Page 6: Historical Events In August - 28

1957  On August - 28 sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill   

1958  Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98) on August - 28.   

1958  On this day in history nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67   

1959  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68 on August - 28.   

1960  White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time on August - 28.   

1960  Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81 on August - 28.   

1961  On August - 28 thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies   

1962  Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid on this day in history.   

1962  On August - 28 tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"   

1962  On this day in history 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record)   

1963  200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC on this day in history.   

1963  Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr delivers his I Have a Dream speech before an audience of 250,000 near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC on August - 28.   

1963  Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle & Bellevue opens on this day in history.   

1963  Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial on this day in history.   

1963  Over 200,000 people march through Washington in a civil rights demonstration led by Rv. Martin Luther King on August - 28.   

1964  Beatlemania is in full swing as The Beatles grace the cover of LIFE magazine on August - 28.   

1964  On August - 28 race riot in Philadelphia   

1964  Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1967  Charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies on this day in history.   

1968  Anti-war demonstrators clash with police in Chicago, where Hubert H. Humphrey receives the Democratic nomination for president on August - 28.   

1968  On this day in history police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven   

1968  John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies on August - 28.   

1969  On this day in history clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74   

1971  25 people die and 1,150 are rescued when the Greek liner Haleanna catches fire on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies   

1972  Mark Spitz earns the first of seven gold medals, seting a world record in the 200-meter butterfly at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany on August - 28.   

1972  William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29 on this day in history.   

1973  6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527 on August - 28.   

1973  An earthquake jolts Mexico, killing more than 500 people on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history in Veracruz, Mexico a 7.2 earthquake resulted in more than 600 reported killed, thousands injured   

1974  On this day in history soyuz 15 returns to Earth   

1978  Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph on August - 28.   

1978  On August - 28 bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78   

1979  Simonow, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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1025  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)   

1476  On August - 28 birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)   

1582  On August - 28 birth of taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)   

1592  On August - 28 birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)   

1612  On this day in history birth of marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)   

1667  On August - 28 birth of louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)   

1673  On this day in history birth of conrad Michael Schneider, composer   

1691  On August - 28 birth of elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)   

0388  On August - 28 death of magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed   

0430  On August - 28 aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75   

0876  On this day in history louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies   

1065  On this day in history death of frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65)   

1341  Death of King Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309) on this day in history.   

1481  Afonso V, King of Portugal, dies on August - 28.   

1484  On this day in history death of diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered   

1539  On August - 28 death of lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75