Today is Tuesday, August 28, the 239th day of 2007. There are 126 days left in the year.
1609 _ Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands
1850 _ The opera ``Lohengrin" is produced (Weimar)
1907 _ United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
1916 _ Italy declares war against Germany during WWI
1957 _ U.S. Sen. Thurmond begins 24-hour filibuster against civil rights bill
1963 _ Martin Luther King’s ``I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial
1974 _ Soyuz 15 returns to Earth
1986 _ U.S. Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying
1990 _ Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province
1991 _ Five die in a NYC subway's third worst accident