On August 28th in US Political History
Part III
Part III
On August 28th in 1981 John W. Hinckley Jr. pled innocent to charges of attempting to kill President Reagan.
On August 28th in 1987 A fire damaged the Arcadia, Fla., home of Ricky, Robert and Randy Ray, three hemophiliac brothers infected with the AIDS virus whose court-ordered school attendance sparked local outrage.
On August 28th in 1995 Chase Manhattan and Chemical Banking announced a $10 billion deal to create the biggest bank in the nation.
On August 28th in 1999 President Clinton announced a $100 million distribution by the US Dept. of Education for charter schools.
On August 28th in 2003 A US Defense Department survey found that nearly one in five female Air Force Academy cadets said they had been sexually assaulted during their time at the academy.
On August 28th in 2004 Shiite militants and U.S. forces battled in the Baghdad's Sadr City slum and a mortar barrage slammed into a busy eastern neighborhood in a new round of violence in the capital that left 10 people dead and dozens wounded. U.S. warplanes carried out airstrikes for the second straight day in the city of Fallujah.
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