August 28 - This Day in History

August 28: General Interest
1996: Charles and Diana divorce

After four years of separation, Charles, Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, and his wife, Princess Diana, formally divorce... read more


American Revolution
1774 : St. Elizabeth born in New York City
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/st-elizabeth-born-in-new-york-city


Automotive
1877 : Charles S. Rolls born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/charles-s-rolls-born


Civil War
1864 : Union General Alfred Terry is promoted
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/alfred-terry-is-promoted


Cold War
1968 : Riots in Chicago fracture the Cold War consensus
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/riots-in-chicago-fracture-the-cold-war-consensus


Crime
1990 : Murdered students are discovered at the University of Florida
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/murdered-students-are-discovered-at-the-university-of-florida

2006 : Fugitive polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is arrested
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fugitive-polygamist-leader-warren-jeffs-is-arrested


Disaster
1988 : Air-show accident burns spectators
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/air-show-accident-burns-spectators


General Interest
1879 : Zulu king captured
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/zulu-king-captured

1955 : The death of Emmett Till
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-death-of-emmett-till

1963 : King speaks to March on Washington
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-speaks-to-march-on-washington

1968 : Protests at Democratic National Convention in Chicago
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/protests-at-democratic-national-convention-in-chicago


Hollywood
1987 : John Huston dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-huston-dies


Literary
1913 : Robertson Davies is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/robertson-davies-is-born


Music
1963 : Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel, puts her stamp on the March on Washington
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mahalia-jackson-the-queen-of-gospel-puts-her-stamp-on-the-march-on-washington


Old West
1869 : Three leave Powell's Grand Canyon expedition
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/three-leave-powells-grand-canyon-expedition


Presidential
1917 : President Woodrow Wilson picketed by women suffragists
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-woodrow-wilson-picketed-by-women-suffragists


Sports
1977 : Pele leads Cosmos to title
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pele-leads-cosmos-to-title


Vietnam War
1966 : North Vietnamese pilots being trained in Soviet Union
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-pilots-being-trained-in-soviet-union

1967 : More voices raised against the war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/more-voices-raised-against-the-war

1968 : DNC endorses Johnson administration platform on the war in Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dnc-endorses-johnson-administration-platform-on-the-war-in-vietnam

1972 : U.S. Air Force gets its first ace since Korean War
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-air-force-gets-its-first-ace-since-korean-war


World War I
1914 : Battle of Heligoland Bight
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-heligoland-bight


World War II
1941 : Mass slaughter in Ukraine
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mass-slaughter-in-ukraine