August 28
Today is the 240th day of 2015, 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 began in Prince William County, Virginia during the Civil War. The result was a Confederate victory.
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.
1964 - Two days of race-related rioting erupted in North Philadelphia over a false rumor that white police officers had beaten to death a pregnant black woman.
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 formed to look into the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis in homosexual men. AIDS was later found to be the cause.
1990 - An EF5 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
24 - Kyle Massey (actor)
33 - LeAnn Rimes (country singer)
34 - Jake Owen (country singer)
46 - Jack Black (actor)
46 - Jason Priestly (actor)
47 - Billy Boyd (actor)
50 - Amanda Tapping (actress)
50 - Shania Twain (country singer)
54 - Jennifer Coolidge (actress)
57 - Scott Hamilton (figure skater)
58 - Daniel Stern (actor)
59 - Luis Guzman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 28
1922 - The Walker Cup as held for the first time at Southampton, New York. It is the oldest international golf competition in America.
1941 - The Football Writers Association of America was formed.
1951 - The Pittsburgh Pirates snap the 16-game win streak of the New York Giants.
1955 - The first NFL preseason sudden death overtime game was played when the Los Angeles Rams defeated the New York Giants 23-17.
1970 - Larry Bowa of the Philadelphia Phillies steals home for the second time this season.
1972 - Mark Spitz captured the first of what would become a record seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.
1994 - #4 Nebraska defeated #24 West Virginia 31-0 at the Kickoff Classic in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Today is the 240th day of 2015, 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 began in Prince William County, Virginia during the Civil War. The result was a Confederate victory.
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.
1964 - Two days of race-related rioting erupted in North Philadelphia over a false rumor that white police officers had beaten to death a pregnant black woman.
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 formed to look into the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis in homosexual men. AIDS was later found to be the cause.
1990 - An EF5 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
24 - Kyle Massey (actor)
33 - LeAnn Rimes (country singer)
34 - Jake Owen (country singer)
46 - Jack Black (actor)
46 - Jason Priestly (actor)
47 - Billy Boyd (actor)
50 - Amanda Tapping (actress)
50 - Shania Twain (country singer)
54 - Jennifer Coolidge (actress)
57 - Scott Hamilton (figure skater)
58 - Daniel Stern (actor)
59 - Luis Guzman (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 28
1922 - The Walker Cup as held for the first time at Southampton, New York. It is the oldest international golf competition in America.
1941 - The Football Writers Association of America was formed.
1951 - The Pittsburgh Pirates snap the 16-game win streak of the New York Giants.
1955 - The first NFL preseason sudden death overtime game was played when the Los Angeles Rams defeated the New York Giants 23-17.
1970 - Larry Bowa of the Philadelphia Phillies steals home for the second time this season.
1972 - Mark Spitz captured the first of what would become a record seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.
1994 - #4 Nebraska defeated #24 West Virginia 31-0 at the Kickoff Classic in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
