August 28

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Charles and Diana divorce, 1996
American Revolution
St. Elizabeth born in New York City, 1774
Automotive
Charles S. Rolls born, 1877
Civil War
Union General Alfred Terry is promoted, 1864
Cold War
Riots in Chicago fracture the Cold War consensus, 1968
Crime
Murdered students are discovered at the University of Florida, 1990
Fugitive polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is arrested, 2006
Disaster
Air-show accident burns spectators, 1988
General Interest
Zulu king captured, 1879
The death of Emmett Till, 1955
King speaks to March on Washington, 1963
Protests at Democratic National Convention in Chicago, 1968
Hollywood
John Huston dies, 1987
Literary
Robertson Davies is born, 1913
Music
Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel, puts her stamp on the March on Washington, 1963
Old West
Three leave Powell's Grand Canyon expedition, 1869
Presidential
President Woodrow Wilson picketed by women suffragists, 1917
Sports
Pele leads Cosmos to title, 1977
Vietnam War
North Vietnamese pilots being trained in Soviet Union, 1966
More voices raised against the war, 1967
DNC endorses Johnson administration platform on the war in Vietnam, 1968
U.S. Air Force gets its first ace since Korean War, 1972
World War I
Battle of Heligoland Bight, 1914
World War II
Mass slaughter in Ukraine, 1941

Vietnam War

Aug 28, 1967:

More voices raised against the war

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Reverend Thomas Lee Hayes, speaking for the National Mobilization Committee, announces that there will be a massive protest march on October 21 in Washington. In the Senate, Mike Mansfield (D-Montana) made a proposal endorsed by 10 other senators to bring a peace plan before the United Nations.

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This Week in History, Aug 28 - Sep 3

Aug 28, 1966
North Vietnamese pilots being trained in Soviet Union
Aug 28, 1967
More voices raised against the war
Aug 28, 1968
DNC endorses Johnson administration platform on the war in Vietnam
Aug 28, 1972
U.S. Air Force gets its first ace since Korean War
Aug 29, 1964
Khanh steps down
Aug 29, 1971
President Nguyen Van Thieu retains control of National Assembly
Aug 29, 1972
Nixon announces another troop reduction
Aug 30, 1966
China agrees to provide aid to North Vietnam
Aug 30, 1969
Ho Chi Minh responds to Nixon letter
Aug 30, 1970
Elections held in South Vietnam
Aug 31, 1955
Dulles supports Diem's decision not to hold national election
Aug 31, 1965
Ky refuses to negotiate with the Communists
Aug 31, 1967
Senate Committee calls for stepped-up bombing
Aug 31, 1970
Thieu government maintains control of Senate
Aug 31, 1972
U.S. weekly casualty figures hit new low
Sep 01, 1966
De Gaulle urges the United States to get out of Vietnam
Sep 01, 1968
Fighter pilot nominated for Medal of Honor
Sep 01, 1970
McGovern-Hatfield amendment defeated in the Senate
Sep 02, 1969
Ho Chi Minh dies
Sep 02, 1972
47th North Vietnamese MiG shot down
Sep 03, 1950
U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group arrives in Saigon
Sep 03, 1967
Thieu-Ky ticket wins national election

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