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Police vs. demonstrators in Chicago

Aug. 28, 1968 — Police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president.

First use of phone book

Aug. 28, 1878 — First corporate use of a telephone took place at the Hecla Mine west of Melrose, a project of the Stuart, Cable City and Phillipsburg Telegraph and Telephone Co.

Sources: Associated Press, Montana Historical Society