Today is Saturday, August 28, the 240th day of 2010. There are 125 days left in the year.
1850 ― The opera ``Lohengrin" is produced (Weimar)
1867 ― U.S. occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific
1884 ― First known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, S.D.
1916 ― Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
1938 ― Northwestern University awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy
1957 ― Sen. Thurmond begins 24-hour filibuster against civil rights bill
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 ― John Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan
1990 ― Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province