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Events on the 28th of August in history

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28 Aug 0475 The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
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28 Aug 0476 German ruler Odoacer captures Pavia
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28 Aug 0476 West Roman Empire formally disbands / Emperor Romulus August ousted
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28 Aug 0489 Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
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28 Aug 0663 Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.
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28 Aug 1189 Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.
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28 Aug 1521 The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
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28 Aug 1524 The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
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28 Aug 1542 Turkish–Portuguese War (1538–1557): Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
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28 Aug 1565 Oldest city in the US, St. Augustine Florida, established
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28 Aug 1565 Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
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28 Aug 1609 Henry Hudson, discovers and explores Delaware Bay
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28 Aug 1609 Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
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28 Aug 1609 Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands
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28 Aug 1619 Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor
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28 Aug 1619 Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
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28 Aug 1632 Henry Casimir I appointed Viceroy of Drenthe
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28 Aug 1637 WIC-Colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa
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28 Aug 1640 Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
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28 Aug 1648 Siege of Colchester ended when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the English Civil War.
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28 Aug 1655 New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service
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28 Aug 1709 Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
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28 Aug 1776 Battle of Long Island
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28 Aug 1789 William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
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28 Aug 1789 Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus
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28 Aug 1810 Battle of Grand Port: The French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
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28 Aug 1830 1st locomotive in US, "Tom Thumb, " runs from Baltimore to Ellicotts Mill
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28 Aug 1830 The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in US railroads.
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28 Aug 1833 The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire.
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28 Aug 1837 Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce
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28 Aug 1840 9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails
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28 Aug 1845 The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
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28 Aug 1849 Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, after been under siege since July 20 after proclaiming independence
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28 Aug 1849 After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
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28 Aug 1850 The opera "Lohengrin" is produced (Weimar)
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28 Aug 1859 The Carrington event disrupts electrical telegraph services and causes aurora to shine so brightly that they are seen clearly over the Earth's middle latitudes.
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28 Aug 1861 Battle of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina
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28 Aug 1861 American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
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28 Aug 1862 Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia
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28 Aug 1862 American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
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28 Aug 1862 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC
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28 Aug 1867 The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
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28 Aug 1867 US occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific
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28 Aug 1879 Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
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28 Aug 1883 Slavery banned throughout British Empire
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28 Aug 1884 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota
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28 Aug 1884 Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces
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28 Aug 1898 Caleb Bradham invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called "Pepsi-Cola".
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28 Aug 1901 Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first American private school in the country.
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28 Aug 1907 United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
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28 Aug 1908 14th US Golf Open: Fred McLeod shoots a 322 at Myopia Hunt Club, Massachusetts
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28 Aug 1909 A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
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28 Aug 1911 45.7 cm rainfall at St. George, Georgia (state record)
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28 Aug 1913 Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
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28 Aug 1914 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German / Russian battles
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28 Aug 1914 Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed
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28 Aug 1914 John French evacuate Amiens
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28 Aug 1914 World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
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28 Aug 1914 World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
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28 Aug 1916 Germany declares war on Romania
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28 Aug 1916 World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
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28 Aug 1916 World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
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28 Aug 1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
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28 Aug 1917 Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
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28 Aug 1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House
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28 Aug 1918 Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly
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28 Aug 1919 General John Smuts becomes Premier of South Africa
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28 Aug 1921 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels & Paris)
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28 Aug 1921 Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games
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28 Aug 1922 1st Walker Cup: US beats England 8-4
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28 Aug 1922 Albert von Tilzer and Neville Fleesons musical premieres in New York City
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28 Aug 1922 Walker Cup golf tournament established
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28 Aug 1922 WEAF in NYC airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins)
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28 Aug 1924 The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
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28 Aug 1925 Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island
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28 Aug 1926 Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)
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28 Aug 1929 Frank Woolley scores his 100th first-class hundred
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28 Aug 1931 France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
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28 Aug 1937 Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
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28 Aug 1938 Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria
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28 Aug 1938 Northwestern University awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy
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28 Aug 1939 "Monty" becomes Commandant of 3rd "Iron" Infantry division
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28 Aug 1939 Netherland mobilizes
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28 Aug 1940 French colonies Cameroon / Congo-Brazzaville support General De Gaulle
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28 Aug 1942 9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 21, All-Stars 0 (101,100)
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28 Aug 1942 Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2)
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28 Aug 1943 Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers
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28 Aug 1943 Mussolini transfered from La Maddalena Sardinia to Gran Sasso
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28 Aug 1943 World War II: In Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation starts.
