Welcome to Today In History for Thursday, August 28, 2008.
Historical Events on this Day in History ...
0476 - German ruler Odoacer captures Pavia 0476 - West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted 1521 - Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade 1565 - Oldest city in the US, St Augustine Fla, established 1609 - Henry Hudson, discovers and explores Delaware Bay 1619 - Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor 1632 - Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Drenthe 1637 - WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa 1655 - New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service 1789 - Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus 1830 - 1st locomotive in US, "Tom Thumb," runs from Balt to Ellicotts Mill 1837 - Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce 1840 - 9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails 1849 - Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, after been under siege since July 20 after proclaiming independence 1850 - Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres at Weimar Germany 1861 - Battle of Fort Hatteras NC 1862 - Battle of Thoroughfare Gap VA 1862 - Battle of Groveton, VA (Manassas Plains) [->AUG 19] US7000 CS7000 1862 - Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC 1867 - US occupies Midway Islands in Pacific 1879 - Battle at Ulundi: Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz 1883 - Slavery banned throughout British Empire 1884 - 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD 1884 - Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces 1907 - United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle 1908 - 14th US Golf Open: Fred McLeod shoots a 322 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass 1911 - 45.7 cm rainfall at St George, Georgia (state record) 1913 - Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague) 1914 - John French evacuate Amiens 1914 - Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed 1914 - 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles 1916 - Germany declares war on Romania 1916 - Italy declares war against Germany during WW I 1917 - 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House 1918 - Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly 1919 - General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa 1920 - 19th amendment acknowledges women's rights 1921 - Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games 1921 - 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels and Paris) 1922 - 1st Walker Cup: US beats England 8-4 1922 - Albert von Tilzer and Neville Fleesons musical premieres in NYC 1922 - WEAF in NYC airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins) 1925 - Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island 1926 - Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox) 1929 - Frank Woolley scores his 100th first-class hundred 1938 - Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria 1938 - Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy 1938 - On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader 1939 - Sammy Fain/Jack Yellen's musical "George White's Scandals" premieres 1939 - Netherland mobilizes 1939 - "Monty" becomes commandant of 3rd "Iron" Infantry division 1940 - French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle 1941 - 8th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 37, All-Stars 13 (98,203) 1941 - Last meeting of resistance fighter Comte d'Estienne d'Orves 1942 - 9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 21, All-Stars 0 (101,100) 1942 - Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2) 1942 - Transport nr 25 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1943 - Mussolini transfered from La Maddalena Sardinia to Gran Sasso 1943 - Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers 1944 - Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared 1944 - US air raid on Ambon 1949 - 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) 1949 - Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY 1950 - Earle and Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr 1951 - Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000 1951 - Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game win streak 1952 - Jakob Malik succeeds Zorine as Foreign minister 1952 - German and Israeli reach accord about recovery payments 1953 - "Me and Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 358 performances 1955 - 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17 1955 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament 1956 - England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series 1957 - Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill 1958 - Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98) 1960 - White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time 1962 - Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)" 1962 - Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid 1962 - 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record) 1963 - 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC 1963 - Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue opens 1963 - Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial 1964 - WEWS-TV Channel 5's "Upbeat" debuts in Cleveland 1964 - US weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched 1964 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1964 - Race riot in Philadelphia 1966 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Glass City Golf Classic 1967 - Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus 1967 - Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt v Eng 1968 - 1 day marriage of character Murphy Brown 1968 - Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven 1970 - Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970 1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1973 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1973 - India and Pakistan sign POW accord 1973 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1973 - 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527 1973 - "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple goes gold 1973 - "Monster Mash" goes gold 1974 - Soyuz 15 returns to Earth 1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 1976 - NY Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup 1977 - Bonnie Lauer wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic 1977 - NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0 1977 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year 1977 - NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship 1978 - Ja'afar Sharif-Emami appointed premier of Iran 1978 - Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph 1979 - IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market 1979 - Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die 1981 - National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men 1981 - Sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken) 1981 - John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan 1982 - "Sugar Babies" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 1208 perfs 1982 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1983 - Pat Bradley wins Columbia Savings Golf Classic 1983 - Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour 1983 - Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation 1983 - Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 HRs onto roof at Comiskey Park 1983 - "Mame" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 41 performances 1984 - USSR performs underground nuclear test 1986 - US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying 1986 - Tina Turner's star unveiled in Hollywood 1986 - Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium 1986 - Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege 1987 - Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 HRs 1988 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship 1988 - Patty Jordan wins LPGA Ocean State Golf Open 1988 - Italian stunt flyers crashes in flames in West Germany, killing 50 1988 - 88th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Eric Meeks 1988 - 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany 1988 - 40th Emmy Awards: 30something, Wonder Years and Richard Kiley 1989 - 1st regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners 1989 - Frank Viola and Mets outduel Orel Hershiser and Dodgers 1-0 1990 - Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov 1990 - Cub's Ryne Sandberg is 1st 2nd baseman to hit 30 HRs, consecutively 1991 - Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die 1991 - Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher 1992 - Test Cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo 1993 - Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed 1993 - Jakovlev-42 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 76 killed 1993 - Long Beach Calif beats Panama for little league world championship 1993 - Singapore vice-premier Teng Cheong elected president 1994 - 94th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods 1994 - 22nd du Maurier Golf Classic: Martha Nause 1994 - 1st Japanese gay pride parade 1995 - Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson 1995 - Northants 7-781 decl defeat Nottinghamshire 527 and 157 1996 - Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants v Middlesex 1997 - 32nd Ryder Cup: at Sotogrande Spain 1997 - Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes 2005 - Hurricane Katrina hammers the south eastern United States, especially New Orleans, Louisiana, and coastal Mississippi
