Today In History

Today is Monday, Aug. 28, the 240th day of 2017. There are 125 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1917: Ten suffragists demanding that President Woodrow Wilson support a constitutional amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote were arrested as they picketed outside the White House.

ON THIS DATE

› 1609: English sea explorer Henry Hudson and his ship, the Half Moon, reached present-day Delaware Bay.

› 1862: The Second Battle of Bull Run (also known as Second Manassas) began in Prince William County, Virginia, during the Civil War; the result was a Confederate victory.

› 1916: Italy declared war on Germany during World War I.

› 1922: The first-ever radio commercial aired on station WEAF in New York City; the 10-minute advertisement was for the Queensboro Realty Co., which had paid a fee of $100.

› 1947: Legendary bullfighter Manolete was fatally gored during a fight in Linares, Spain; he died early the next day at age 30.

› 1955: Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle’s home in Money, Mississippi, by two white men after he had supposedly whistled at a white woman; he was found brutally slain three days later.

› 1963: More than 200,000 people listened as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

› 1968: Police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president.

› 1972: Mark Spitz of the United States won the first two of his seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics, finishing first in the 200-meter butterfly and anchoring the 400meter freestyle relay. The Soviet women gymnasts won the team all-around.

› 1996: The troubled 15-year marriage of Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially ended with the issuing of a divorce decree.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Sonny Shroyer is 82. Actor Ken Jenkins is

77. Former Defense Secretary William S. Cohen is

77. Actor David Soul is 74. Former pop singer-musician Honey Lantree (The Honeycombs) is 74. Former MLB manager and player Lou Piniella is 74. Actress Barbara Bach is

71. Actress Debra Mooney is 70. Singer Wayne Osmond (The Osmonds) is 66. Actor Daniel Stern is 60. Olympic gold medal figure skater Scott Hamilton is 59. Actor John Allen Nelson is 58. Actress Emma Samms is 57. Actress Jennifer Coolidge is 56. Movie director David Fincher is 55. Actress Amanda Tapping is 52. Country singer Shania Twain is

52. Actor Billy Boyd is 49. Actor Jack Black is 48. Actor Jason Priestley is

48. Actor Daniel Goddard (TV: “The Young and the Restless”) is 46. Olympic gold medal swimmer Janet Evans is 46. Actor J. August Richards is 44. Rock singer-musician Max Collins (Eve 6) is

39. Actress Carly Pope is

37. Country singer Jake Owen is 36. Country singer LeAnn Rimes is

35. Actress Kelly Thiebaud is 35. Actor Alfonso Herrera is 34. Actress Sarah Roemer is 33. Actor Armie Hammer is 31. Rock singer Florence Welch (Florence and the Machine) is 31. Actress Shalita Grant is 29. Country-pop singer Cassadee Pope (TV: “The Voice”) is 28. Actress Katie Findlay is 27. Actor/singer Samuel Larsen is 26. Actor Kyle Massey is 26. Actress Quvenzhane Wallis is 14. Reality TV star Alana Thompson, AKA “Honey Boo Boo,” is 12.