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AUGUST 27
Walter Meyer was born.
Bob Bruns was born.
John Riordan was born.
2003 – Mars made its closest approach to earth in 60,000 years.
AUGUST 28
Dennis Cummins was born.
Melisa Ritchie was born.
Jennifer Powell Sullivan was born.
1963 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
2011 – Hurricane Irene hit Rockaway.
AUGUST 29
Robert Coughlin was born.
Sunshine Hastings was born.
Bill Estes was born.
1966 -The Beatles played their last major concert at Candlestick Park, California.
2005 – Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast, destroying beachfront towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, killing more than 1,000.
AUGUST 30
Joseph Courtney was born.
Ann Hamilton Reen was born.
Liz Sweeney Haughie was born.
1983 – The space shuttle Challenger blasted off with Guion S. Bluford Jr. aboard. He was the first black American to travel in space.
AUGUST 31
Kevin O’Connor was born.
Christine Mullally was born.
Joe Caruso was born.
1994 – Russia officially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltic states.
1997 – Princess Diana and her companion Dodi al-Fayed were killed in a car accident in Paris.
SEPTEMBER 1
Loretta Courtney was born.
1807 – Former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason.
1939 – World War II began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
SEPTEMBER 2
James Turchiano was born.
Kyle Wade was born.
1901 – Vice President Theodore Roosevelt gave his “speak softly and carry a big stick” speech, regarding foreign policy at the Minnesota State Fair.
1945 – Japan’s formal surrender in World War II was celebrated as Victory over Japan (V-J) Day.
