August 28th in History

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August 28th in History

1789: William Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn
1963: Over 200,000 people march through Washington in a civil rights demonstration led by Rv. Martin Luther King
1990: Kuwait declared the 19th province of Iraq, by Saddam Hussein

August 28th birthdays

1828: Count Leo Tolstoy, Russian author of 'War and Peace'