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Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of August 28:

 1592 George Villiers duke of Buckingham, royal minister to James I
1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust)
1774 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 1st American Catholic saint
1831 Lucy Ware Webb Hayes 1st lady
1833 Sir Edward Burne-Jones England, Pre-Raphaelite painter/designer
1878 George Hoyt Whipple US, astrophysicist (Nobel-1934)
1889 Charles Boyer France, actor (Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park)
19-- Marla Adams actress (Gotcha, Secret Storm, Young & Restless)
19-- Sonny Shroyer Valdosta Ga, actor (Dukes of Hazzard, Enos)
19-- Steve Whiteman rocker (Kix-Hot Wire)
1901 Paul Henry Lang Budapest, critic/musicologist (NY Herald Tribune)
1903 Bruno Bettelheim US, writer (Uses of Enchantment)
1905 Sam Levene actor (Demon, Gung Ho)
1906 Sir John Betjeman poet laureate of England (Mt Zion)
1908 Roger Tory Peterson NY, ornithologist/writer (How to Know Birds)
1913 Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker],Brooklyn NY, Tenor (NY Met Opera)
1914 Glenn Osser Munising Mich, orch leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue)
1916 C Wright Mills sociologist, writer (The Power Elite)
1919 Ernest Martin [Markowitz], producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line)
1921 Nancy Kulp Penn, actress (Beverly Hillbillies)
1924 Janet Frame NZ, novelist (Intensive Care, Owls Do Cry)
1924 Peggy Ryan Long Beach Calif, actress (Jenny-Hawaii Five-0)
1925 Marvin Davis Newark NJ, CEO (Davis Oil Company)
1929 Istv n Kert‚sz Budapest Hungary, conductor (Budapest Opera 1953-57)
1929 Rokie Roker Miami Fla, actress (Helen-Jeffersons)
1930 Ben Gazzara NYC, actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII)
1931 John Shirley-Quirk Liverpool England, baritone (Death in Venice)
1932 Andy Bathgate Canada, NY Ranger (1958 NHL MVP)
1939 Cassie Mackin newswoman (NBC TV)
1940 Richard Sanders actor (Les Nessman-WKRP, Berrengers, Spencer)
1940 William Cohen (Sen-R-Me)
1941 Paul Peter Plishka Old Forge Penn, bass (Bronx Botanical Gardens)
1943 David Soul Chicago, actor (Starsky & Hutch, Here Comes the Bride)
1943 Lou Pinella Yankee manager (1969 AL rookie of the year)
1946 Bob Beamon US, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1968)
1947 Alice Playton NYC, actress (Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name)
1949 Hugh Cornwell rocker (The Stranglers-Dreamtime)
1950 Ron "Louisana Lightning" Guidry Yankee pitcher (Cy Young 1978)
1951 Wayne Osmond Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1957 Daniel Stern Stamford Ct, actor (City Slickers, Wonder Years)
1958 Scott Hamilton Toledo, figure skating champion (Olympic-gold-1984)
1960 Emma Samms [Samuels], London, actress (Colby's, General Hospital)
1960 Leroy Chiao Milwaukee Wisc, astronaut
1961 Kim Appleby rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America)
1963 Reyna Thompson NFL corner back (NY Giants)
1965 James Jagger son of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall
1965 Julie Brown MTV VJ (approx)
1966 Jerry Fehily rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go)
1968 Scarlet Annette Morgan Pfafftown NC, Miss NC-America-1991
1969 Jason Priestley Vancouver BC, actor (Brandon-Beverly Hills 90210)
1969 Mary McCartney daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney
1971 Janet Evans US swimmer (Olympics-1992)

Deaths which occurred on August 28:

