TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Sunday, Aug. 28, the 241st day of 2016. There are 125 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History
On Aug. 28, 1963, as more than 200,000 people listened, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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. 1941 — Japan’s ambassador to the U.S., Kichisaburo Nomura, presented a note to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from the Japanese prime minister, Prince Fumimaro Konoye, expressing a desire for improved relations; Roosevelt responded that he considered the note a step forward. 1945 — The Allies began occupying Japan at the end of World War II. 1955 — Emmett Till, a black teen-ager 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. 1968 — Police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president. 1988 — Three Italian stunt planes collided during an air show at the U.S. Air Base in Ramstein, West Germany, killing 70 people. 1990 — An F5 tornado struck the Chicago area, killing 29 people. 1996 — Democrats nominated President Bill Clinton for a second term at their national convention in Chicago.
Five years ago
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside Baghdad’s largest Sunni mosque, killing 29 people during prayers.
One year ago
President Barack Obama compared tensions between the U.S. and Israel over the Iranian nuclear deal to a family feud, and said in a webcast with Jewish Americans that he expected quick improvements in ties between the longtime allies once the accord was implemented.
A jury in Concord, New Hampshire, acquitted Owen Labrie, a prep school graduate, of rape but convicted him of committing lesser sex offenses against a 15-year-old freshman girl in a case that exposed a tradition in which seniors competed to see how many younger students they could have sex with.
Today’s Birthdays
Actor Sonny Shroyer is 81. Actor Ken Jenkins is 76. Former Defense Secretary William S. Cohen is 76. Actress Barbara Bach is 70. Actress Debra Mooney is 69. Singer Wayne Osmond (The Osmonds) is 65. Actor Daniel Stern is 59. Olympic gold medal figure skater Scott Hamilton is 58. Actor John Allen Nelson is 57. Actress Emma Samms is 56. Actress Jennifer Coolidge is 55. Movie director David Fincher is 54. Actress Amanda Tapping is 51. Country singer Shania Twain is 51. Actor Billy Boyd is 48. Actor Jack Black is 47. Actor Jason Priestley is 47. Actor J. August Richards is 43. Actress Carly Pope is 36. Country singer Jake Owen is 35. Country singer LeAnn Rimes is 34. Actor Armie Hammer is 30. Actress Shalita Grant (TV: “NCIS: New Orleans”) is 28. Country-pop singer Cassadee Pope (TV: “The Voice”) is 27. Actress Katie Findlay is 26. Actor/singer Samuel Larsen is 25. Actor Kyle Massey is 25. Actress Quvenzhane Wallis is 13. Reality TV star Alana Thompson, AKA “Honey Boo Boo,” is 11.