Historical Events In August - 28

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

1958  On August - 28 nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98)   

1958  Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 28 anton Lajovic, composer, dies at 81   

1961  On this day in history thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies   

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  55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record) on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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  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  On August - 28 police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven   

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

1969  Clarence R Hennecke, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 August - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78   

1979  Simonow, writer, dies on August - 28.   

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

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

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  Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.   

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

1341  On this day in history death of king Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)   

1481  On August - 28 afonso V, King of Portugal, dies   

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

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