1. On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

2. On August 28, 2008, Barack Obama became the first African American to accept a major party's nomination for President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.

3. On August 28, 1814, during the War of 1812, British troops marched into Washington D.C. and burned down the White House, the Capitol Building, and other government buildings.

4. On August 28, 1968, protesters clashed with police outside of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The violence, known as the Chicago Riots, resulted in hundreds of injuries and arrests.

5. On August 28, 1907, the first motorized ambulance service in the United States was established in Washington D.C. by the Georgetown University Hospital.