Today in History
August 27
1963: From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. More than 200,000 people were present to hear his speech. It is one of the most famous speeches in American history.
1910: Mother Teresa, a Roman Catholic nun, was born in Macedonia. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work caring for the poor and sick.
1900: U.S. Army physician James Carroll allowed an infected mosquito to feed on him in an attempt to isolate the means of transmission of yellow fever. Carroll developed a severe case of yellow fever, helping his colleague, Army pathologist Walter Reed, prove that mosquitoes transmit this often-deadly disease. (Source: Library of Congress)
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