This Day In History
August 28
St. Elizabeth born in New York City Union General Alfred Terry is promoted Three leave Powell's Grand Canyon expedition Charles S. Rolls born Zulu king captured Robertson Davies is born Battle of Heligoland Bight President Woodrow Wilson picketed by women suffragists Mass slaughter in Ukraine The death of Emmett Till Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel, puts her stamp on the March on Washington King speaks to March on Washington North Vietnamese pilots being trained in Soviet Union More voices raised against the war Riots in Chicago fracture the Cold War consensus DNC endorses Johnson administration platform on the war in Vietnam Protests at Democratic National Convention in Chicago U.S. Air Force gets its first ace since Korean War Pele leads Cosmos to title John Huston dies Air-show accident burns spectators Murdered students are discovered at the University of Florida Charles and Diana divorce Fugitive polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is arrested
St. Elizabeth born in New York City Union General Alfred Terry is promoted Three leave Powell's Grand Canyon expedition Charles S. Rolls born Zulu king captured Robertson Davies is born Battle of Heligoland Bight President Woodrow Wilson picketed by women suffragists Mass slaughter in Ukraine The death of Emmett Till Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel, puts her stamp on the March on Washington King speaks to March on Washington North Vietnamese pilots being trained in Soviet Union More voices raised against the war Riots in Chicago fracture the Cold War consensus DNC endorses Johnson administration platform on the war in Vietnam Protests at Democratic National Convention in Chicago U.S. Air Force gets its first ace since Korean War Pele leads Cosmos to title John Huston dies Air-show accident burns spectators Murdered students are discovered at the University of Florida Charles and Diana divorce Fugitive polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is arrested
