WHAT HAPPENED ON 28. AUGUST
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American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. (28. August 1862)
The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll. (28. August 1867)
Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British. (28. August 1879)
Caleb Bradham invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called "Pepsi-Cola". (28. August 1898)
Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first American private school in the country. (28. August 1901)
A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms. (28. August 1909)
Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague. (28. August 1913)
World War I: the Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. (28. August 1914)
World War I: German troops conquer Namur. (28. August 1914)
World War I: Germany declares war on Romania. (28. August 1916)
World War I: Italy declares war on Germany. (28. August 1916)
Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House. (28. August 1917)
The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union. (28. August 1924)
France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression. (28. August 1931)
Toyota Motors becomes an independent company. (28. August 1937)
World War II: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation starts. (28. August 1943)
World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated. (28. August 1944)
Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement. (28. August 1953)
Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement. (28. August 1955)
U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator. (28. August 1957)
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