Friday, August 28, 2015

History for August 28

History for August 28 - On-This-Day.com
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749, Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy 1828, Nancy Kulp 1921 


Ben Gazzara 1930, David Soul 1943 - Actor ("Starsky and Hutch"), Daniel Stern 1957 - Actor 


Shania Twain 1965 - Country singer, Jack Black (Thomas Jacob Black) 1969 - Actor, LeAnn Rimes 1982 - Singer 


1830 - "The Tom Thumb" was demonstrated in Baltimore, MD. It was the first passenger-carrying train of its kind to be built in America. 


1833 - Slavery was banned by the British Parliament throughout the British Empire. 


1907 - "American Messenger Company" was started by two teenagers, Jim Casey and Claude Ryan. The company's name was later changedto "United Parcel Service." 


1922 - The first radio commercial aired on WEAF in New York City. The Queensboro Realty Company bought 10 minutes of time for$100. 


1939 - The first successful flight of a jet-propelled airplane took place. The plane was a German Heinkel He 178. 


1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, DC. More than 200,000 people attended. 


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. 


1990 - Iraq declared Kuwait to be its 19th province and renamed Kuwait City al-Kadhima. 


1996 - A divorce decree was issued for Britain's Charles and Princess Diana. This was the official end to the 15-year marriage. 


1998 - The Pakistani prime minister created new Islamic order and legal system based on the Koran. 

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