08-28-2004, 07:02 AM
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August 28th
430 ~ Death of Augustine of Hippo, Philosopher, Theologian.
1749 ~ Birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Philosopher, Scientist.
1828 ~ Birthday of Leo Tolstoy, Author.
1845 ~ First issue of Scientific American magazine published.
1850 ~ Richard Wagner's opera “Lohengrin” premiered.
1897 ~ Birthday of Charles Boyer, Actor.
1917 ~ Ten suffragists were arrested when picketing the White House.
1963 ~ During a civil rights rally in at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I have a dream” speech.
1972 ~ During the Olympic Games of Munich, Mark Spitz won his first of seven gold medals in swimming events.
1996 ~ Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales are divorced.
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