http://www.reference.com/thisday/ Holidays, historical events and births and deaths of notable people that occurred on this day. en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:47:52 -0700 Almanac This is the 241st day of the year, with 125 days remaining in 2008 Holidays Feast Day of St. Augustine of Hippo, S.t Alexander of Constantinople, St. Edmund Arrowsmith, St. Julian of Brioude, and St. Moses of Abyssinia. Holidays Scotland: Lammas Term. Events Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay. Events Ten suffragists were arrested when they picketed the White House. Events The first-ever radio commercial aired on station WEAF in New York City, for the Queensboro Realty Company. Events A peaceful civil rights rally took place in Washington, D.C. where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to more than 200,000 people. Events Police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president. In the convention's aftermath, a federal commission investigating the convention described the confrontation as a "police riot" and blamed Chicago Mayor Richard Daley for inciting his police to violence. Events The troubled 15-year marriage of Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially ended with the issuing of a divorce decree. Events The New York Stock Exchange began listing the prices of seven stocks in dollars and cents; previously all stock was listed in fractions. Events An evacuation is ordered by New Orleans, Louisiana mayor Ray Nagin and Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco as Hurricane Katrina moves closer to Louisiana. Births Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author. Births Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, first American-born saint. Births Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist. Births Charles Stewart Rolls, English motorist, aviator, founder of Rolls-Royce Ltd. Births Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist, conservationist. Births Jack Kirby (Born Jacob Kurtzberg), American comic book artist. Births Janet Frame, New Zealand author. Births Donald O'Connor (born Donald David Dixon Ronald O’Connor), American singer, dancer, and actor. Births Paul Martin, 21st Prime Minister of Canada. Births Shania Twain (born Eilleen Regina Edwards), Canadian singer. Births Jack Black (born Thomas Jack Black, Jr.), American actor. Births Jason Priestley, Canadian actor. Deaths Emmett Till, American civil rights movement icon. Deaths John Huston, American film director. Deaths Joseph Alsop, an American journalist and syndicated newspaper columnist from the 1930s through the 1970s. Deaths Melvin Schwartz, American physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate.