THE HISTORY OF AUGUST 28
WORLD EVENTS
Today is National Cherry Turnover Day
1609 Delaware Bay was discovered by Henry Hudson
1837 John Lea and William Perrins began making “Worcester Sauce”
1922 The first radio commercial aired on WEAF in NYC – cost $100 for 10 minutes
1938 The School of Speech at Northwestern University
1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
1965 Singer Shania Twin was born
1968 Police and anti-war protesters clashed at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
1968 Hubert Humphrey was nominated for President by the Democrats
1969 Actor Jason Priestley was born – “90210”
1981 John Hinckley pleaded innocent in the shooting of President Reagan – acquitted in 1982 by reason of insanity
1982 Country singer LeAnn Rimes was born
1983 Joseph Kreckman set a record of shooting 2,215 clay pigeons in an hour
1987 Actor/director John Huston died – “Maltese Falcon”
1990 Iraq Kuwait
1995 Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank announced a $10 billion merger
1996 A divorce decree was issued to Prince Charles and Princess Diana ending their 15 year marriage
2004 George Brunstad became the oldest person to swim the English Channel – he was 70 years old and it took him 15 hours and 59 minutes
2005 Katrina was upgraded to a category 5 hurricane – Mayor Nagin ordered the evacuation of all of New Orleans
2008 Barack Obama accepted the nomination for President of the Democrat Party
SPORTS HISTORY on AUGUST 28
2003 Dodgers Eric Gagne sets MLB record with his 44th straight save of the season
2002 LA Dodgers Odalis Perez beats the Diamondbacks 1-0 – only run of the game was his HR
2001 Ichiro Suzuki gets his 200th hit of the season – only 3rd AL
2001 Alex Rodriguez becomes the 9th player in MLB history to hit 40 HRs in 4 consecutive seasons
1996 Vinny Castilla of Colorado
players with 100 or more – ties MLB record
1992 Brewers beat Toronto 22-2 – had AL record 31 hits – most hits in a game in 91 years – 26 of them were singles
1990 Ryne Sandberg of Cubs hits his 30th HR of the year – first second baseman to have back to back 30 HR seasons in MLB history
1987 Mike Schmidt hits his 522nd HR – passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey
1977 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 300th batter for the 5th time in his career
1977 Steve Garvey of Dodgers has 5 extra base hits, scores 5 times, and has 5 RBI in the game
1970 Juan Marichal gets his 200th win – ends with 243
1967 Johnny Bench makes his MLB debut – goes 0 for 3
1951 Pirates ends Giants 16 game win streak
#1 SONGS on AUGUST 28
1960 It’s Now or Never – Elvis Presley
1963 My Boyfriend’s Back – The Angels
1964 Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes
1965 I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher
1966 Sunshine Superman - Donovan
1967 Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry
1968 People Got to Be Free – The Rascals
1969 Honky Tonk Woman – The Rolling Stones
1970 War – Edwin Starr
1971 How Can You Mend a Broken Heart – The Bee Gees
1972 Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass
1973 Brother Love - Stories
1974 Having My Baby – Paul Anka with Odia Coates
1975 Get Down Tonight – KC & the Sunshine Band
1976 Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee
1977 Best of My Love – The Emotions
1979 My Sharona – The Knack
1980 Sailing – Christopher Cross
1981 Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
1982 Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
1983 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – The Eurythmics
1984 What’s Love Got to Do With It – Tina Turner
1985 The Power of Love – Huey Lewis & the News
1987 La Bamba – Los Lobos
1991 Every Thing I Do – Bryan Adams
1992 End of the Road – Boyz II Men
1994 I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men
1995 You Are Not Alone – Michael Jackson
1996 Macarena – Los Del Rio
1999 Genie in a Bottle – Christina Aguilera
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