3:00 PM – 5:00 PM (LOCAL)
Live Performances (before gavel) Yonder Mountain String Band Performance Jeff Austin, Adam Aijala, Ben Kaufmann, Dave Johnston
Voter Registration Presentation
Remarks The Honorable Luis Gutierrez Member of the US House of Representatives, Illinois
David Plouffe Obama Campaign Manager
Ray Rivera Obama State Director, Colorado
Call to Order The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Permanent Chair, Democratic National Convention Member and Speaker of the US House of Representatives, California
Invocation Rabbi David Saperstein Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism – Washington, DC
Presentation of Colors Disabled American Veterans
Pledge of Allegiance Shawn Johnson US Olympic Gymnast
National Anthem Jennifer Hudson Academy award-winning singer and Broadway performer
Welcome Elbra Wedgeworth President/Chair, Denver Host Committee
Presentation of Resolutions Democratic National Committee Vice-Chairs Mark Brewer The Honorable Linda Chavez-Thompson The Honorable Mike Honda The Honorable Lottie Shackelford Susan Turnbull
Remarks Honorable Bill Ritter, Jr. Governor of Colorado
The Honorable Ed Perlmutter Member of the US House of Representatives, Colorado
The Honorable John Salazar Member of the US House of Representatives, Colorado
The Honorable Diana DeGette Member of the US House of Representatives, Colorado
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (LOCAL)
Video & Remarks The Honorable Howard Dean Former Governor of Vermont Chair of the Democratic Party
Video & Remarks: Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King The Honorable John Lewis Member of the US House of Representatives, Georgia Rev. Bernice King Daughter of the late Dr. King Martin Luther King III Oldest son of the late Dr. King
Remarks The Honorable Bill Richardson Governor, New Mexico
Live Performances will.i.am Accompanied by John Legend (piano), Agape Choir, and band
Sheryl Crow Singer/songwriter
Remarks Ray Rivera Obama State Director, Colorado
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (LOCAL)
Remarks The Honorable Jan Schakowsky Member of the US House of Representatives, Illinois
The Honorable Mark Udall Member of the US House of Representatives, Colorado
The Honorable Tim Kaine Governor of Virginia
Live Performance Stevie Wonder
Remarks The Honorable Al Gore Former Vice President of the United States
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (LOCAL)
Remarks John Kuniholm Wounded Iraq veteran
Live Performance Michael McDonald Singer/songwriter
Remarks Susan Eisenhower Granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Retired Generals Tribute Air Force Maj. Gen. J. Scott Gration (Ret) Accompanied by additional generals
American Voices Program Roy Gross Monica Early Wes Moore Janet Lynn Monacco Nate Flick Teresa Asenap Pamela Cash-Roper Barney Smith
Remarks The Honorable Dick Durbin US Senator, Illinois
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM (LOCAL)
Video/Remarks SENATOR BARACK OBAMA DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Benediction Pastor Joel Hunter Senior Pastor of Northland in Central Florida
Adjournment The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Permanent Chair, Democratic National Convention
Good grief, I’d rather have hot pokers shoved into my ears, than wlisten to any of that crap.
I hope someone has a tape of Nobamma slapping a large lip-lock on Jill Biden last night.I think Joe Biden got a neck bite also with his hug.
My question is this: Could Sheppard Smith be more of an assclown? I think he’s getting those Matthews chills up his leg for Obama...
Will someone please post the Fox live feed website!!!!!!..... Thanks
Hey Barakus Obavius how are things in Rome?
WARNING!
A toga is like a kilt.
DON’T WEAR IT IF YOU DON’T HAVE GRAVITAS!!!
