Thursday 13

Here are 13 things that happened on August 28.

1. 1609 – Henry Hudson sails into Delaware Bay, becoming the first European to chart its waters—an opening line in a long colonial ledger.

2. 1774 – Elizabeth Ann Bayley is born. She will become the first American-born saint, founding the first Catholic school in the U.S.

3. 1789 – William Herschel discovers Saturn’s moon Enceladus, a frozen world with geysers and a hidden ocean—celestial mystery in motion.

4. 1830 – The American-built locomotive “Tom Thumb” races a horse—and loses due to mechanical failure. Steam dreams stumble.

5. 1833 – Britain’s Slavery Abolition Act receives royal assent, legally ending slavery in most of the British Empire.

6. 1837 – Worcestershire Sauce is first brewed by Lea & Perrins, born of a forgotten recipe and a lucky rediscovery.

7. 1845 – The first issue of Scientific American is published, launching a legacy of curiosity and invention.

8. 1869 – Three men abandon John Wesley Powell’s Grand Canyon expedition, believing the desert safer than the rapids. They vanish.

9. 1917 – Ten suffragists are arrested while picketing the White House, demanding the vote with silent strength.

10. 1955 – Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, his story igniting the civil rights movement with unbearable clarity.

11. 1957 – Strom Thurmond begins a 24-hour filibuster against the Civil Rights Act, a last gasp of segregationist resistance.

12. 1963 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech, echoing across generations.

13. 1964 – A race riot erupts in North Philadelphia, sparked by deep wounds and police brutality.

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