FAMOUS SPEECH WAS ON THIS DAY IN 1963

Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream” speech - August 28, 1963 : Colorization

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the
African American civil rights movement reached its high-water
mark when
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream"
speech to about 250,000 people attending the March 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.

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BIRDS RETURN TO MCMINNVILLE AIR SHOW

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The Thunderbirds, a demonstration squadron of the United
States Air Force, are assigned to the
57th Wing, and are
based at
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Created 71 years
ago in 1953, the USAF Thunderbirds are the third-oldest
formal flying aerobatic team (under the same name) in the
world.

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The Thunderbirds perform the Diamond Pass-In-Review.

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Performing a calypso pass.

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The Delta Burst.

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon International Air Show
is back in McMinnville for the Labor Day weekend.

It marks the return of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.

The high-flying action runs Saturday through Monday at the
McMinnville Airport.

Gates open at 9 a.m. and the show starts around noon.

Thunderbird Pilots

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

Today in History March 4: From National Safety Day to Toru Dutt Birthday - Eduvast.com    
   

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John D. Rockefeller and the Oil Industry timeline | Timetoast timelines

August 27 is known in some circles as Oil and Gas Industry
Appreciation Day. This date, in 1859, is also when Edwin
Drake drilled the first successful oil well in the world.


(Col) Edwin L. Drake (
March 29, 1819 – November 9, 1880)

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THE FIRST TIME ON TELEVISION IN 1939

Today in Reds history, 1939: The Reds participate in the first major league game to be televised ...

On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball
game
was broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was
to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber called the game
between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at
Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.

The Reds won the first, 5–2 while the Dodgers won the second,
6–1.

This all started in April of 1939 with the opening of The World’s
Fair, when David Sarnoff told the nation that RCA had “added
radio sight to sound”, and officially kicked off the age of
television.

August 26, 1939…First MLB Game On TV + Other Sports TV Firsts – Eyes Of A Generation…Television ...
Barber (in suit) called the first game on NBC Radio and
moved over to TV for the second game.

A photograph of the president of RCA, David Sarnoff, dedicating the RCA building at the 1939 ...
The President of RCA, David Sarnoff, dedicating the RCA
Building at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York.

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FOX NEWS POLITICAL CARTOON FOR THE DAY

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