Historical facts of the day August 28 1565 - Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed in Florida and built a fort , which was called the San Agustín , where after they built the city of that name . 1749 - Born Johann Wolfgang Goethe , German writer . 1814 - British troops after take possession of the city of Washington , burn the White House . 1850 - Premiere of the opera " Lohengrin " by Richard Wagner , in Teatro Gran Ducal Weimar ( Germany ) . 1897 - Cuban War : Fort Victoria Square of Tunas is won by Cuban troops . 1913 - Inauguration of the Peace Palace in The Hague . Several countries around the world have contributed to its construction . 1914 - British ships sink three German ships during the first major naval conflict of the First World War , in the North Sea . 1916 - World War I : Romanian troops invade Hungary . 1919 - German troops stifle a revolt supported by Poland in Upper Silesia . 1919 - Born Godfrey N. Hounsfield , British scientist and engineer , inventor of the " scanner " and the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1979 . 1920 - The right to vote of women is recognized in the United States . 1929 - The airship " Graf Zeppelin " complete his first round the world , performed in 20 days and 4 hours. 1937 - Peace Conference between Bolivia and Paraguay. 1945 - World War II : starts the Allied occupation of Japan 1947 - Manolete , the most famous bullfighter in Spain , is wounded by a bull during a presentation . He died the day after the attack, at 30 years of age . 1948 - Closure of the Congress Wroclaw (Poland ) and the creation of the World Movement for Peace 1950 - Die Cesare Pavese , Italian writer . 1963 - About 250 000 people hear the speech of the black leader Martin Luther King in Washington during a protest for civil rights. 1966 - The Argentine military government suspends the right to strike . 1968 - Over 300,000 people demonstrate against the Mexican government . The army advances against manistantes with tanks . 1973 - An earthquake leaves 700 victims in Mexico . 1973 - Signing of a treaty Indo-Pakistan through which India releases 90 mi 1973 - Signing of a treaty Indo-Pakistan through which India frees 90,000 prisoners of war . 1975 - BORN HELDER RAPOSO 1979 - President João Figueiredo military sanctions the Amnesty Law , which would serve to accused and convicted of political crimes . 1983 - Manachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel , resigns after ordering the invasion of Lebanon . Nobel winner , the politician promoted the first peace agreement between Palestinians and Israelis in 1978 . 1984 - Die Mohamed Naguib , military and first president of Egypt . 1987 - Die John Huston , director of American cinema. 1989 - Historic meeting between chRedação Earth State of Zambia , Kenneth Kaunda , the main host of the African National Congress , and the President of South Africa , Frederik de Klerk in Livingstone . 1992 - The impeachment of President Fernando Collor is approved by the House of Representatives . 1994 - The Ecuadorian President Sixto Durán Ballén wins the plebiscite to open a process of constitutional reform . 1995 - Die Michael Ende , German writer . 1996 - Prince Charles and Princess Diana formalize divorce after 15 years of marriage , in a London court . 1997 - Between 200 and 300 civilians are murdered by radical Islamic groups Algerians near Sidi Musa , one of the largest massacres recorded in the five years of undeclared civil war in Algeria .
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