Page 6: Historical Events In August - 28

1957  On this day in history sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill   

1958  On this day in history nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98)   

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

1959  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Czech composer (Hry o Marti), dies at 68 on August - 28.   

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

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

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

1962  On August - 28 dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid   

1962  On August - 28 tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"   

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

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

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

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

1964  On this day in history race riot in Philadelphia   

1964  Gracie Allen, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1967  On August - 28 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  John Gordon Mein, US ambassador in Guatemala, dies on August - 28.   

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 August - 28.   

1971  Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history soyuz 15 returns to Earth   

1978  On this day in history donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph   

1978  Bruce Catton, US historian/writer (Civil War), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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 August - 28 birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)   

1582  Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) was born on August - 28.   

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

1691  Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) was born on August - 28.   

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 this day in history 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  Death of King Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309) on August - 28.   

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

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

1539  Death of Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75 on this day in history.