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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_28" title="August 28">August 28</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1619" title="1619">1619</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor">Ferdinand II</a></b>, King of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bohemia" title="Kingdom of Bohemia">Bohemia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Kingdom of Hungary">Hungary</a>, was unanimously elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789" title="1789">1789</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel" title="William Herschel">William Herschel</a> discovered <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus" title="Enceladus">Enceladus</a></b>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Saturn" title="Moons of Saturn">moon of Saturn</a>, during the first use of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40-foot_telescope" title="40-foot telescope">his new telescope</a> which was then the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_optical_telescopes_historically" title="List of largest optical telescopes historically">largest in the world</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909" title="1909">1909</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909_Monterrey_hurricane" title="1909 Monterrey hurricane">1909 Monterrey hurricane</a></b> dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – American civil-rights leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> delivered the speech "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream" title="I Have a Dream">I Have a Dream</a></b>" during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom" title="March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom">March on Washington</a>, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_the_United_States" title="Racism in the United States">racism in the United States</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a> – Construction began on the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel" title="Ryugyong Hotel">Ryugyong Hotel</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyongyang" title="Pyongyang">Pyongyang</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_North_Korea" title="List of tallest buildings in North Korea">tallest building in North Korea</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Reizei" title="Emperor Go-Reizei">Emperor Go-Reizei</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1025); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Philippe,_Comte_de_Custine" title="Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine">Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1793); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Doris_Hellman" title="C. Doris Hellman">C. Doris Hellman</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1910); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_Amamiya" title="Sora Amamiya">Sora Amamiya</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1993)</p>
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