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Historical Events In August - 28
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
1905 Cyril Walters, cricketer (solid England batsman of 30's) on August - 28. 
1906 On this day in history john Betjeman, poet laureate of England (Mt Zion)
1907 United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle on this day in history.
1907 Philip A Edwards, Brit Guiana, runner (Olympic-bronze-1928, 32, 36) on August - 28.
1908 On this day in history 14th US Golf Open: Fred McLeod shoots a 322 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass
1908 On August - 28 roger Tory Peterson, NY, ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds)
1911 On August - 28 45.7 cm rainfall at St George, Georgia (state record)
1911 Jose Antonio Giron de Velasco, politician on this day in history.
1912 Ruurd Faber, mayor of Aalten (1971-75) on August - 28.
1913 Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague) on August - 28.
1913 John Terence Reese, bridge master on this day in history.
1914 On this day in history 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles
1914 On this day in history glenn Osser, Munising Mich, orch leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue)
1914 On this day in history anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, composer (Baba Yaga), dies at 59 [NS]
1915 Max Robertson, British sports commentator on this day in history.
1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I on this day in history.
1916 Germany declares war on Romania on this day in history.
1916 On August - 28 c Wright Mills, sociologist, writer (The Power Elite) [or May 28]
1916 On this day in history francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies
1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House on this day in history.
1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House on this day in history.
1917 Jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America) on this day in history.
1918 On this day in history tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly
1918 Alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician on August - 28.
1919 General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa on August - 28.
1919 On this day in history ernest H Martin, [Markowitz], producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line)
1919 Louis Botha, South African Boer leader, dies on August - 28.
1920 19th amendment acknowledges women's rights on this day in history.
1921 On August - 28 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels & Paris)
1921 On August - 28 joop Doderer, Velsen Netherlands, actor (Swiebertje)
1922 Joseph-Elzéar Bernier builds Craig Harbour, Canada's most northerly settlement to date at 76 degrees I0' N; on the Canadian Government Arctic Expedition on this day in history.
1922 On this day in history the first radio commercial is broadcast. Queensboro Realty receives 10 minutes of air time on New York station WEAF for $100.
1922 1st Walker Cup: US beats England 8-4 on this day in history.
1922 On this day in history louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Eu/Brazil, dies at 80
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