August 28 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for August 28
In the headlines today:

1996	Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorce, ending 15 years of marriage.
1995	Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank announce plans for a $10 billion merger to become the largest bank in the US.
1990		Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan is killed, along with three members of Eric Clapton's entourage, when a Chicago-bound helicopter crashes shortly after takeoff from Apple Valley, Wisconsin. (photo credit: Sony)
1988	Three Italian air force fighter jets collide at an air show in Ramstein, Germany, killing the 3 pilots and 67 spectators on the ground.
1981	John Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent to the attempted assassination of US president Ronald Reagan. He is later acquitted by reason of insanity.
1973	An earthquake jolts Mexico, killing more than 500 people.
1972	Mark Spitz earns the first of seven gold medals, setting a world record in the 200-meter butterfly at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.
1968	Anti-war demonstrators clash with police in Chicago, where Hubert H. Humphrey receives the Democratic nomination for president.
1964		Beatlemania is in full swing as The Beatles grace the cover of LIFE magazine. (photo credit: LIFE)
1963		Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his I Have a Dream speech before an audience of 250,000 near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. (photo credit: Jerden Records
1922	The first radio commercial is broadcast (WEAF - New York, NY).
1904	The first jail sentence for speeding in an automobile is pronounced (Newport, RI).
1609	Explorer Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.