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#OTD August, 28 2008 In #NumismaticHistory Andrew Jackson's Liberty First Spouse $10 Gold Coin President, 1829–1837 was released through the First Spouse Coin and Medal Program. facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OnThisDay August, 28 2006 in #NumismaticHistory the North Dakota State quarter was released. facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OTD August 28, 1963 nearly a quarter million people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom high point of the civil rights movement due to famous “I Have a Dream” speech by #MartinLutherKingJr facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OTD August 28 1933 in #NumismaticHistory US President Franklin Roosevelt issues Executive Order 6260, allowing exemptions to the gold ownership ban for up to $100, and for gold coins of recognized collector value facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OTD August 28 1996 in #Englands #RoyalFamilyHistory The 15-year marriage of Charles, prince of Wales, and Diana, princess of Wales, ended as a final divorce decree was issued. #RIPDiana facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

August 28 = National Bow Tie Day Ah the bow tie! Be it one that you tie yourself or a clip on channel your inner fashionista and wear your favorite bow tie! #NationalBowTieDay #BowTie #BowTieDay #HowardThomas #HoboNickel Howard Thomas, Artist facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

August 28 = National Bow Tie Day #NationalBowTieDay #BowTie #Fashionista #BowTieDay #HoboNickel by #HowardThomas @purrgatorycats facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OnThisDay August 28 1917 Jack Kirby, cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk, Capt America) was born. Kid ... Comics will break your heart. ~Jack Kirby facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OTD August 28 1965 In #MusicHistory #TheRollingStones announced that Allen Klein who they had met 3 days earlier would co-manage the group along with Andrew Loog Oldham. At the same time The Stones signed a 5 year recording deal with Decca Records. facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OnThisDay August 28 1973 "In #MusicHistory Smoke on the Water" single by British rock band Deep Purple goes gold facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OTD August 281970 In #MusicHistory During a 4 week engagement at The International Hotel in Las Vegas a security guard at the hotel received a phone call in which he was told Elvis Presley would be shot during his last show. facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OnThisDay August 28, In #WorldHistory 1913 Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace in The Hague facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OTD August 28 2020 In #FilmHistory Bill & Ted Face the Music an American SciFi comedy film was released to theatres in the United States It was the 3rd film in the Bill & Ted film series & the sequel to Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OTD August 28,1938 In #AnimatedFilmHistory through November 27 1938 A comic adaptation of #Disney’s Brave Little Tailor a #MickeyMouse animated cartoon ran in the #MickeyMouse #SundayNewspaper #ComicStrip The comic adaptation had a few changes: facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OTD August 28, 1927 In #FilmHistory With Love and Hisses starring #StanLaurel & #OliverHardy premieres #HoboNickel by #PedroVillarrubia Pedro Villarrubia facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OTD August 28 1965 In #MusicHistory #BobDylan plays "Desolation Row" for the 1st time at the Forest Hills Music Festival in Queens, New York. #CoinCarving by #BenProctor facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OTD August 28 2012 In #CelebrityNews Celebrity Net Worth named #RingoStarr as world's richest drummer, with an estimated fortune of $300 million. Phil Collins was ranked 2nd with $250 million, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl was 3rd with $225 million facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OTD August 28 1967 In #MusicHistory The #GratefulDead and Big Brother and the Holding Company played at the wake of a Hell's Angels member who had been struck by a car in San Francisco, CA. facebook.com/photo?fbid=101…

#OTD August 28 1963 in #USHistory nearly a 1/4 million people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Dr Martin Luther King Jr participated & from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial delivered his I Have A Dream speech to a crowd of 250,000