Updated August 27, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Aug. 28, 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.
On Aug. 28, 1828, Leo Tolstoy, the Russian author considered one of history’s greatest novelists was born. Following his death on Nov. 7, 1910, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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1609 English sea explorer Henry Hudson reached present-day Delaware Bay. 1828 Novelist Leo Tolstoy was born near Tula, Russia. 1922 The first radio commercial aired on WEAF in New York City. 1955 Emmett Till, an African-American teenager from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle’s home in Money, Miss., by two white men after he was accused of whistling at a white woman. He was found murdered three days later. 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. 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. Current Birthdays
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Country singer LeAnn Rimes turns 30 years old today.
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Rock singer Florence Welch (Florence and the Machine) turns 26 years old today.
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1940 William Cohen, Former defense secretary, turns 72 1940 Ken Jenkins, Actor (“Scrubs”), turns 72 1943 Lou Piniella, Baseball manager, turns 69 1943 David Soul, Actor (“Starsky and Hutch”), turns 69 1946 Barbara Bach, Actress, turns 66 1951 Wayne Osmond, Singer (The Osmonds), turns 61 1957 Daniel Stern, Actor, turns 55 1958 Scott Hamilton, Figure skater, turns 54 1961 Jennifer Coolidge, Actress, turns 51 1965 Shania Twain, Country singer, turns 47 1969 Jack Black, Actor, turns 43 1969 Jason Priestley, Actor (“Beverly Hills 90210), turns 43 1973 J. August Richards, Actor (“Angel”), turns 39
Historic Birthdays
Leo Tolstoy 8/28/1828 (O.S.) – 11/7/1910 (O.S.) Russian author.Go to obituary »
61 Richard Tucker 8/28/1913 – 1/8/1975
American cantor and operatic tenor82 Robertson Davies 8/28/1913 – 12/2/1995
Canadian novelist and playwright87 Roger Tory Peterson 8/28/1908 – 7/28/1996
American ornithologist and conservationist86 Bruno Bettelheim 8/28/1903 – 3/13/1990
Austrain-born American psychologist76 James Wong Howe 8/28/1899 – 7/12/1976
American Chinese-born cinematographer78 Charles Boyer 8/28/1899 – 8/26/1978
French-born stage and motion-picture actor66 Peter Fraser 8/28/1884 – 12/12/1950
New Zealand labor leader and prime minister (1940-9)32 Charles Stewart Rolls 8/28/1877 – 7/12/1910
English motorist and aviator; a founder of Rolls-Royce Ltd.46 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 8/28/1774 – 1/4/1821
American founder of the Sisters of Charity82 Johann Wolfgang Goethe 8/28/1749 – 3/22/1832
German poet, novelist, playwright and philosopher35 George Villiers 8/28/1592 – 8/23/1628
English courtier; Duke of Buckingham; favorite of James I and Charles I
