Blacksheep Speaks

Historic Events which occurred on 8/28

Here it is, the final installment of the "Gee I'm late again" trilogy. Maybe, just MAYBE here in a little while I can get to the ones for TODAY and not have to rush like this tomorrow. Maybe:)

1609 Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands. 1655 New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service. 1776 Battle of Long Island. 1789 Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus. 1850 The opera "Lohengrin" is produced (Weimar). 1862 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC. 1867 US occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific. 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. 1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I. 1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House. 1921 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels & Paris). 1922 Walker Cup golf tournament established. 1922 WEAF in NYC airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins). 1938 Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy. 1942 Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2). 1949 Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY. 1951 Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game win streak. 1955 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17. 1957 Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill. 1960 White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time. 1962 Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid. 1962 Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)". 1963 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC. 1963 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle & Bellevue opens. 1963 Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial. 1964 Race riot in Philadelphia. 1968 Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven. 1970 Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970. 1973 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527. 1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth. 1976 NY Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup. 1977 NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men & beats Texas Rangers 1-0. 1977 NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship. 1978 Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph. 1981 John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan. 1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken). 1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men. 1983 Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation. 1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour. 1986 US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying. 1988 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany. 1990 Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province. 1991 5 die in a NYC subway's 3rd worst accident. 1991 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher.