28TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"ST AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO; ST ALEXANDER
OF CONSTANTINOPLE; ST EDMUND ARROWSMITH; ST JULIAN OF BRIOUDE; & ST MOSES OF
ABYSSINIA." |
| 28TH |
1791 |
HMS PANDORA WITH SOME OF THE BOUNTY MUTINEERS ABOARD
WAS WRECKED NEAR TORRES STRAIT; 35 DIED. |
| 28TH |
1891 |
SS GAMBIER SINKS IN PORT PHILLIP
AFTER COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER SHIP; 21 DROWN. |
| 28TH |
1916 |
ITALY DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY DURING WW I. |
| 28TH |
1922 |
THE FIRST RADIO COMMERCIAL, A TEN
MINUTE PROPERTY COMMERCIAL BY ‘QUENSBORO REALTY CORP’ IS BROADCAST BY
‘WEAF’ IN NEW YORK. |
| 28TH |
1923 |
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON A TEMPORARY PARLIAMENT HOUSE, BELOW
CAMP HILL, IN CANBERRA. |
| 28TH |
1945 |
THE LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA IS
FORMED. |
| 28TH |
1945 |
A SPECIAL TAX IS INTRODUCED IN AUSTRALIA TO MEET THE COSTS OF
SOCIAL SECURITY. |
| 28TH |
1962 |
"TONY SHERIDAN & THE BEAT
BROTHERS," FORERUNNERS OF THE "BEATLES" RECORD "YA YA." |
| 28TH |
1963 |
"MARTIN LUTHER KING" DELIVERS HIS, "I HAVE A
DREAM" SPEACH, AT THE END OF A CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH AT LINCOLN MEMORIAL, WASHINGTON DC. |
| 28TH |
1969 |
A BABY ‘MARY’ IS BORN TO
‘LINDA & PAUL McCARTNEY;’ PAUL RECORDS ‘MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB’ IN
1972 SO SHE COULD HEAR HER NAME ON RADIO. |
| 28TH |
1973 |
ABOUT 400 PEOPLE DIE AND 2,000 INJURED IN CENTRAL MEXICO
EARTHQUAKE. |
| 28TH |
1976 |
THE LAST SATURDAY EDITION OF "THE
NEWS" WAS PUBLISHED IN ADELAIDE. |
| 28TH |
1978 |
"DONALD VESCOE" RODE A 21 FEET LONG KAWASAKI
MOTORCYCLE AT 318.598 mph. |
| 28TH |
1981 |
BRITISH RUNNER, "SEBASTIAN
COE" LOWERS THE WORLD 1500 metre TIME FROM 3:48.40 TO 3:47.33 |
| 28TH |
1981 |
"JOHN HINCKLEY jr" PLEADS NOT GUILTY OF ATTEMPTING
TO KILL "PRESIDENT REAGAN." |
| 28TH |
1983 |
"JOSEPH KRECKMAN" SETS A
RECORD OF 2,215 CLAY PIGEONS SHOT IN AN HOUR. |
| 28TH |
1984 |
THE NSW GOVERNMENT BANS X-RATED VIDEOS. |
| 28TH |
1984 |
A FRENCH CARGO SHIP CARRYING 450 TONS
OF URANIUM SINKS IN THE NORTH SEA AFTER COLLIDING WITH A FERRY. |
| 28TH |
1985 |
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST DOMESTIC COMMUNICATIONS SATTELLITE
"AUSSAT" WAS LAUNCHED. |
| 28TH |
1986 |
U.S. NAVY OFFICER "JERRY A.
WHITWORTH" IS SENTENCED TO 365 YEARS FOR SPYING. |
| 28TH |
1988 |
"CHARLIE DANIELS" & SEVERAL BAND MEMBERS,
ESCAPED THEIR BLAZING MOTOR HOME ON THE VENTURA HIGHWAY, CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT INJURY. |
| 28TH |
1988 |
TRAGEDY AT AN AIRSHOW AT RAMSTEIN AIR
BASE, 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRANKFURT, WEST GERMANY, WHEN 3 ITALIAN JETS COLLIDED &
SENT DEBRIS & A FIREBALL OF JET FUEL INTO THE CROWD. 46 DIED & HUNDREDS WERE
INJURED. |
| 28TH |
1990 |
IRAQ DECLARES KUWAIT IT’S 19TH PROVINCE. |
| 28TH |
1992 |
THE TUNNEL UNDER SYDNEY HARBOUR OPENS. |
| 28TH |
1993 |
THE FIRST OF SIX $800 million SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUILT COLLINS
CLASS SUBMARINES IS LAUNCHED. |
| 28TH |
1994 |
GODFATHER OF SOUL, "JAMES
BROWN," WAS FINED FOR RUNNING DOWN A CYCLIST WHILE DRIVING IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. THE
CYCLIST WAS UNHURT. |
| 28TH |
1996 |
‘PRINCE CHARLES’ AND ‘PRINCESS DIANA’
DIVORCE. |
| 28TH |
1998 |
DOZENS OF DUTCH YOUTHS HAVE SPENT MOST
OF THIS WEEK SETTING UP A DOMINOE CHAIN, 78km LONG, CONTAINING 2 MILLION DOMINOES.
TODAY THEY EXPECT IT TO TAKE 2 HOURS TO FALL, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.4 MILLION
DOMINOES. |
| 28TH |
2000 |
ACTOR "BRAD RENFRO" IS ARRESTED IN FORT LAUDERDALE,
FLORIDA, FOR TRYING TO STEAL A 45 FOOT YACHT FROM A PRIVATE MARINA. |
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