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1749 Johann Wolfgang von Geothe was born.

1828 Leo Tolstoy was born.

1899 James Wong Howe, Charles Boyer were born.

1922 A 10-minute advertisement for Queensboro Realty Co., for which the company paid $100, became the first commercial to be aired on radio when it was broadcast on WEAF in New York City. (The station is now the sports radio station WFAN.)

1947 Manolete was fatally gored by a bull.

1955 My Hero was born; Emmit Till was abducted from his home and murdered.

1963 Martin Luther King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

1968 Police and anti-war protestors clashed at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

1981 John W. Hinckley Jr. pleaded innocent to charges he attempted to kill President Reagan.

1996 Democrats nominated Bill Clinton for a second term as President; Prince Charles and Princess Diana were divorced.

2005 Mayor Ray Nagin ordered the evacuation of New Orleans in advance of Hurricane Katrina.