In what became an instantly iconic moment of early 2000s pop culture, Britney Spears and Madonna share a passionate kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards on August 28, 2003.

An air show involving military jets at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany turns tragic on August 28, 1988 when three jets collide in mid-air and fall into the crowd.

On August 28, 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, thousands of Vietnam War protesters battle police in the streets, while the Democratic Party falls apart over an internal disagreement concerning its stance on Vietnam.

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.

On August 28, 1963, legendary gospel vocalist Mahalia Jackson not only performs as the lead-in to Dr.

On August 28, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson is picketed by suffragists in front of the White House, who demand that he support an amendment to the Constitution that would guarantee women the right to vote.

King Cetshwayo, the last great ruler of Zululand, is captured by the British following his defeat in the British-Zulu War.

Convinced they will have a better chance surviving the desert than the raging rapids that lay ahead, three men leave John Wesley Powell’s expedition through the Grand Canyon and scale the cliffs to the plateau above.

Early trains were pulled by horses along special tracks. Then an American inventor built a steam locomotive and proved its worth by racing it against a horse.

Elizabeth Ann Bayley is born in New York City on August 28, 1774.