This Week in History

AUGUST 28

Dennis Cummins was born.

Melisa Ritchie was born.

Jennifer Powell Sullivan was born.

1963 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial to civil rights demonstrators.

AUGUST 29

Sunshine Hastings was born.

Bill Estes was born.

1966 -The Beatles played their last major concert at Candlestick Park, California.

2005 – Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast, destroying beachfront towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, killing more than 1,000.

AUGUST 30

Joseph Courtney was born.

Ann Hamilton Reen was born.

1983 – The space shuttle Challenger blasted off with Guion S. Bluford Jr. aboard. He

was the first black American to travel in space.

AUGUST 31

Kevin O’Connor was born.

Christine Mullally was born.

1994 – Russia officially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltic states.

1997 – Princess Diana and her companion Dodi al-Fayed were killed in a car accident in Paris.

SEPTEMBER 1

Loretta Courtney was born.

1807 – Former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason.

1939 – World War II began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland.

SEPTEMBER 2

James Turchiano was born.

1901 – Vice President Theodore Roosevelt gave his “speak softly and carry a big stick” speech, regarding foreign policy at the Minnesota State Fair.

1945 – Japan’s formal surrender in World War II was celebrated as Victory over Japan (V-J) Day.

SEPTEMBER 3

Marybeth Galvin was born.

Conor Leary was born.

Matt Long was born.

Jeannine Hartman was born.

1783 – The Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain.

1974 – Frank Robinson was named the first African American manager in Major League Baseball.