Tuesday, August 28, 2018

On This Day in History

August 28, 2018

 Historical Events

1189  Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan
1609  English explorer Henry Hudson, discovers and explores Delaware Bay
1830  1st American built locomotive, "Tom Thumb" races a horse-drawn car from Stockton and Stokes stagecoach company from Baltimore to Ellicott Mills. Let history record that due to mechanical problems the horse won!
1845  Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue
1864  First Geneva Convention, governing rules of warfare, signed by 26 nations
1963  Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I have a dream speech" addressing civil rights march at Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
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