History for August 28 - On-This-Day.com
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749, Elizabeth Ann Seton 1774 - The first American-born saint beatified by the Roman Catholic Church, Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy 1828
Scott Hamilton 1958 - Figure skater, Shania Twain 1965 - Country singer, LeAnn Rimes 1982 - Singer
1833 - Slavery was banned by the British Parliament throughout the British Empire.
1907 - "American Messenger Company" was started by two teenagers, Jim Casey and Claude Ryan. The company's name was later changedto "United Parcel Service."
1939 - The first successful flight of a jet-propelled airplane took place. The plane was a German Heinkel He 178.
1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, DC. More than 200,000 people attended.
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