August 28
1609 - Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay.
1845 - The first issue of “Scientific American” magazine was published; it remains the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States.
1862 - The Second Battle of Bull Run began in Prince William County, Virginia, during the Civil War; the Union army retreated two days later after suffering 14,000 casualties.
1898 - Pharmacist Caleb Bradham of New Bern, North Carolina changed the name of the carbonated beverage he’d created five years earlier from “Brad’s Drink” to “Pepsi-Cola.”
1922 - The first commercial to be broadcast on radio aired on station WEAF in New York City. The ten-minute advertisement for the Queensboro Realty Company cost $100.
1955 - Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was abducted and killed by white men after he allegedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. The case was reopened in 2005.
1957 - U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond (D-S.C.) began what remains the longest speaking filibuster in Senate history (24 hours and 18 minutes) in an effort to stall the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial to more than 250,000 civil rights demonstrators.
1968 - Anti-Vietnam War protesters and police crashed in the streets of Chicago while the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president.
1981 - The Centers for Disease Control announced a medical task force had been formed to look into the incidence of Kaposi's Sarcoma and pneumocystis in homosexual men. AIDS was later found to be the cause.
1988 - Seventy people were killed when three Italian Air Force stunt planes collided during an air show at the U.S. Air Base in Ramstein, West Germany.
2005 - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation as Hurricane Katrina approached the city.
2013 - A military jury sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood that claimed 13 lives and left 30 people injured.
2016 - Six scientists completed a yearlong Mars simulation on the big island of Hawaii, where they emerged after living in a dome in near isolation on Mauna Loa.
Birthdays
23 - Talia Jackson (actress)
28 - Kim Se-jeong (singer)
38 - Florence Welch (singer)
38 - Armie Hammer (actor)
39 - Kayla Ewell (actress)
42 - LeAnn Rimes (singer)
43 - Jake Owen (singer)
43 - Carly Pope (actress)
53 - Janet Evans (swimmer)
55 - Jason Priestley (actor)
55 - Jack Black (actor)
56 - Billy Boyd (actor)
59 - Shania Twain (singer)
63 - Jennifer Coolidge (actress)
66 - Scott Hamilton (figure skater)
67 - Daniel Stern (actor)
74 - Ron Guidry (baseball player)
81 - Lou Piniella (baseball player/manager)
84 - Ken Jenkins (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 28
1918 - Tris Speaker is suspended for the rest of the Major League Baseball season for an assault committed against an umpire.
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 formed.
1972 - Mark Spitz captured the first of his seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He set a world record when he completed the 200-meter butterfly in 2 minutes and 7/10ths of a second.
1977 - Ron Guidry of the New York Yankees faces just 28 batters in a 1-0 complete game victory over the Texas Rangers.
2021 - Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels becomes the first player in team history to reach 20 stolen bases and hit 40 home runs in a season.
2022 - A 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card sells at auction for $12.6 million, becoming the world's most expensive piece of sports memorabilia.
1609 - Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay.
1845 - The first issue of “Scientific American” magazine was published; it remains the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States.
1862 - The Second Battle of Bull Run began in Prince William County, Virginia, during the Civil War; the Union army retreated two days later after suffering 14,000 casualties.
1898 - Pharmacist Caleb Bradham of New Bern, North Carolina changed the name of the carbonated beverage he’d created five years earlier from “Brad’s Drink” to “Pepsi-Cola.”
1922 - The first commercial to be broadcast on radio aired on station WEAF in New York City. The ten-minute advertisement for the Queensboro Realty Company cost $100.
1955 - Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was abducted and killed by white men after he allegedly whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. The case was reopened in 2005.
1957 - U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond (D-S.C.) began what remains the longest speaking filibuster in Senate history (24 hours and 18 minutes) in an effort to stall the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial to more than 250,000 civil rights demonstrators.
1968 - Anti-Vietnam War protesters and police crashed in the streets of Chicago while the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president.
1981 - The Centers for Disease Control announced a medical task force had been formed to look into the incidence of Kaposi's Sarcoma and pneumocystis in homosexual men. AIDS was later found to be the cause.
1988 - Seventy people were killed when three Italian Air Force stunt planes collided during an air show at the U.S. Air Base in Ramstein, West Germany.
2005 - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation as Hurricane Katrina approached the city.
2013 - A military jury sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood that claimed 13 lives and left 30 people injured.
2016 - Six scientists completed a yearlong Mars simulation on the big island of Hawaii, where they emerged after living in a dome in near isolation on Mauna Loa.
Birthdays
23 - Talia Jackson (actress)
28 - Kim Se-jeong (singer)
38 - Florence Welch (singer)
38 - Armie Hammer (actor)
39 - Kayla Ewell (actress)
42 - LeAnn Rimes (singer)
43 - Jake Owen (singer)
43 - Carly Pope (actress)
53 - Janet Evans (swimmer)
55 - Jason Priestley (actor)
55 - Jack Black (actor)
56 - Billy Boyd (actor)
59 - Shania Twain (singer)
63 - Jennifer Coolidge (actress)
66 - Scott Hamilton (figure skater)
67 - Daniel Stern (actor)
74 - Ron Guidry (baseball player)
81 - Lou Piniella (baseball player/manager)
84 - Ken Jenkins (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 28
1918 - Tris Speaker is suspended for the rest of the Major League Baseball season for an assault committed against an umpire.
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 formed.
1972 - Mark Spitz captured the first of his seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He set a world record when he completed the 200-meter butterfly in 2 minutes and 7/10ths of a second.
1977 - Ron Guidry of the New York Yankees faces just 28 batters in a 1-0 complete game victory over the Texas Rangers.
2021 - Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels becomes the first player in team history to reach 20 stolen bases and hit 40 home runs in a season.
2022 - A 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card sells at auction for $12.6 million, becoming the world's most expensive piece of sports memorabilia.
