Historical Events In August - 28

1957  On this day in history 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 August - 28 nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67  

1959  On August - 28 bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68  

1960  On August - 28 white Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time  

1960  On this day in history anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81  

1961  Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies on this day in history.  

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

1962  Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)" on August - 28.  

1962  On August - 28 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record)  

1963  On August - 28 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  On August - 28 gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62  

1967  On August - 28 charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies  

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

1968  Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven on August - 28.  

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

1969  Clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74 on August - 28.  

1971  On August - 28 25 people die and 1,150 are rescued when the Greek liner Haleanna catches fire.  

1971  On August - 28 nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies  

1972  On August - 28 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.  

1972  William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29 on August - 28.  

1973  6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527 on this day in history.  

1973  An earthquake jolts Mexico, killing more than 500 people on August - 28.  

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

1974  On August - 28 soyuz 15 returns to Earth  

1978  On August - 28 donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph  

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 August - 28 birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)  

1476  On this day in history birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)  

1582  Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) was born on this day in history.  

1592  George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28) was born on August - 28.  

1612  On August - 28 birth of marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)  

1667  On this day in history birth of louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)  

1673  On August - 28 birth of conrad Michael Schneider, composer  

1691  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750)  

0388  On this day in history 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 August - 28 louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies  

1065  On August - 28 death of frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65)  

1341  On August - 28 death of king Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)  

1481  Afonso V, King of Portugal, dies on this day in history.  

1484  On August - 28 death of diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered  

1539  On this day in history death of lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75