. 1850 Richard Wagner's opera, Lohengrin, premiered at Weimar, Germany. 1922 The first commercial to be broadcast on radio aired on station WEAF in New York City. The ten minute advertisement for the Queensboro Realty Company cost $100. 1955 Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was abducted and by white men after he supposedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. The case was reopened in 2005. 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial to civil rights demonstrators. 1968 Anti-Vietnam war protesters and police clashed in the streets of Chicago while the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president. 1981 The Centers for Disease Control announced a medical task force had been formed to look into the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis in homosexual men. AIDS was later found to be the cause.
The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:
http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/aug28.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory
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