Page 6: Historical Events In August - 28

1957  Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill on this day in history.   

1958  Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98) on this day in history.   

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

1959  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history 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  On this day in history thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies   

1962  Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid on August - 28.   

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

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

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

1963  On August - 28 martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial   

1963  Over 200,000 people march through Washington in a civil rights demonstration led by Rv. Martin Luther King on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history charles Darrow, US inventor of Monopoly, dies   

1968  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1969  On August - 28 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  On this day in history 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  On August - 28 william HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29   

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

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

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

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 this day in history bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78   

1979  On this day in history simonow, writer, dies   

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

1476  Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.   

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born on August - 28.   

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

0388  Death of Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed on this day in history.   

0430  Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

0876  On August - 28 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  On this day in history death of king Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)   

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

1484  Death of Diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered on this day in history.   

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