28 Aug, 1963 "I Have A Dream Speech"
1963 : More than 200,000 people gather for a peaceful civil rights rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, and Martin Luther King, Jr. makes one of the most well known and quoted speeches in Modern Day History saying the immortal words " I have a dream that my four 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" to the peaceful demonstrators black and white, poor and rich who had came together in the nation's capital to demand voting rights and equal opportunity for African Americans and to appeal for an end to racial segregation and discrimination. Find More What happened in 1963. In October 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr., was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. On April 4th, 1968, he was shot to death while standing on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee.
28 Aug, 1923 New Speeding Laws
1923 : In the ever increasing fight against speeding drivers new laws have been implemented in many states that allow the magistrates to put the car in store for periods of time which depends on the severity of the speeding offence and if the motorist is a repeat offender, also due to the increase in accidents by speeders some are being sentenced to farm labor.
28 Aug, 1928 France Feminist Leaders
1928 : Ten world famous feminist leaders stormed the gates of the presidential palace demanding equal rights, they were carried kicking and struggling off to jail by the local gendarmes. Find out more What Happened in 1928.
28 Aug, 1937 Shanghai Bombing By Japanese
1937 : Japanese warships and aircraft with machine guns and bombs are raging war on women and children in Shanghai including bombing and strafing railway carriages with schoolchildren, the rest of the world is protesting deeply but the Japanese are taking no notice and continue their war on civilians.
28 Aug, 1945 U.S.A. Butter Rationing
1945 : Rationing for butter is to be decreased again with the red points required for butter going down to 12 points per pound, this is the second decrease since July when butter was 24 red points per pound.
28 Aug, 1955 Emmett Till Murder
1955 : Emmett Till, a black fourteen year old teenager from Chicago, is abducted from his uncle's home in Money, Mississippi after he was accused of disrespect to a local store owner Carolyn Bryant. He was found three days later, he had been badly beaten and his eye had been gouged out, before he was shot through the head and thrown into the Tallahatchie River.
28 Aug, 1978 Vatican City Pope John Paul I
1978 : The new Pope has been elected by Cardinals, he is Pope John Paul I and in his first action has pledged to follow in the footsteps of Pope Paul VI.
28 Aug, 1985 East German Spies
1985 : An East German couple (Reinhard and Sonja Schulze) have appeared before Horseferry Road magistrates court in London charged under the Official Secrets Act.
28 Aug, 1989 South Africa Township Violence
1989 : The continued fighting in South African townships protesting against the white Apartheid Regime continues to bring more deaths on a daily basis and it is believed over 2,500 have died since this series on troubles began.
28 Aug, 1994 Sunday Trading Laws
1994 : Following a change in Sunday Trading Laws passed, thousands of shops throughout England and Wales have opened legally. Hundreds of thousands of shops were open before but always took the chance of being prosecuted under the 1950 Shops Act. This will affect a few of the largest department store chains who have not opened due to the old laws including Marks and Spencer and the House of Fraser chain of department stores.
28 Aug, 1996 England Diana Divorce Formal
1996 : After four years of separation, Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife, Princess Diana, formally divorce.
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