TUESDAY, AUTUST 28, 2012

Today is Tuesday, August 28, the 241st day of 2012. There are 125 days left in the year.

1789 ― Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus

1850 ― The opera ``Lohengrin" is produced (Weimar)

1884 ― First known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, S.D

1916 ― Italy declares war against Germany during WW I .

1957 ― Sen. Thurmond begins 24-hour filibuster against civil rights bill

1962 ― Dr. Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid

1963 ― 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, D.C.

1963 ― Martin Luther King Jr.'s ``I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial

1981 ― National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men

1990 ― Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province