Today is Friday, August 28, the 240th day of 2009. 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. Strom Thurmond begins 24-hour filibuster against civil rights bill
1963 _ Martin Luther King Jr.'s ``I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial
1981 _ John Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan
1981 _ Sebastian Coe of U.K. sets 1-mile record of 3:47.33 (since broken)
1986 _ U.S. Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying
1990 _ Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province