July 28th
Today in America's Present Past
1746 | Founder Thomas Heyward was born.
1778 | Admiral Charles Stewart was born.
1809 | Astronomer Ormsby McKnight Mitchel was born.
1864 | Civil War: The Battle of Ezra Chapel, Georgia.
1868 | Civil Rights: The 14th Amendment is ratified by the States.
1879 | Activist Lucy Burns was born.
1895 | Cleric Edward Beecher died.
1898 | Surgeon Charles William Mayo was born.
1914 | The Foxtrot is first danced at the New Amsterdam Roof Garden in New York City by Harry Fox.
1915 | Physicist Charles Hard Townes was born.
1916 | Producer David Brown was born.
1917 | Civil Rights: The Silent Parade was organized to protest lynching.
1919 | Civil Rights: “Red Summer race riots” in Newberry, South Carolina.
1929 | First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy was born.
1932 | Civil Rights: Bonus March protest in Washington, D.C.
1932 | Film: “White Zombie” debuted.
1939 | Surgeon William James Mayo died.
1943 | POTUS: Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt ended his coffee rationing.
1943 | Basketball Pro and politician Bill Bradley was born.
1945 | An Army B-25 crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building.
1951 | Film “Alice in Wonderland” debuted.
1952 | Film “On the Waterfront” debuted.
1956 | Author Carol Higgins Clark was born.
1965 | Vietnam War: Johnson sends 50,000 more troops.
1967 | Ace Karl W. Richter died.
1967 | Civil Rights: A Long, hot summer of riots continues in Wilmington, Delaware.
1982 | Musician Keith Green died.
1987 | Author James Burnham died.
2024 | Author Francine Pascal died.