Saturday, August 29, 2026
This Day In History
August 31, 1997
Shortly after midnight on August 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales—affectionately known as Lady Di or "the People’s Princess"—dies in a car crash in Paris.
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-31/princess-diana-dies-in-car-crash-paris
This Day In History
This made him famous - argued Brown v. Board
August 30, 1967
On August 30, 1967, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. He would remain on the Supreme Court for 24 years before retiring for health reasons, leaving a legacy of upholding the rights of the individual as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-30/thurgood-marshall-confirmed-as-supreme-court-justice
This Day In History
August 29, 2005
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall near New Orleans, as a Category 3 hurricane on August 29, 2005. Despite being only the third most powerful storm of the 2005 hurricane season, Katrina was among the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. In the wake of the storm, there were over 50 failures of the levees and flood walls around New Orleans and its suburbs. The levee and flood wall failures caused widespread flooding.
Taken friend: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-29/hurricane-katrina-slams-into-gulf-coast
This Day In History
August 28, 1963
On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the African American civil rights movement reaches its high-water mark when Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech to about 250,000 people attending the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The demonstrators—Black and white, poor and rich—came together in the nation’s capital to demand voting rights and equal opportunity for African Americans and to appeal for an end to racial segregation and discrimination.
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-28/king-speaks-to-march-on-washington
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
This Day in History
August 27, 1916
On August 27, 1916, after Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, formally entering World War I, Romanian troops cross the border of the Austro-Hungarian Empire into the much-contested province of Transylvania.
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-27/romania-enters-world-war-i
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