What Happened On This Day – August 28
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 Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, a political rally organized by human and political rights groups. Over 200,000 people gathered in Washington DC to demand jobs and equality for African Americans. The I Have a Dream speech by Dr. King became a symbol of the American civil rights movement and is one of the most recognizable speeches in recorded history.
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. Rosellini Bridge is on Route 520 in the state of Washington DC. It is built on Lake Washington and connects Seattle with the city of Medina. The bridge is 4,750 meters long, half of which is over the water.
1955 Emmett Till is Murdered in Mississippi
The 14-year old African American boy was brutally killed by white men, after he was allegedly reported to have flirted with a white woman a day before. Till, who was from Chicago was visiting family in Money, Mississippi, when he was kidnapped, mutilated and his body dumped into the river. The murderers were acquitted and later confessed to killing Till. The killing of Emmett Till brought to light the institutional racism in the society and legal system in the American South and was one of the motivating factors in the rise of the civil rights movement in the country.
1937 Toyota Motor Corporation is Formed
The car company was first founded in 1933 as a subsidiary of the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. The division was headed by Kiichiro Toyoda, the son of the Toyota founder, Sakichi Toyoda.
1845 First Issue of Scientific American Comes Out
The science magazine was founded by American inventor and artists, Rufus M. Porter. The magazine began as a weekly newsletter and is now the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States.
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
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
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