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28 Aug 1944 Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared
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28 Aug 1944 US air raid on Ambon
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28 Aug 1944 World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
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28 Aug 1949 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
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28 Aug 1949 Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill, New York
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28 Aug 1951 Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000
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28 Aug 1951 Pirates snap New York Giants 16 game win streak
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28 Aug 1952 German and Israeli reach accord about recovery payments
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28 Aug 1952 Jakob Malik succeeds Zorine as Foreign minister
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28 Aug 1953 "Me & Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 358 performances
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28 Aug 1953 Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
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28 Aug 1955 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament
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28 Aug 1955 Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
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28 Aug 1955 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17
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28 Aug 1957 U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
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28 Aug 1957 Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill
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28 Aug 1958 Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98)
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28 Aug 1960 White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time
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28 Aug 1962 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana (state record)
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28 Aug 1962 Tony Sheridan and beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"
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28 Aug 1962 Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid
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28 Aug 1962 Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"
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28 Aug 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech
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28 Aug 1963 Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie are murdered in their Manhattan apartment, prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the Miranda Rights.
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28 Aug 1963 The Evergreen Point Bridge, the longest floating bridge in the world, opens between Seattle and Medina, Washington, US.
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28 Aug 1963 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC
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28 Aug 1963 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle & Bellevue opens
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28 Aug 1963 Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial
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28 Aug 1964 US weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched
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28 Aug 1964 The Philadelphia race riot begins.
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28 Aug 1964 Race riot in Philadelphia
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28 Aug 1966 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Glass City Golf Classic
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28 Aug 1967 Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt vs. Eng
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28 Aug 1967 Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus
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28 Aug 1968 1 day marriage of character Murphy Brown
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28 Aug 1968 Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention.
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28 Aug 1968 Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven
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28 Aug 1970 Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970
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28 Aug 1973 "Monster Mash" goes gold
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28 Aug 1973 "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple goes gold
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28 Aug 1973 India and Pakistan sign POW accord
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28 Aug 1973 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527
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28 Aug 1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth
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28 Aug 1976 New York Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup
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28 Aug 1977 Bonnie Lauer wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
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28 Aug 1977 Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year
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28 Aug 1977 New York Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship
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28 Aug 1977 New York Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0
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28 Aug 1978 Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph
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28 Aug 1979 IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market
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28 Aug 1979 Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die
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28 Aug 1979 An IRA bomb explodes at the Grote Markt in Brussels.
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28 Aug 1981 John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan
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28 Aug 1981 Sebastian Coe of the UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken)
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28 Aug 1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men
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28 Aug 1982 "Sugar Babies" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 1208 performances
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28 Aug 1983 "Mame" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 41 performances
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28 Aug 1983 Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 HRs onto roof at Comiskey Park
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28 Aug 1983 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announces resignation
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28 Aug 1983 Pat Bradley wins Columbia Savings Golf Classic
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28 Aug 1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour
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28 Aug 1986 Bolivia President Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege
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28 Aug 1986 Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium
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28 Aug 1986 US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying
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28 Aug 1987 Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 HRs
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28 Aug 1988 40th Emmy Awards: 30something, Wonder Years and Richard Kiley
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28 Aug 1988 88th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Eric Meeks
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28 Aug 1988 Italian stunt flyers crashes in flames in West Germany, killing 50
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28 Aug 1988 Patty Jordan wins LPGA Ocean State Golf Open
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28 Aug 1988 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
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28 Aug 1988 Ramstein airshow disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
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28 Aug 1988 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany
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28 Aug 1989 1st regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners
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28 Aug 1989 Frank Viola and Mets outduel Orel Hershiser and Dodgers 1-0
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28 Aug 1990 Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov
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28 Aug 1990 Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
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28 Aug 1990 An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.
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28 Aug 1990 Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province
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28 Aug 1991 Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die
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28 Aug 1991 5 die in a NYC subway's 3rd worst accident
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28 Aug 1991 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher
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28 Aug 1993 Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed
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28 Aug 1993 Jakovlev-42 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 76 killed
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28 Aug 1993 Long Beach California beats Panama for little league world championship
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28 Aug 1993 Singapore Vice Premier Teng Cheong elected President
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28 Aug 1994 1st Japanese gay pride parade
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28 Aug 1994 22nd du Maurier Golf Classic: Martha Nause
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28 Aug 1994 94th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
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28 Aug 1996 Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants vs. Middlesex
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28 Aug 1996 Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce.
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28 Aug 1997 Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes
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28 Aug 1998 Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
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28 Aug 1998 Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
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28 Aug 2003 An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt.
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