August 28

Today is I Have a Dream Day. 1789: Sir William Herschel discovered Saturn's moon, Enceladus. 1830: The first locomotive in the U.S. to carry passengers, the "Tom Thumb," carried 26 passengers 13 miles over the tracks of the B&O Railroad. 1845: The first issue of the Scientific American was published by Rufus Porter. 1877: Charles Rolls, co-founder of the Rolls-Royce company, was born. 1883: The first controlled flight in a glider was made by John Montgomery at Wheeler Hill, CA. 1907: The "American Messenger Company" was started by two teenagers Jim Casey and Claude Ryan - the company's name was later changed to "United Parcel Service." 1919: Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, electrical engineer and co-inventor of the CAT scan machine, was born. 1919: The International Air Traffic Association (IATA) was formed at The Hague, Holland. 1922: The first commercial to be aired on the radio was broadcast. 1939: The first successful flight of a jet-propelled airplane occurred with the German Heinkel He 178. 1964: The Beatles appeared on the cover of Life magazine. 2007: Human and solar powered flight pioneer Paul MacCready died.