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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people listened as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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• In 1609, English sea explorer Henry Hudson and his ship, the Half Moon, reached present-day Delaware Bay.
• In 1862, the Second Battle of Bull Run (also known as Second Manassas) began in Prince William County, Va., during the Civil War; the result was a Confederate victory.
• In 1922, the first-ever radio commercial aired on station WEAF in New York City; the 10-minute advertisement was for the Queensboro Realty Co., which had paid a fee of $100.
• In 1945, the Allies began occupying Japan at the end of World War II.
• In 1947, legendary bullfighter Manolete (man-oh-LEH'-tay) died after being gored during a fight in Linares, Spain; he was 30.
• In 1955, Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle's home in Money, Miss., by two white men after he had supposedly whistled at a white woman; he was found brutally slain three days later.
• In 1968, police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president.
• In 1972, Mark Spitz of the United States won the first two of his seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics, finishing first in the 200-meter butterfly and anchoring the 400-meter freestyle relay. The Soviet women gymnasts won the team all-around.
• In 1973, an earthquake shook Veracruz, Mexico; death toll estimates range from 600 to 1,200.
• In 1983, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (men-AH'-kem BAY'-gihn) announced his resignation.
• In 1988, 70 people were killed when three Italian stunt planes collided during an air show at the U.S. Air Base in Ramstein (RAHM'-shtyn), West Germany.
• In 1990, an F5 tornado struck the Chicago area, killing 29 people.
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• Ten years ago: British Prime Minister Tony Blair denied the government had "sexed up" a dossier on Iraq's weapons threat and said he would have resigned if it had been true. A Defense Department survey found that nearly 1 in 5 female Air

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