TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

August 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast near Buras, Louisiana, bringing floods that devastated New Orleans. More than 1,800 people in the region died.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1862

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing began operations at the United States Treasury.

1864

The Democratic National Convention, which nominated Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan for president, opened in Chicago.

1877

The second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Young, died in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age 76.

1910

Korean Emperor Sunjong abdicated as the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty went into effect.

1944

15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.

1957

The Senate gave final congressional approval to a Civil Rights Act after South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond ended a filibuster that had lasted 24 hours.

1958

Pop superstar Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana.

1962

Malvin R. Goode began covering the United Nations for ABC-TV, becoming network television’s first black reporter.