August 28
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August 28 is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events [change]
- 1521 – Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
- 1619 – Ferdinand II is elected Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1789 – William Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn.
- 1845 – The first edition of the Scientific American magazine is published.
- 1867 – The United States annexes the Midway Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
- 1879 – Cetshwayo, the last king of the Zulus is captured by the British.
- 1913 – The Peace Palace in The Hague is inaugurated.
- 1924 – The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
- 1937 – Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
- 1944 – World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
- 1953 – Nippon TV broadcasts Japan's first television programme.
- 1955 – African American teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi.
- 1963 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr. makes his famous I have a Dream speech, calling for Civil Rights and equal opportunities.
- 1988 – Ramstein airshow disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolore demonstration team collide, with the wreckage falling into the crowd, killing 75 people and injuring 346.
- 1990 – Iraq declares Kuwait its newest province.
- 1991 – Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1996 – Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales officially divorce.
- 2003 – A power blackout in southeastern England affects 500,000 people.
- 2005 – Hurricane Katrina begins to make landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Births [change]
- 1025 – Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)
- 1582 – Taichang Emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China (d. 1620)
- 1592 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English diplomat (d. 1627)
- 1749 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832)
- 1774 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, first American-born saint (d. 1821)
- 1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1910) (September 9 in Gregorian calendar)
- 1831 – Lucy Webb Hayes, First Lady of the United States (d. 1889)
- 1853 – Vladimir Shukhov, Russian engineer (d. 1939)
- 1853 – Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (d. 1938)
- 1867 – Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (d. 1948)
- 1878 – George Whipple, American doctor (d. 1976)
- 1884 – Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1950)
- 1899 – Chang Myon, 4th Vice President of South Korea, 2nd, 7th Prime Minister (d. 1966)
- 1899 – Charles Boyer, French actor (d. 1978)
- 1903 – Bruno Bettelheim, American psychologist (d. 1990)
- 1906 – John Betjeman, English poet (d. 1984)
- 1910 – Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch economist (d. 1985)
- 1911 – Joseph Luns, Dutch Secretary-General of NATO (d. 2002)
- 1913 – Robertson Davies, Canadian writer (d. 1995)
- 1916 – Jack Vance, American writer
- 1919 – Godfrey Hounsfield, English electrical engineer (d. 2004)
- 1921 – Lidia Gueiler Tejada, President of Bolivia (d. 2011)
- 1923 – Guenter Wendt, German-born NASA engineer (d. 2010)
- 1924 – Janet Frame, New Zealand writer (d. 2004)
- 1938 – Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada
- 1942 – Jose Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola
- 1943 – David Soul, American actor
- 1943 – Surayud Chulanont, former Prime Minister of Thailand
- 1943 – Lou Piniella, American baseball manager
- 1947 – Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (d. 2004)
- 1949 – Hugh Cornwell, English musician (The Stranglers)
- 1951 – Wayne Osmond, American singer
- 1952 – Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
- 1952 – Rita Dove, American poet
- 1953 – Ditmar Jakobs, German footballer
- 1957 – Ivo Josipovic, President of Croatia
- 1957 - Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, Spanish footballer and coach (d. 2012)
- 1957 – Daniel Stern, American actor
- 1958 – Scott Hamilton, American figure skater
- 1960 – Emma Samms, English actress
- 1965 – Satoshi Tajiri, Japanese, creator of Pokémon
- 1965 – Shania Twain, Canadian-American singer
- 1968 – Billy Boyd, Scottish actor
- 1969 – Jack Black, American actor and musician
- 1969 – Jason Priestley, Canadian-American actor
- 1974 – Carsten Jancker, German footballer
- 1976 – Federico Magallanes, Uruguayan footballer
- 1981 – Daniel Gygax, Swiss footballer
- 1982 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer
- 1982 – Thiago Motta, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Christian Pander, German footballer
- 1986 – Florence Welch, English singer (Florence and the Machine)
- 1986 – Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier
- 1990 – Bojan Krkic, Serbian-Spanish footballer
Deaths [change]
- 430 – Augustine of Hippo, saint and theologian (b. 354)
- 1481 – King Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1432)
- 1645 – Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher (b. 1583)
- 1654 – Axel Oxenstierna, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. 1583)
- 1903 – Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect (b. 1822)
- 1943 – King Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
- 1955 – Emmett Till, American Civil Rights Movement icon (b. 1941) (murdered)
- 1959 – Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (b. 1890)
- 1985 – Ruth Gordon, American actress (b. 1896)
- 1987 – John Huston, American movie director (b. 1906)
- 1995 – Michael Ende, German writer (b. 1929)
- 2006 – Melvin Schwartz, American physicist (b. 1932)
- 2006 – William F. Quinn, 1st State Governor of Hawaii (b. 1919)
- 2007 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984)
- 2008 – Phil Hill, American racing driver (b. 1927)
- 2010 – Sinan Hasani, Yugoslavian President (b. 1922)
