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August_28
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{| style="float:right;" |- |{{AugustCalendar}} |- |{{ThisDateInRecentYears|Month=August|Day=28}} |} {{Linked-title}} is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ==Events== * 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius_Nepos to flee his Capital of Ravenna and appoints his own son Romulus_Augustus in his place. * 489 - Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy. * 888 - Today is the last day until February 2, 2000 that all of the digits in the date are even. *1189 - The Crusaders begin the Siege_of_Acre under Guy_of_Lusignan *1521 - The Ottoman_Turks occupy Belgrade. *1542 - Reinforced with at least 600 arquebusiers and Cavalry, Imam Ahmad_Gragn attacks the Portuguese Camp in the Battle_of_Wofla. The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão_da_Gama captured and afterwards executed. *1565 - St._Augustine,_Florida, established. It is the oldest surviving European settlement in the United_States. *1609 - Henry_Hudson discovers Delaware_Bay. *1619 - Ferdinand II is elected Emperor of the Holy_Roman_Empire. *1830 - The ''Tom_Thumb'' presages the first railway service in the United_States. *1845 - ''Scientific_American'' Magazine publishes its first issue. *1849 - After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria. *1850 - Richard_Wagner's opera ''Lohengrin'' premieres in Weimar,_Germany. *1862 - Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run, also known as the battle of Second_Manassas. *1867 - The United_States occupies Midway_Island. *1879 - Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British. *1884 - First known Photograph of a Tornado is made. *1898 - Caleb_Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola". *1907 - UPS is founded by James_E._Casey in Seattle,_Washington. *1913 - Queen_Wilhelmina opens the Peace_Palace in The_Hague. *1914 - The British fleet beats the German fleet in the Battle_of_Heligoland_Bight. *1916 - Germany declares war on Romania. * 1916 - Italy declares war on Germany. *1917 - Ten suffragists are arrested when picketing the White_House. *1918 - PFC_Spartak_Varna founded. *1937 - Toyota_Motors becomes an independent company. *1943 - In Denmark, a General_strike against the Nazi occupation is started. *1944 - Marseille and Toulon are liberated. *1953 - Nippon_Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement. *1955 - Black Teenager Emmett_Till is murdered in Mississippi, allegedly for whistling to a white woman and calling her ''baby''. *1961 - Motown releases what would be its first number one hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The_Marvelettes. *1963 - During a 200,000-person Civil_rights rally in at the Lincoln_Memorial in Washington,_D.C., Martin_Luther_King,_Jr. gives his famous ''I_have_a_dream'' speech. *1964 - The_Beatles meet Bob_Dylan for the first time. * 1964 - The Philadelphia race riot begins. *1965 - Bob_Dylan is booed off the stage at Forest Hills Stadium in New_York for playing an Electric_guitar. *1968 - Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention. *1971 - The Dollar is allowed to float against the Yen for the first time. *1972 - During the Olympic_Games in Munich, Mark_Spitz gets his first of seven gold medals in Swimming events. *1974 - Geir_Hallgrímsson became Prime_Minister of Iceland *1979 - An IRA bomb explodes on the Great_Market in Brussels. *1981 - The National_Centers_for_Disease_Control announce a high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's_sarcoma in gay men. Soon, these will be recognized as symptoms of an immune disorder, which will be called AIDS. *1986 - Stage_of_siege declared in Bolivia. *1986 - US_Navy Officer Jerry_A._Whitworth is sentenced to 365 years Imprisonment for Espionage for the Soviet_Union. *1988 - Ramstein_airshow_disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce_Tricolori demonstration team collide and fall into the crowd. 69 are killed. *1990 - Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province. *1990 - The_Plainfield_Tornado: An F5 tornado hits in Plainfield,_Illinois, and Joliet,_Illinois, killing 28 people. *1991 - A drunk Motorman speeds into the Union Square station on the No. 4 line in New_York_City. The train derails on the curve, killing six passengers and injuring dozens. *1993 - A dam breaks in Qinghai, China. 