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August 28, 1997 32nd Ryder Cup: at Sotogrande Spain August 28, 1997 Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes August 28, 1996 Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants vs. Middlesex August 28, 1995 Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson August 28, 1995 Northants 7-781 decl defeat Nottinghamshire 527 and 157 August 28, 1994 1st Japanese gay pride parade August 28, 1994 22nd du Maurier Golf Classic: Martha Nause August 28, 1994 94th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods August 28, 1993 Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed August 28, 1993 Jakovlev-42 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 76 killed August 28, 1993 Long Beach, California beats Panama for little league world championship August 28, 1993 Singapore vice-premier Teng Cheong elected president August 28, 1992 Test Cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo August 28, 1991 Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die August 28, 1991 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher August 28, 1990 Cub's Ryne Sandberg is 1st 2nd baseman to hit 30 HRs, consecutively August 28, 1990 Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov August 28, 1989 1st regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners August 28, 1989 Frank Viola and Mets outduel Orel Hershiser and Dodgers 1-0 August 28, 1988 40th Emmy Awards: 30something, Wonder Years and Richard Kiley August 28, 1988 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany August 28, 1988 88th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Eric Meeks August 28, 1988 Italian stunt flyers crashes in flames in West Germany, killing 50 August 28, 1988 Patty Jordan wins LPGA Ocean State Golf Open August 28, 1988 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship August 28, 1987 Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 HRs August 28, 1986 Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege August 28, 1986 Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium August 28, 1986 Tina Turner's star unveiled in Hollywood August 28, 1986 U.S. Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying August 28, 1984 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test August 28, 1983 "Mame" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 41 performances August 28, 1983 Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 home runs onto roof at Comiskey Park August 28, 1983 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announces resignation August 28, 1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour August 28, 1983 Pat Bradley wins Columbia Savings Golf Classic August 28, 1982 "Sugar Babies" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 1208 performances August 28, 1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test August 28, 1981 John Hinckley, Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan August 28, 1981 Sebastian Coe of U.K. sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken) August 28, 1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men August 28, 1979 IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market August 28, 1979 Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die August 28, 1978 Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph August 28, 1978 Ja'afar Sharif-Emami appointed premier of Iran August 28, 1977 Bonnie Lauer wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic August 28, 1977 New York Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0 August 28, 1977 Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year August 28, 1977 N.Y. Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship August 28, 1976 N.Y. Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup August 28, 1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. August 28, 1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth August 28, 1973 "Monster Mash" goes gold August 28, 1973 "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple goes gold August 28, 1973 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527 August 28, 1973 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island August 28, 1973 India and Pakistan sign POW accord August 28, 1973 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test August 28, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. August 28, 1970 Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970 August 28, 1968 Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem National Conven August 28, 1967 Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt vs. Eng August 28, 1967 Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus August 28, 1966 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Glass City Golf Classic August 28, 1964 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 28, 1964 U.S. weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched August 28, 1964 WEWS-TV Channel 5's "Upbeat" debuts in Cleveland August 28, 1963 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue opens August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial August 28, 1962 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana, state record August 28, 1962 Dr. Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid August 28, 1962 Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)" August 28, 1960 White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time August 28, 1958 Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98) August 28, 1957 Sen Strom Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill August 28, 1956 England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series August 28, 1955 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17 August 28, 1955 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament August 28, 1953 "Me and Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 358 performances August 28, 1952 German and Israeli reach accord about recovery payments August 28, 1952 Jakob Malik succeeds Zorine as Foreign minister August 28, 1951 Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000 August 28, 1951 Pirates snap New York Giants 16 game win streak August 28, 1950 Earle and Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr August 28, 1949 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) August 28, 1949 Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill, New York August 28, 1944 Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared August 28, 1944 U.S. air raid on Ambon August 28, 1943 Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers August 28, 1943 Mussolini transfered from La Maddalena Sardinia to Gran Sasso August 28, 1942 9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 21, All-Stars 0 (101,100) August 28, 1942 Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2) August 28, 1942 Transport nr 25 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany August 28, 1941 8th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 37, All-Stars 13 (98,203) August 28, 1941 Last meeting of resistance fighter Comte d'Estienne d'Orves August 28, 1940 French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle August 28, 1939 "Monty" becomes commandant of 3rd "Iron" Infantry division August 28, 1939 Netherland mobilizes August 28, 1939 Sammy Fain/Jack Yellen's musical "George White's Scandals" premieres August 28, 1938 Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria August 28, 1938 Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy August 28, 1938 On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader August 28, 1929 Frank Woolley scores his 100th first-class hundred August 28, 1926 Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox) August 28, 1925 Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island August 28, 1922 1st Walker Cup: U.S. beats England 8-4 August 28, 1922 Albert von Tilzer and Neville Fleesons musical premieres in New York City August 28, 1922 WEAF in New York City airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins) August 28, 1921 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels and Paris) August 28, 1921 Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games August 28, 1920 19th amendment acknowledges women's rights August 28, 1919 General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa August 28, 1918 Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly August 28, 1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House August 28, 1916 Germany declares war on Romania August 28, 1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I August 28, 1914 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles August 28, 1914 Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed August 28, 1914 John French evacuate Amiens August 28, 1913 Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague) August 28, 1911 45.7 cm rainfall at St. George, Georgia (state record) August 28, 1908 14th U.S. Golf Open: Fred McLeod shoots a 322 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass August 28, 1907 United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle August 28, 1884 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota August 28, 1884 Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces August 28, 1883 Slavery banned throughout British Empire August 28, 1879 Battle at Ulundi: Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz August 28, 1867 U.S. occupies Midway Islands in Pacific August 28, 1862 Battle of Thoroughfare Gap VA August 28, 1862 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, D.C. August 28, 1861 Battle of Fort Hatteras NC August 28, 1850 Richard Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" premieres at Weimar Germany August 28, 1849 Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, after been under siege since July 20 after proclaiming independence August 28, 1840 9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails August 28, 1837 Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce August 28, 1830 1st locomotive in U.S., "Tom Thumb," runs from Balt to Ellicotts Mill August 28, 1789 Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus August 28, 1655 New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service August 28, 1637 WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa August 28, 1632 Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Drenthe August 28, 1619 Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor August 28, 1609 Henry Hudson, discovers and explores Delaware Bay August 28, 1565 Oldest city in the U.S., St. Augustine Fla, established August 28, 1521 Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade August 28, 476 German ruler Odoacer captures Pavia August 28, 476 West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted |