August 28

Today in History
• 1609 - English explorer Henry Hudson, discovers and explores Delaware Bay
• 1830 - 1st American built locomotive, "Tom Thumb" races a horse-drawn car
• 1837 - Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufacture Worcestershire Sauce
• 1845 - Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue
• 1867 - The United States formally takes control of Midway Atoll
• 1884 - First known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota
• 1907 - United Parcel Service is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington
• 1917 - Ten suffragists arrested as they picket the White House


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Crackers Over The Keyboard Day
• Emirati Womens Day
• Late Summer Bank Holiday
• National Heroes Day of Philippines
• National Power Rangers Day
• National Red Wine Day
• Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day
• Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day

Birthdays
• 1025 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan, 70th Emperor of Japan
• 1667 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway
• 1691 - Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress
• 1774 - Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (canonized 1975)
• 1789 - Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden
• 1827 - Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia
• 1831 - Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, 1st lady of the United States (1877-81)
• 1841 - Louis Le Prince, French artist and original inventor of the motion picture camera