223 die. *1993 - 76 die in an airplane crash in Tajikistan. *1994 - First Japanese gay pride march. *1995 - A mortar shell kills 38 people in Sarajevo, Bosnia. *1996 - Britain's Charles,_Prince_of_Wales, and Diana,_Princess_of_Wales, are divorced. *1998 - Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate. *2005 - A mandatory evacuation is ordered by New_Orleans,_Louisiana Mayor Ray_Nagin and Louisiana Governor Kathleen_Blanco as Hurricane_Katrina moves nearer to Louisiana. ==Births== *1025 - Emperor_Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) *1582 (O.S.) - Taichang_Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) *1592 - George_Villiers,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1628) *1612 - Marcus_Zuerius_van_Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) *1714 - Anthony_Ulrich_II,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774) *1749 - Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832) *1774 - Elizabeth_Ann_Seton, American-born Catholic saint (d. 1821) *1801 - Antoine_Augustin_Cournot, French mathematician (d. 1877) *1814 - Sheridan_le_Fanu, Irish writer (d. 1873) *1828 (O.S.) - Leo_Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1910) *1840 - Alexander_Cameron_Sim, Scottish merchant *1849 - Benjamin_Godard, French composer (d. 1895) *1853 - Vladimir_Shukhov, Russian engineer and inventor (d. 1939) *1867 - Umberto_Giordano, Italian composer (d. 1948) *1878 - George_Whipple, American scientist, and Nobel laureate (d. 1976) *1894 - Karl_Böhm, Austrian conductor (d. 1981) * 1894 - Elisha_Scott, footballer (d. 1959) *1898 - Charlie_Grimm, baseball player (d. 1983) *1899 - Charles_Boyer, French actor (d. 1978) *1903 - Bruno_Bettelheim, American psychologist (d. 1990) *1904 - Secondo_Campini, Italian jet engine pioneer (d. 1980) *1906 - John_Betjeman, English poet (d. 1984) *1908 - Roger_Tory_Peterson, American ornithologist (d. 1996) *1910 - Tjalling_Koopmans, Nobel_Prize laureate (d. 1985) *1911 - Joseph_Luns, Dutch politician (d. 2002) *1913 - Robertson_Davies, Canadian writer (d. 1995) * 1913 - Richard_Tucker, American tenor (d. 1975) *1916 - Jack_Vance, American author *1917 - Jack_Kirby, American comic book artist (d. 1994) *1919 - Godfrey_Hounsfield, Nobel Laureate (d. 2004) *1920 - Frits_Bernard, pedophile activist (d. 2006) *1924 - Janet_Frame, New Zealand author (d. 2004) * 1924 - Peggy_Ryan, American actress (d. 2004) *1925 - Donald_O'Connor, American singer, dancer, and actor (d. 2003) *1929 - Istvan_Kertesz, Hungarian conductor (d. 1973) *1930 - Ben_Gazzara, American actor *1931 - John_Shirley-Quirk, English bass-baritone *1932 - Andy_Bathgate, Canadian Ice_hockey player *1936 - Don_Denkinger, former Major League Baseball umpire *1938 - Paul_Martin, former Prime_Minister_of_Canada * 1938 - Maurizio_Costanzo, Italian television journalist *1940 - Roger_Pingeon, French cylist *1941 - Sybille_de_Selys_Longchamps, Belgian aristocrat *1942 - Sterling_Morrison, American guitarist (The_Velvet_Underground) (d. 1995) *1943 - David_Soul, American actor * 1943 - Lou_Piniella, baseball manager *1944 - Marianne_Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer * 1944 - Melvin_Dummar, claimed Howard_Hughes heir *1947 - Liza_Wang, Hong Kong actress *1948 - Danny_Seraphine, American musician (Chicago) *1952 - Rita_Dove, former U.S. poet laureate *1952 - Wendelin_Wiedeking, German businessman *1957 - Daniel Stern, American actor * 1957 - Rick_Rossovich, American actor *1958 - Scott Hamilton, American figure skater *1960 - Emma_Samms, English actress *1961 - Kim_Appleby, British singer *1965 - Amanda_Tapping, Canadian actress * 1965 - Shania_Twain, Canadian singer *1966 - René_Higuita, Colombian footballer *1968 - Billy_Boyd, Scottish actor *1969 - Jason_Priestley, Canadian actor * 1969 - Jack Black, American actor * 1969 - Mary_McCartney, English photographer *1971 - Todd_Eldredge, American figure skater *1971 - Janet_Evans, American swimmer *1974 - Johan Andersson, Swedish game programmer * 1974 - Carsten_Jancker, German footballer *1975 - Gareth_Farrelly, Irish footballer *1978 - Jess_Margera, American drummer * 1978 - Shaniqua, American wrestling valet *1979 - Robert_Hoyzer, German football referee * 1979 - Markus_Pröll, German footballer * 1979 - Ruth_Riley, American basketball player *1980 - T.J._Beam, American baseball player *1981 - Martin_Erat, Czech hockey player *1982 - LeAnn_Rimes, American singer *1985 - Ralph_Woolfolk_IV, American actor *1986 - Gilad_Shalit, Israeli military officer *1991 - Kyle_Massey, American actor *1999 - Prince_Nikolai_of_Denmark, Prince of Denmark ==Deaths== * 388 - Magnus_Maximus, Roman_usurper against Valentinian_III * 430 - Augustine_of_Hippo, North African saint and theologian (b. 354) *1341 - King Leo_V_of_Armenia (murdered) (b. 1309) *1481 - King Afonso_V_of_Portugal (b. 1432) *1645 - Hugo_Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (b. 1583) *1654 - Axel_Oxenstierna, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. 1583) *1678 - John_Berkeley,_1st_Baron_Berkeley_of_Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602) *1757 - David Hartley, English philosopher (b. 1705) *1784 - Junípero_Serra, Spanish Franciscan missionary (b. 1713) *1785 - Jean-Baptiste_Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714) *1793 - Adam_Philippe,_Comte_de_Custine, French general (executed) (b. 1740) *1805 - Alexander_Carlyle, Scottish church leader (b. 1722) *1818 - Jean_Baptiste_Point_du_Sable, founder of Chicago *1820 - Andrew_Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754) *1839 - William Smith, English geologist (b. 1769) *1900 - Henry_Sidgwick, English philosopher (b. 1838) *1903 - Frederick_Law_Olmsted, American landscape architect (b. 1822) *1919 - Louis_Botha, Boer leader (b. 1862) *1933 - Helen_Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863) *1943 - King Boris_III_of_Bulgaria (b. 1894) *1955 - Emmett_Till, American Civil_rights_movement icon (b. 1941) *1959 - Bohuslav_Martinů, Czech composer (b. 1890) *1965 - Giulio_Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909) *1975 - Fritz_Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) *1981 - Béla_Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900) *1985 - Ruth_Gordon, American actress (b. 1896) *1987 - John_Huston, American movie director (b. 1906) *1990 - Willy_Vandersteen, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1913) * 1990 - Larry_Jackson, baseball player (b. 1931) *1993 - William_Stafford, American writer (b. 1914) *1995 - Michael_Ende, German writer (b. 1929) *2005 - Esther_Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1910) * 2005 - George_Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1911) *2006 - Jesse_Pintado, Terrorizer, ex-Napalm_Death guitarist (b. 1969) * 2006 - Melvin_Schwartz, American Particle_physicist and 1988 Nobel_Prize_in_Physics winner (b. 1932) ==Holidays and observances== *Hong_Kong: Liberation_Day (1945). *Many Christian churches: feast day of Saint Augustine_of_Hippo. *Yugoslavia - Uspenije_Presvete_Bogorodice - Velika_Gospojina (Dormition_of_the_Most_Holy_Theotokos (Mother_of_God). ==External links== * BBC: On This Day * ''The New York Times'': On This Day * On This Day in Canada ---- August_27 - August_29 - July_28 - September_28 – listing of all days {{months}} Category:August Nov:28_de_auguste Af:28_Augustus Ar:28_أغسطس An:28_d'agosto Frp:28_oût Ast:28_d'agostu Bn:আগস্ট_২৮ Be:28_жніўня Bs:28._august Br:28_Eost Bg:28_август Ca:28_d'agost Cv:Çурла,_28 Ceb:Agosto_28 Cs:28._srpen Co:28_d'aostu Cy:28_Awst Da:28._august De:28._August Et:28._august El:28_Αυγούστου Es:28_de_agosto Eo:28-a_de_aŭgusto Eu:Abuztuaren_28 Fo:28._august Fr:28_août Fy:28_augustus Fur:28_di_Avost Ga:28_Lúnasa Gl:28_de_agosto Ko:8월_28일 Hr:28._kolovoza Io:28_di_agosto Id:28_Agustus Ia:28_de_augusto Ie:28_august Is:28._ágúst It:28_agosto He:28_באוגוסט Jv:28_Agustus Ka:28_აგვისტო Csb:28_zélnika Sw:28_Agosti Ku:28'ê_gelawêjê La:28_Augusti Lb:28._August Lt:Rugpjūčio_28 Li:28_augustus Lmo:28_08 Hu:Augusztus_28 Mk:28_август Mr:ऑगस्ट_२८ Ms:28_Ogos Nl:28_augustus Ja:8月がつ28日にち Nap:28_'e_aùsto No:28._august Nn:28._august Oc:28_d'agost Pam:Agostu_28 Pl:28_sierpnia Pt:28_de_Agosto Ksh:28._Aujußß Ro:28_august Ru:28_августа War:Agosto_28 Sco:28_August Sq:28_Gusht Scn:28_di_austu Simple:August_28 Sk:28._august Sl:28._avgust Sr:28._август Sh:28.8. Fi:28._elokuuta Sv:28_augusti Tl:Agosto_28 Ta:ஆகஸ்டு_28 Tt:28._August Te:ఆగష్టు_28 Th:28_สิงหาคม Vi:28_tháng_8 Tr:28_Ağustos Uk:28_серпня Vec:28_de_agosto Wa:28_d'_awousse Zh:8月がつ28日にち