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On This Day In History for August 28, 2019

This is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining in 2019.

It was on this date in 1609, Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay.

That same date in 1789, William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn later named Enceladus.

It was on this date in 1830, that The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam’s role in U.S. railroads.

Also today in 1845, The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.

The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is widely disrupted on this date in 1859.

It was also this date in 1867 that The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.

Also today in 1898, Caleb Bradham’s beverage “Brad’s Drink” is renamed “Pepsi-Cola”.

That same date in 1937, Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.

Also on August 28, 1993, The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

French mathematician and philosopher, Antoine Augustin Cournot, born on this date in 1801.

Italian-American engineer, Secondo Campini was born 115 years ago today.

Dutch-American mathematician and economist Nobel Prize laureate, Tjalling Koopmans, born on this date in 1910.

Born August 28, 1913, American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation Jack Dreyfus.

Jack Kirby, American author and illustrator was born on that same date in 1917.

Canadian physicist and engineer, John Herbert Chapman was born 98 years ago today.

Also turning 80 today is English mathematician and academic John Kingman.

American actor and singer, David Soul is 76 today.

Also born on that same date in 1965,  Canadian singer-songwriter, Shania Twain.

American actor and comedian, Jack Black, born on this date in 1969.

Also born on that same date in 1969,  Canadian actor, director, and producer, Jason Priestley.

Also turning 45 today is Swedish game designer and programmer Johan Andersson.

Listener Birthdays

August –

30 – Maximilian Björsten, Stockholm Sweden

31 – Tim Downing

September-

01 – David Kloempken

02 – Scott Tyler

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for August 28, 2019

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