On this day in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have
a Dream" speech at a civil rights rally in Washington, D.C. where
more than 200,000 people attended.
It was on this day in 1968.
Emmett Till was a 14-year-old African-American who was lynched in Mississippi after offending a white woman in a grocery store on this
day in 1955.
Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955)
A divorce decree was issued for Britain’s Prince Charles
and Princess Diana on this day in 1996. This made the
end of the couples 15-year marriage official.