August 28
Today is the 241st day of 2016, there are 125 days left in the year.
1609 - English sea explorer Henry Hudson reached present-day Delaware Bay.
1828 - Novelist Leo Tolstoy was born near Tula, Russia.
1862 - The Second Battle of Bull Run (also known as Second Manassas) began in Prince William County, Virginia, during the Civil War; the result was a Confederate victory.
1916 - Italy declared war on Germany during World War I.
1922 - The first radio commercial aired, on WEAF in New York City. The ten-minute advertisement for the Queensboro Realty Company cost $100.
1955 - Emmett Till, an African-American teenager from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle's home in Money, Mississippi by two white men after he was accused of whistling at a white woman. He was found murdered three days later.
1963 - 200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil rights rally in Washington, D.C. where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
1968 - Police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president.
1981 - John W. Hinckley Jr. pleaded innocent to charges of attempting to kill President Ronald Reagan.
1981 - The Centers for Disease Control announced a medical task force had been created to look into the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis in homosexual men. AIDS was later found to be the cause.
1990 - An F5 tornado struck the Chicago area, killing 29 people.
1996 - Democrats nominated President Bill Clinton for a second term at their national convention in Chicago.
1996 - Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana were divorced after 15 years of marriage.
2005 - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered everyone in the city to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Katrina.
2008 - Barack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination with a speech at Invesco Field in Denver.
Birthdays
25 - Kyle Massey (actor)
26 - Rebecca Fox (model)
26 - Katie Findlay (actress)
27 - Cassadee Pope (singer)
30 - Florence Welch (singer)
30 - Armie Hammer (actor)
32 - Anna Passey (actress)
34 - LeAnn Rimes (country singer)
35 - Jake Owen (country singer)
47 - Jack Black (actor)
47 - Jason Priestley (actor)
48 - Billy Boyd (actor)
51 - Shania Twain (country singer)
51 - Amanda Tapping (actress)
55 - Jennifer Coolidge (actress)
59 - Daniel Stern (actor)
60 - Luis Guzman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 28
1922 - The Walker Cup was held for the first time at Southampton, NY. It is the oldest international team golf match in America.
1941 - The Football Writers Association of America was organized.
1951 - Pittsburgh Pirates snap New York Giants 16-game win streak.
1955 - The first NFL preseason sudden death overtime game is played, with the Los Angeles Rams beating the New York Giants 23-17.
1960 - Chicago White Sox' player Ted Kluzewski's three-run home run is disallowed as umpire called time.
1970 - Philadelphia Phillies' Larry Bowa steals home for second time in 1970.
1972 - Mark Spitz of the United States won the first two of his seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics, finishing first in the 200-meter butterfly and anchoring the 400-meter freestyle relay. The Soviet women gymnasts won the team all-around.
1977 - New York Yankees' pitcher Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0.
Today is the 241st day of 2016, there are 125 days left in the year.
1609 - English sea explorer Henry Hudson reached present-day Delaware Bay.
1828 - Novelist Leo Tolstoy was born near Tula, Russia.
1862 - The Second Battle of Bull Run (also known as Second Manassas) began in Prince William County, Virginia, during the Civil War; the result was a Confederate victory.
1916 - Italy declared war on Germany during World War I.
1922 - The first radio commercial aired, on WEAF in New York City. The ten-minute advertisement for the Queensboro Realty Company cost $100.
1955 - Emmett Till, an African-American teenager from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle's home in Money, Mississippi by two white men after he was accused of whistling at a white woman. He was found murdered three days later.
1963 - 200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil rights rally in Washington, D.C. where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
1968 - Police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president.
1981 - John W. Hinckley Jr. pleaded innocent to charges of attempting to kill President Ronald Reagan.
1981 - The Centers for Disease Control announced a medical task force had been created to look into the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis in homosexual men. AIDS was later found to be the cause.
1990 - An F5 tornado struck the Chicago area, killing 29 people.
1996 - Democrats nominated President Bill Clinton for a second term at their national convention in Chicago.
1996 - Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana were divorced after 15 years of marriage.
2005 - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered everyone in the city to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Katrina.
2008 - Barack Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination with a speech at Invesco Field in Denver.
Birthdays
25 - Kyle Massey (actor)
26 - Rebecca Fox (model)
26 - Katie Findlay (actress)
27 - Cassadee Pope (singer)
30 - Florence Welch (singer)
30 - Armie Hammer (actor)
32 - Anna Passey (actress)
34 - LeAnn Rimes (country singer)
35 - Jake Owen (country singer)
47 - Jack Black (actor)
47 - Jason Priestley (actor)
48 - Billy Boyd (actor)
51 - Shania Twain (country singer)
51 - Amanda Tapping (actress)
55 - Jennifer Coolidge (actress)
59 - Daniel Stern (actor)
60 - Luis Guzman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 28
1922 - The Walker Cup was held for the first time at Southampton, NY. It is the oldest international team golf match in America.
1941 - The Football Writers Association of America was organized.
1951 - Pittsburgh Pirates snap New York Giants 16-game win streak.
1955 - The first NFL preseason sudden death overtime game is played, with the Los Angeles Rams beating the New York Giants 23-17.
1960 - Chicago White Sox' player Ted Kluzewski's three-run home run is disallowed as umpire called time.
1970 - Philadelphia Phillies' Larry Bowa steals home for second time in 1970.
1972 - Mark Spitz of the United States won the first two of his seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics, finishing first in the 200-meter butterfly and anchoring the 400-meter freestyle relay. The Soviet women gymnasts won the team all-around.
1977 - New York Yankees' pitcher Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0.