August 28, 1997 32nd Ryder Cup: at Sotogrande Spain
August 28, 1997 Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes
August 28, 1996 Liam Botham takes 5-67 on 1st-class debut Hants vs. Middlesex
August 28, 1995 Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson
August 28, 1995 Northants 7-781 decl defeat Nottinghamshire 527 and 157
August 28, 1994 1st Japanese gay pride parade
August 28, 1994 22nd du Maurier Golf Classic: Martha Nause
August 28, 1994 94th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Tiger Woods
August 28, 1993 Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed
August 28, 1993 Jakovlev-42 crashes in Tadzjikistan, 76 killed
August 28, 1993 Long Beach, California beats Panama for little league world championship
August 28, 1993 Singapore vice-premier Teng Cheong elected president
August 28, 1992 Test Cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo
August 28, 1991 Lexington Ave IRT subway train derails at Union Square, 5 die
August 28, 1991 Red Tom Browning vs Expo Dennis Martinez both perfect game pitcher
August 28, 1990 Cub’s Ryne Sandberg is 1st 2nd baseman to hit 30 HRs, consecutively
August 28, 1990 Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov
August 28, 1989 1st regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners
August 28, 1989 Frank Viola and Mets outduel Orel Hershiser and Dodgers 1-0
August 28, 1988 40th Emmy Awards: 30something, Wonder Years and Richard Kiley
August 28, 1988 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany
August 28, 1988 88th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Eric Meeks
August 28, 1988 Italian stunt flyers crashes in flames in West Germany, killing 50
August 28, 1988 Patty Jordan wins LPGA Ocean State Golf Open
August 28, 1988 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
August 28, 1987 Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 HRs
August 28, 1986 Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege
August 28, 1986 Largest wrestling crowd in Canada (69,300) at Toronto Stadium
August 28, 1986 Tina Turner’s star unveiled in Hollywood
August 28, 1986 U.S. Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying
August 28, 1984 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
August 28, 1983 “Mame” closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 41 performances
August 28, 1983 Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 home runs onto roof at Comiskey Park
August 28, 1983 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announces resignation
August 28, 1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour
August 28, 1983 Pat Bradley wins Columbia Savings Golf Classic
August 28, 1982 “Sugar Babies” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 1208 performances
August 28, 1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
August 28, 1981 John Hinckley, Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan
August 28, 1981 Sebastian Coe of U.K. sets 1-mi record of 3:47.33 (since broken)
August 28, 1981 National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi’s sarcoma in gay men
August 28, 1979 IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market
August 28, 1979 Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die
August 28, 1978 Donald Vesco rode 21’-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph
August 28, 1978 Ja’afar Sharif-Emami appointed premier of Iran
August 28, 1977 Bonnie Lauer wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic
August 28, 1977 New York Yankee Ron Guidry faces just 28 men and beats Texas Rangers 1-0
August 28, 1977 Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year
August 28, 1977 N.Y. Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship
August 28, 1976 N.Y. Cosmos beat Seattle Sounders 2-1 for NASL cup
August 28, 1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
August 28, 1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth
August 28, 1973 “Monster Mash” goes gold
August 28, 1973 “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple goes gold
August 28, 1973 6.8 quake centered in Oaxaca State in Mexico kills 527
August 28, 1973 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
August 28, 1973 India and Pakistan sign POW accord
August 28, 1973 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
August 28, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
August 28, 1970 Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970
August 28, 1968 Police and anti-war demonstrators clash at Chicago’s Dem National Conven
August 28, 1967 Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt vs. Eng
August 28, 1967 Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus
August 28, 1966 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Glass City Golf Classic
August 28, 1964 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
August 28, 1964 U.S. weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched
August 28, 1964 WEWS-TV Channel 5’s “Upbeat” debuts in Cleveland
August 28, 1963 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, D.C.
