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On this day in history - Today, August, 28

Today in History

  • 1963 Martin Luther King Makes His "I Have a Dream" Speech

    The historic speech that was a call to end racism in the United States was given in front of the Lin

  • 1963 Evergreen Bridge Opens for Traffic for the First Time

    The longest floating bridge in the world, the Evergreen Point Bridge or the Governor Albert D. Rosel

  • 1955 Emmett Till is Murdered in Mississippi

    The 14-year old African-American boy was brutally killed by white men after he was allegedly reporte

  • 1937 Toyota Motor Corporation is Formed

    The car company was first founded in 1933 as a subsidiary of the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. T

  • 1845 First Issue of Scientific American hits the newsstands

    The science magazine was founded by American inventor and artist Rufus M. Porter. The magazine began

Illustration of stork, signifying birth

Births On This Day,
August, 28

  • 1986 Gilad Shalit

    Israeli soldier

  • 1965 Shania Twain

    Canadian singer-songwriter

  • 1943 Surayud Chulanont

    Thai politician, 24th Prime Minister of Thailand

  • 1913 Lindsay Hassett

    Australian cricketer

  • 1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    German writer, scientist

Illustration of tombstone, signifying death

Deaths On This Day,
August, 28

  • 1990 Willy Vandersteen

    Belgian writer, illustrator

  • 1987 John Huston

    American director

  • 1955 Emmett Till

    American murder victim

  • 1903 Frederick Law Olmsted

    American journalist, landscape designer, co-designed Central Park

  • 430 Augustine of Hippo

    Algerian bishop, theologian