Almanac of Absurdities for 8/28

Cool Birthdays today: George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Marvel Comics Genius Jack Kirby, Leo Tolstoy and Jack Black. Martin Luther King held his 200-thousand person Rally in Washington DC and delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech on this day in 1963, and in 1898 on this day Caleb Bradham came up with a new name for his soft drink product: “Pepsi-Cola.”