Discover what happened on August 28 with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths. History happens every day! Check in with your virtual assistant or wherever you get your podcasts to find out about the historical events that happened on this day and every other day of the year. Check the HISTORY Channel show schedule and find out when your favorite shows are airing. Find cast bios, videos, and exclusive content on | HISTORY Channel Also on This Day in History Discover more of the major events, famous births, notable deaths and everything else history-making that happened on July 15th Also on This Day in History Discover more of the major events, famous births, notable deaths and everything else history-making that happened on August 16th These events are recapped by Russell Mitchell in this video clip from "This Day in History". The discovery of DNA by James Watson and Frances Crick being a major one for the scientific community. On August 19, 1909, the first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, now the home of the world’s most famous motor racing competition, the Indianapolis 500. Weeks later, Stagg sent Eisenhower a memo noting that had D-Day been pushed to later in June, the Allies would have encountered the worst weather in the English Channel in two decades. Six days after the D-Day landing, the five Allied landing groups, made up of some 330,000 troops, link up in Normandy to form a single solid front across northwestern France. On August 1, 1981, MTV: Music Television goes on the air for the first time ever, with the words (spoken by one of MTV’s creators, John Lack): “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.” The ...
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