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What happened on August 28 in American history
August 28 is the 240th day of the year (the 241st in leap years). Patriot Compass has published 6 stories from August 28 spanning 1861 to 1963. Among them: in 1861, Union guns open on Hatteras Inlet; the forts guarding it cannot answer; and in 1867, Lackawanna's captain plants the flag on an empty Pacific atoll.
1861
Union guns open on Hatteras Inlet; the forts guarding it cannot answer
Two days of naval bombardment give the Union its first foothold on Confederate soil.
1867Member story · 1776 Club
Lackawanna's captain plants the flag on an empty Pacific atoll
No one lived there to object; Reynolds and his boat crews had the beach to themselves.
1898
New Bern druggist drops "Brad's Drink" for a new name: Pepsi-Cola
Bradham lands on a name built from pepsin and kola, five years after his soda fountain first served it.
1917Member story · 1776 Club
Ten suffragists are arrested picketing the White House
Police charge the women with obstructing traffic on a sidewalk they had held peacefully since January.
1957Member story · 1776 Club
Thurmond takes the floor at 8:54 p.m., vowing to talk the civil rights bill to death
He had taken steam baths for days to dehydrate himself for the speech ahead.
1963
Two hundred fifty thousand hear King say he has a dream, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
Mahalia Jackson calls out from behind him, and King leaves his prepared text behind.
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