1818 Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable trader, founder of Chicago, dies
1955 Emmett Till kidnapped & lynched at 14, in Money Mississippi
1961 Thomas Connolly 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies
1964 Gracie Allen Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen), dies at 62
1967 Paul Muni actor, dies at 71
1968 Nick Castle choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at 58
1983 Jan Clayton actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66
1985 Ruth Gordon actress, dies at 88 suffering a stroke in her sleep

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
 1962    SIMPSON          ROBERT LEWIS      PANAMA                         
 1965    SCHIERMAN        WESLEY D.         ST. JOHN              WA     02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV INJURED   ALIVE AND WELL 98
 1966    BABULA           ROBERT L.         INDIANA               PA       
 1966    BODENSCHATZ      JOHN E.           LOS ANGELES           CA       
 1966    BORTON           ROBERT C. JR.     BENTON HARBOR         MI     FAMILY REJECTS ID   REMAINS IDENTIFIED 29 MAR 95
 1966    CARTER           DENNIS R.         LOMITA                CA       
 1967    DEGNAN           JERRY L.                                         
 1967    WALLACE          CHARLES FRANKLIN  ELLISVILLE            MS       
 1968    MILLER           ROBERT CHARLES    HAYWARD               CA       
 1968    PHILLIPS         ELBERT AUSTIN     HUNTSVILLE            AL

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On this day...

1609 Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands
1655 New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service
1776 Battle of Long Island
1789 Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus
1850 The opera "Lohengrin" is produced (Weimar)
1862 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC
1867 US occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific
1884 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD
1884 Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces
1907 United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House
1921 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels & Paris)
1922 Walker Cup golf tournament established
1922 WEAF in NYC airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins)
1938 Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy
1942 Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2)
1949 Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY
1951 Pirates snap NY Giants 16 game win streak
1955 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17
1957 Sen Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill
1960 White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time
1962 Dr Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid
1962 Tony Sheridan & the Beat Brothers record "Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)"
1963 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, DC
1963 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle & Bellevue opens
1963 Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial
1964 Race riot in Philadelphia
1968 Police & anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago's Dem Natl Conven
1970 Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970
1973 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527
1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth
1976 NY Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup
1977 NY Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men & beats Texas Rangers 1-0
1977 NY Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland Ore, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship
1978 Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph
1981 John Hinckley Jr pleads innocent in attempt to kill Pres Reagan
1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken)
1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis & Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men
1983 Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation
1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour
1986 US Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying
1988 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany
1990 Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province
1991 5 die in a NYC subway's 3rd worst accident
1991 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher




Holidays

Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

England, Channel Is, Northern Ireland, Wales : Bank Holiday - - - - - ( Monday )
Hong Kong : Festival of Hungry Ghosts
Jordon : Arab Renaissance Day
Laos :
Mauritius : Ganesh Chatturthi
Hong Kong : Liberation Day (1945) - - - - - ( Monday )

Religious Observances

Orth : Falling-Asleep (Assumption) of Mary (8/15 OS)
Luth, RC : Memorial of St Augustine of Hippo, bishop/doctor

Religious History

0430 Death of St. Augustine of Hippo, 76, the great early Latin Church Father and one of the outstanding theological figures of the ages. It was St. Augustine who wrote: 'Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in thee.'
1413 St. Andrew's University, in Scotland, was chartered by a papal decree from Gregory XII.
1645 In Poland, King Vladislav IV convened the Conference of Thorn. Through it he sought to bring reunion among the 26 Catholic, 28 Lutheran and 24 Calvinist theologians in attendance. Discussions continued through November, but no satisfying theological fusion was achieved.
1840 Birth of Ira D. Sankey, Dwight Moody's song evangelist. During their revival crusades (from 1870), Sankey penned many hymn tunes; among the most enduring today are HIDING IN THEE ("O Safe to the Rock That is Higher Than I") and SANKEY ("Faith is the Victory").
1953 Campus Crusade for Christ was incorporated in Los Angeles by founder Bill Bright. Today, CCC is an evangelical organization training Christian leaders in over 90 countries around the world.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)

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