Layla South
08-28-2008, 05:44 AM
-1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech during a civil rights rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
-1981 John W. Hinckley Jr. pleaded innocent to charges of attempting to kill President Ronald Reagan.
1996 Democrats nominated President Bill Clinton for a second term at their national convention in Chicago.
-1996 Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana were divorced after 15 years of marriage.
-2002 Prosecutors indicted WorldCom executives Scott Sulivan and Buford Yates Jr. in connection with the company's collapse. Both later pleaded guilty to criminal fraud.
-2005 New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered everyone in the city to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Katrina.
-1981 John W. Hinckley Jr. pleaded innocent to charges of attempting to kill President Ronald Reagan.
1996 Democrats nominated President Bill Clinton for a second term at their national convention in Chicago.
-1996 Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana were divorced after 15 years of marriage.
-2002 Prosecutors indicted WorldCom executives Scott Sulivan and Buford Yates Jr. in connection with the company's collapse. Both later pleaded guilty to criminal fraud.
-2005 New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered everyone in the city to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Katrina.