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more events on August 28
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2012
US Republican convention nominates Mitt Romney as the party’s presidential candidate.
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2005
Hurricane Katrina reaches Category 5 strength; Louisiana Superdome opened as a “refuge of last resort” in New Orleans.
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2003
Power blackout affects half-million people in southeast England and halts 60% of London’s underground trains.
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1999
Prince Nikolai of Denmark.
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1993
Two hundred twenty-three die when a dam breaks at Qinghai (Kokonor), in northwest China.
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1986
Gilad Shalit, Israeli Defense Forces corporal kidnapped by Hamas and held for five years before being exchanged for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners.
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US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth given 365-year prison term for spying for USSR.
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Bolivian president Victor Paz Estenssoro declares a state of siege and uses troops and tanks to halt a march by 10,000 striking tin miners.
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1983
Israeli’s prime minister Menachem Begin announces his resignation.
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1982
Leann Rimes, Grammy-winning singer (“Blue”), actress, (Northern Lights).
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First Gay Games held, in San Francisco.
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1981
John Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent to attempting to assassinate Pres. Ronald Reagan.
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1979
Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb explodes under bandstand in Brussels’ Great Market as British Army musicians prepare for a performance; four British soldiers wounded.
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1971
Todd Eldredge, figure skater; Men’s World Champion (1996).
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1968
Clash between police and anti-war demonstrators during Democratic Party’s National Convention in Chicago.