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. More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton (1774 - 1821) Jack Kirby (1917 - 1994) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) Shania Twain 53rd Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Emmett Till (1941 - 1955) Frederick Law Olmsted (1822 - 1903)