Today in History – August 28th

Published August 28, 2012 |

1189, Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan
1521, The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
1609, Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
1619, Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1749, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832) was born.
1789, William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
1818, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, founder of Chicago died.
1828, Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (d. 1910) was born.
1830, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car.
1833, The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire.
1845, The 1st issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
1862, American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas.
1867, The US takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll.
1879, Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
1913, Robertson Davies, Canadian writer (d. 1995) was born.
1914, WWI: German troops conquer Namur.
1914, WWI: the Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
1916, WWI: Germany declares war on Romania.
1916, WWI: Italy declares war on Germany.
1917, Jack Kirby, American comic book artist (d. 1994) was born.
1917, Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
1924, The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
1937, Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1943, WWII: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started.
1944, WWII: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
1953, Nippon Television broadcasts Japan’s 1st television show, including its 1st TV advertisement.
1955, Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
1957, US Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957.
1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech
1964, The Philadelphia race riot begins.
1968, Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
1978, Robert Shaw, English actor and writer (b. 1927) died.
1987, John Huston, American movie director (b. 1906) died.
1990, Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
1996, Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce.
2009, Adam Goldstein, American DJ also known as DJ AM (b. 1973) died.

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