August 28, 1963 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue opens
August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a dream speech” at Lincoln Memorial
August 28, 1962 55.9 cm rainfall at Hackberry, Louisiana, state record
August 28, 1962 Dr. Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid
August 28, 1962 Tony Sheridan and Beat Brothers record “Ya Ya (Parts 1 + 2)”
August 28, 1960 White Sox Ted Kluzewski’s 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time
August 28, 1958 Nellie Fox sets record for consecutive games without striking out (98)
August 28, 1957 Sen Strom Thurmond begins 24-hr filibuster against civil rights bill
August 28, 1956 England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series
August 28, 1955 1st NFL preseason sudden death football, Rams beats Giants 23-17
August 28, 1955 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament
August 28, 1953 “Me and Juliet” opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 358 performances
August 28, 1952 German and Israeli reach accord about recovery payments
August 28, 1952 Jakob Malik succeeds Zorine as Foreign minister
August 28, 1951 Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000
August 28, 1951 Pirates snap New York Giants 16 game win streak
August 28, 1950 Earle and Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A’s from Connie Mack Jr
August 28, 1949 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
August 28, 1949 Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill, New York
August 28, 1944 Last German troops in Marseille surrendered and Toulon cleared
August 28, 1944 U.S. air raid on Ambon
August 28, 1943 Denmark, declares a universal strike against Nazi occupiers
August 28, 1943 Mussolini transfered from La Maddalena Sardinia to Gran Sasso
August 28, 1942 9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 21, All-Stars 0 (101,100)
August 28, 1942 Gunther Hagg (Sweden) sets world record for 3,000m (8:01.2)
August 28, 1942 Transport nr 25 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
August 28, 1941 8th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 37, All-Stars 13 (98,203)
August 28, 1941 Last meeting of resistance fighter Comte d’Estienne d’Orves
August 28, 1940 French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle
August 28, 1939 “Monty” becomes commandant of 3rd “Iron” Infantry division
August 28, 1939 Netherland mobilizes
August 28, 1939 Sammy Fain/Jack Yellen’s musical “George White’s Scandals” premieres
August 28, 1938 Mauthausen concentration camp opens in Austria
August 28, 1938 Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy
August 28, 1938 On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A’s win a doubleheader
August 28, 1929 Frank Woolley scores his 100th first-class hundred
August 28, 1926 Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)
August 28, 1925 Meteorite falls on Ellemeet, Schouwen, Devil Island
August 28, 1922 1st Walker Cup: U.S. beats England 8-4
August 28, 1922 Albert von Tilzer and Neville Fleesons musical premieres in New York City
August 28, 1922 WEAF in New York City airs 1st radio coml (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 mins)
August 28, 1921 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels and Paris)
August 28, 1921 Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games
August 28, 1920 19th amendment acknowledges women’s rights
August 28, 1919 General John Smuts becomes premier of South Africa
August 28, 1918 Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly
August 28, 1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House
August 28, 1916 Germany declares war on Romania
August 28, 1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
August 28, 1914 3rd day of battle at Tannenberg: violent German/Russian battles
August 28, 1914 Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed
August 28, 1914 John French evacuate Amiens
August 28, 1913 Queen Wilhelmina opens Peace Palace (The Hague)
August 28, 1911 45.7 cm rainfall at St. George, Georgia (state record)
August 28, 1908 14th U.S. Golf Open: Fred McLeod shoots a 322 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass
August 28, 1907 United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
August 28, 1884 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota
August 28, 1884 Mickey Welsh strikes-out 1st 9 men he faces
August 28, 1883 Slavery banned throughout British Empire
August 28, 1879 Battle at Ulundi: Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo’s Zuluz
August 28, 1867 U.S. occupies Midway Islands in Pacific
August 28, 1862 Battle of Thoroughfare Gap VA
August 28, 1862 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, D.C.
August 28, 1861 Battle of Fort Hatteras NC
August 28, 1850 Richard Wagner’s opera “Lohengrin” premieres at Weimar Germany
August 28, 1849 Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, after been under siege since July 20 after proclaiming independence
August 28, 1840 9 Jewish prisoners are released from Damascus jails
August 28, 1837 Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce
August 28, 1830 1st locomotive in U.S., “Tom Thumb,” runs from Balt to Ellicotts Mill
August 28, 1789 Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn’s moon Enceladus
August 28, 1655 New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service
August 28, 1637 WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa
August 28, 1632 Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Drenthe
August 28, 1619 Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor
August 28, 1609 Henry Hudson, discovers and explores Delaware Bay
August 28, 1565 Oldest city in the U.S., St. Augustine Fla, established
August 28, 1521 Turkish sultan Suleiman I’s troops occupy Belgrade
August 28, 476 German ruler Odoacer captures Pavia
August 28, 476 West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted
Did this messiah choose MLK day to do this or was it fate?
Leni
The time listed at the beginning of this thread is a little unclear. Please specify Eastern Daylight Time or whatever. Thanks.
Leni
Folks,
I have 4 extra tickets for the Robbie Knievel event at the Pepsi Center 8/27/08 if anybody wants them.
He’s going to try to jump 5000 Obama supporters with a bull dozer.
Does anyone know what the story is with all this Funkadelic music is tonight?
Also, WHAT THe HECK is this guy saying?
John Lewis is speaking now.
I once saw him in Atlanta, in a mall. He is sooooo short. I wanted to give him a piece of my mind but he was on a cell phone.
So stupid me just waved and he smiled.
Go Cowboys!!!
Who the hell do ya'll think I was talk about?
