Interesting things that happened August 28th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1592 George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, royal minister to James I
In 1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (in Frankfurt), social philosopher
(Faust)
In 1774 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (in New York, NY), first
American-born
saint
In 1828 Leo Tolstoy (near Tula, Russia), writer, social philosopher (War
and
Peace)
In 1831 Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, popular First Lady (1877-81), temperance
advocate, abolitionist, White House Lawn Egg-Rolling originator
In 1833 Sir Edward Burne-Jones, English Pre-Raphaelite painter, designer
In 1889 Charles Boyer, American film star
In 1906 Sir John Betjeman, poet laureate of England (Mt. Zion)
In 1917 Jack Kirby, comic book artist
In 1921 Nancy Kulp (in Pennsylvania), actor
In 1925 Donald O'Connor, comedian, actor, dancer
In 1930 Ben Gazzara, actor (Run for Your Life)
In 1939 Cassie Mackin, NBC Newscaster
In 1940 Richard Sanders, actor (WKRP)
+ William Cohen, US Senator (R-ME, 1979-97), Sec. of Defence
(1997-
2001)
In 1943 David Soul, actor (Starsky and Hutch), singer
+ Lou Piniella, baseball manager
In 1950 Ron 'Louisana Lightning' Guidry, baseball player (Yankees --
1975-
88)
In 1958 Scott Hamilton, skating champion
In 1960 Emma Samms (Samuels), actor (Colby's, General Hospital)
Events worth noting:
+ Feast of St. Augustine of Hippo, bishop, confessor, doctor
+ Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco
In 1565 St Augustine, Florida, established.
In 1609 Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands.
In 1789 William Herschel discovers Enceladus, satellite of Saturn.
In 1837 Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins of Worcester, England
begin
the manufacture of Worcester Sauce.
In 1862 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Wa****ngton, DC.
In 1867 U.S. occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific.
In 1884 Mickey Welsh strikesout the first 9 men he faces.
In 1907 United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle.
In 1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I.
In 1917 10 suffragists were arrested as they picketed the White House.
In 1922 WEAF in NYC aired the first radio commercial. Queensboro Realty
Company of Jackson Heights paid $100 for 10 minutes of air time.
In 1938 Northwestern University awards an honorary degree to Edgar
Bergen's
dummy Charlie McCarthy.
In 1957 Sen. Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill.
In 1963 Martin Luther King, Jr., gives his "I have a dream" speech at
the
Lincoln Memorial. 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in
Wa****ngton, D.C.
In 1965 Astronauts Cooper and Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini
5.
In 1968 Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Democratic
National Convention which nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for
president.
In 1973 More than 520 die as a strong earthquake shook central Mexico.
In 1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth.
In 1977 NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in
****tland
Ore., winning their second North American Soccer League
champion****p.
+ On his birthday, Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats the
Rangers
1-0.
In 1981 John Hinckley, Jr., pleads innocent of attempting to assassinate
U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
In 1983 Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation.
In 2005 Hurricane Katrina reaches Category 5 status.
And remember ...
National Inventors Month
National Simplify Your Life Month
National Civility Month
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