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UPI Almanac for Friday, Aug. 28, 2015

MLK's 'I have a dream' speech, McCain chooses Palin ... on this date in history.

By United Press International
The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. waves to a huge crowd Aug. 28, 1963, when he gave his famous "I have a dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. File Photo/UPI
1 of 10 | The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. waves to a huge crowd Aug. 28, 1963, when he gave his famous "I have a dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. File Photo/UPI | License Photo

Today is Friday, Aug. 28, the 240th day of 2015 with 125 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Mercury and Saturn.

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Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include German poet/novelist/dramatist Johann von Goethe in 1749; Elizabeth Ann Seton, first U.S.-born saint of the Roman Catholic Church, in 1774; French actor Charles Boyer in 1899; psychologist Bruno Bettelheim in 1903; actor Nancy Kulp in 1921; actor/dancer Donald O'Connor in 1925; actor Ben Gazzara in 1930; former U.S. Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen in 1940 (age 75); former baseball Manager Lou Piniella in 1943 (age 72); singer/actor David Soul in 1943 (age 72); actor Daniel Stern in 1957 (age 58); Olympic gold medal ice skater Scott Hamilton in 1958 (age 57); actor Emma Samms in 1960 (age 55); singer Shania Twain in 1965 (age 50); actor Billy Boyd in 1968 (age 47); actor Jack Black in 1969 (age 46); actor Jason Priestley in 1969 (age 46); figure skater Todd Eldredge in 1971 (age 44); Olympic gold medal swimmer Janet Evans in 1971 (age 44); singer LeAnn Rimes in 1982 (age 33); Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, captured in 2006 and held captive by Palestinian militants for more than five years, in 1986 (age 29); actor Armie Hammer in 1986 (age 29).

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On this date in history:

In 1922, a New York City realty company paid $100 for the first radio commercial, on station WEAF.

In 1955, while visiting family members in Money, Miss., 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African-American from Chicago, was slain for supposedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier. (His alleged killers were acquitted.)

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I have a dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial before more than 200,000 people gathered for a "Freedom March" in Washington.

In 1968, the Democratic Party nominated Hubert Humphrey for president as thousands of anti-Vietnam War demonstrators battled police in the streets and parks of Chicago.

In 1986, Soviet spy Jerry Whitworth was sentenced in San Francisco to 365 years in prison and fined $410,000.

In 1990, a tornado struck Will County in Illinois, southwest of Chicago, killing at least 27 people and injuring more than 350.

In 1996, after four years of separation, Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, and his wife, Princess Diana, were formally divorced.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina picked up strength as it roared toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, reaching Category 5 status, with winds of almost 150 miles an hour, touching off one of the largest evacuations in U.S. history.

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In 2008, U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the presumed Republican nominee for president, chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate.

In 2009, the June 27 death of entertainer Michael Jackson was ruled a homicide by drug overdose after his personal physician admitted giving him the powerful anesthetic propofol and the sedative lorazepam on the day of his death.

In 2011, Tony Tan was elected the seventh president of Singapore after more than 83 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots.

In 2012, delegates at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., chose Mitt Romney as the party's presidential nominee.

In 2013, U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who admitted to killing 13 people and wounding many others at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009, was sentenced to death.

In 2014, a World Health Organization report said an Ebola epidemic had killed more than 1,552 people in four West African countries: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.


A thought for the day: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." -- Martin Luther King Jr.

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