Today In History – August 28 – Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers His “I Have A Dream” Speech

189 Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan

1609 English explorer Henry Hudson, discovers and explores Delaware Bay

1830 1st American built locomotive, “Tom Thumb” races a horse-drawn car from Stockton and Stokes stagecoach company from Baltimore to Ellicott Mills. Let history record that due to mechanical problems the horse won!

1845 Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue

1963 Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I have a dream” speech addressing the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom civil rights march at Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Aug 28 in Film & TV
1956 17th Venice Film Festival opens. No Golden Lion awarded

Aug 28 in Music
1965 Bob Dylan booed for playing electric guitar at a concert in New York’s Forest Hills

Aug 28 in Sport
1972 Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut becomes media darling at the Munich Olympics; wins gold in the teams all-round ; follows with 2 gold and a silver

Do you know this fact about today? Did You Know?
Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufacture Worcestershire Sauce