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What happened in history on this day: August 28?
On August 28 in ...
- 1845 - Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue.
- 1859 - A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe and as far afield as Japan.
- 1867 - US occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific.
- 1884 - First known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota, USA.
- 1895 - In New Jersey, USA, the first motion picture film is shot with actors. Film title is The Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. This is also the first use of trick photography or special effect work in a film.
- 1907 - United Parcel Service (UPS) is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington.
- 1917 - Ten suffragists arrested as they picket the White House.
- 1922 - WEAF in New York City airs first radio commercial (Queensboro Realty - $100 for 10 minutes).
- 1933 - US President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 6260, allowing exemptions to the gold ownership ban for up to $100, and for gold coins of recognized collector value.
- 1938 - Northwestern University awards honorary degree to ventriloquist's dummy Charlie McCarthy.
- 1949 - Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill, New York, USA.
- 1955 - Emmett Till kidnapped and lynched at age 14, in Money, Mississippi, USA.
- 1957 - US Senator Strom Thurmond begins 24-hour filibuster against civil rights bill.
- 1963 - 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC.
- 1963 - Martin Luther King Junior gives his "I have a dream" speech at Lincoln Memorial.
- 1964 - Race riot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1968 - Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Democratic National Convention.
- 1981 - John Hinckley Junior pleads innocent in attempt to kill US President Ronald Reagan.
- 1981 - US National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men.
- 1986 - US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying.
- 1990 - Force 5 tornado strikes the towns of Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Joliet, in Illinois, killing 29 people. Strongest tornado to date to strike the Chicago metropolitan area.
- 1991 - Five die in a New York City subway's third worst accident.
- 2003 - In the USA, Brian Douglas Wells wears a time bomb explosive fastened to his neck, and dies. The event stands out as the most bizarre event in the history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- 2006 - A Greyhound Lines bus from New York City to Montreal, carrying 52 people, crashes at mile 115 on Interstate 87 near Elizabethtown killing five people including the driver, and several are seriously injured.
Births on August 28
- 1831 - Birth of Lucy Ware Webb in Chillicothe, Ohio, USA; spouse of US President Ruthorford B. Hayes.
- 1908 - Birth of Roger Tory Peterson in Jamestown, New York, USA; ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds).
- 1913 - Birth of Rivn Ticker AKA Richard Tucker in Brooklyn, New York, USA; tenor (New York Metropolitan Opera).
- 1914 - Birth of Glenn Osser in Munising, Michigan, USA; orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue).
- 1915 - Birth of Simon Oakland in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Baa Baa Black Sheep TV show, Kolchak the Night Stalker TV show, Toma TV show, David Cassidy - Man Undercover TV show).
- 1916 - Birth of Charles Wright Mills in Waco, Texas, USA; US sociologist, writer (The Power Elite).
- 1919 - Birth of Ernest Harold Markowitz AKA Ernest Martin in Philadelphia, USA; producer (Feuer and Martin - Chorus Line).
- 1921 - Birth of Nancy Kulp in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Miss Jane Hathaway - The Beverly Hillbillies TV show, The Brian Keith Show, Sanford and Son).
- 1924 - Birth of Peggy Ryan in Long Beach, California, USA; actress (Jenny - Hawaii Five-O).
- 1925 - Birth of Marvin Davis in Newark, New Jersey, USA; CEO (Davis Oil Company).
- 1925 - Birth of Billy Grammer in Benton, Illinois, USA; country singer, guitarist and songwriter ("Gotta Travel On" (1958)), inventor of the Grammer Flat Top guitar (Country Music Hall of Fame, 1969).
- 1925 - Birth of Donald O'Connor in Chicago, Illinois, USA; dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain).
- 1929 - Birth of Rokie Roker in Miami, Florida, USA; actress (Helen - The Jeffersons).
- 1930 - Birth of Ben Gazzara in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII, Arrest and Trial).
- 1941 - Birth of Paul Peter Plishka in Old Forge, Pennsylvania, USA; bass player (Bronx Botanical Gardens).
- 1943 - Birth of David Soul in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Starsky and Hutch, Here Comes the Bride).
- 1947 - Birth of Alice Playton in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name).
- 1951 - Birth of Wayne Osmond in Ogden, Utah, USA; singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie).
- 1957 - Birth of Daniel Stern in Stamford, Connecticut, USA; actor (City Slickers movie, The Wonder Years TV show, Dilbert TV show).
- 1958 - Birth of Scott Hamilton in Toledo, Ohio, USA; figure skating champion (Olympic-gold-1984).
- 1968 - Birth of Scarlet Annette Morgan in Pfafftown, North Carolina, USA; Miss North Carolina-America-1991.
- 1971 - Birth of Janet Evans; US swimmer (Olympics-1992).
Deaths on August 28
- 1818 - Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies.
- 1955 - Emmett Till kidnapped and lynched at age 14, in Money, Mississippi, USA.
- 1978 - Death of Bruce Catton, American Civil War historian, Pulizer Prize winner (1954) (born 1899).
- 2016 - Death of Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and wrestling manager (born 1934).
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