Page 6: Historical Events In August - 28

1957  Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill on August - 28.   

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

1958  Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67 on August - 28.   

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

1960  White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time on this day in history.   

1960  Anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1961  Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies on August - 28.   

1962  On this day in history dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid   

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  On this day in history 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.   

1963  On this day in history evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle & Bellevue opens   

1963  Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial on August - 28.   

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

1964  On this day in history beatlemania is in full swing as The Beatles grace the cover of LIFE magazine.   

1964  Race riot in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

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  Anti-war demonstrators clash with police in Chicago, where Hubert H. Humphrey receives the Democratic nomination for president on this day in history.   

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

1968  On August - 28 john Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies   

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  Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies on this day in history.   

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  On August - 28 william HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29   

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

1973  On August - 28 an earthquake jolts Mexico, killing more than 500 people.   

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

1974  Soyuz 15 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

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

1978  Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 on August - 28.   

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

1582  On this day in history 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  Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

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

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75   

0876  Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies on August - 28.   

1065  Death of Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65) on this day in history.   

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

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

1484  Death of Diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered on August - 28.   

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