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What happend on 28. August in History
In our data base we found 324 events happened on 28. August:
• 388: Magnus Maximus, Roman Emperor (b. 335) [category: Deaths]
• 430: Augustine of Hippo, Algerian saint and theologian (b. 354) [category: Deaths]
• 475: The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. [category: Events]
• 476: Orestes, Roman general and politician [category: Deaths]
• 489: Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy. [category: Events]
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• 663: Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang. [category: Events]
• 683: K'inich Janaab' Pakal, Mayan ruler (b. 603) [category: Deaths]
• 876: Louis the German, Frankish king (b. 804) [category: Deaths]
• 1025: Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068) [category: Births]
• 1189: Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan [category: Events]
• 1341: Leo V, King of Armenia (b. 1309) [category: Deaths]
• 1481: Afonso V of Portugal (b. 1432) [category: Deaths]
• 1521: The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade. [category: Events]
• 1524: The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. [category: Events]
• 1542: Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-1557) – Battle of Wofla: the Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed. [category: Events]
• 1565: Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States. [category: Events]
• 1582: Taichang Emperor, of China (d. 1620) [category: Births]
• 1592: George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman (d. 1628) [category: Births]
• 1609: Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay. [category: Events]
• 1612: Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) [category: Births]
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• 1619: Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1640: Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn. [category: Events]
• 1645: Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (b. 1583) [category: Deaths]
• 1648: Sir Charles Lucas, a Royalist commander in the English Civil War (b. 1613) [category: Deaths]
• 1648: Siege of Colchester ended when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the English Civil War. [category: Events]
• 1654: Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish statesman, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. 1583) [category: Deaths]
• 1667: Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (d. 1721) [category: Births]
• 1678: John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602) [category: Deaths]
• 1691: Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1750) [category: Births]
• 1709: Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur. [category: Events]
• 1714: Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (d. 1774) [category: Births]
• 1728: John Stark, American general (d. 1822) [category: Births]
• 1739: Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer (d. 1818) [category: Births]
• 1749: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832) [category: Births]
• 1757: David Hartley, English philosopher (b. 1705) [category: Deaths]
• 1774: Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint (d. 1821) [category: Births]
• 1784: Junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1789: Stéphanie de Beauharnais, French wife of Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1860) [category: Births]
• 1789: William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus. [category: Events]
• 1793: Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, French general (b. 1740) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1805: Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1810: Battle of Grand Port – the French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet. [category: Events]
• 1814: Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish authoer (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1818: Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American founder of Chicago (b. 1750) [category: Deaths]
• 1820: Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754) [category: Deaths]
• 1827: Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1830: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in US railroading. [category: Events]
• 1833: The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire. [category: Events]
• 1839: William Smith, English geologist (b. 1769) [category: Deaths]
• 1840: Alexander Cameron Sim, Scottish pharmacist and businessman, founded Kobe Regatta & Athletic Club (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1845: The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published. [category: Events]
• 1849: After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria. [category: Events]
• 1853: Vladimir Shukhov, Russian engineer and architect (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1859: Matilda Howell, American archer (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1859: Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1859: A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as far away as Japan. [category: Events]
• 1862: American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. [category: Events]
• 1867: Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1867: The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll. [category: Events]
• 1878: George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1879: Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British. [category: Events]
• 1884: Peter Fraser, New Zealand politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1885: Vance Palmer, Australian author (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1887: István Kühár, Prekmurian priest, politician, and writer (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1894: Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1898: Charlie Grimm, American baseball player (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1898: Caleb Bradham invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called "Pepsi-Cola". [category: Events]
• 1899: Andrei Platonov, Russian author (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1899: Charles Boyer, French actor (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1900: Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first American private school in the country. [category: Events]
• 1903: Bruno Bettelheim, American psychologist (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1903: Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and landscape designer (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: Secondo Campini, Italian engineer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1905: Cyril Walters, England cricketer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1906: John Betjeman, English poet (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1908: Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and author (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1909: A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms. [category: Events]
• 1910: Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American economist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1911: Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1913: Boris Pahor, Italian author [category: Births]
• 1913: Jack Dreyfus, American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1913: Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1913: Richard Tucker, American tenor (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1913: Robert Irving, English conductor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1913: Robertson Davies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1913: Terence Reese, English bridge player and writer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1913: Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague. [category: Events]
• 1914: World War I: German troops conquer Namur. [category: Events]
• 1914: World War I: the Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight. [category: Events]
• 1915: Max Robertson, English sportscaster (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1915: Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1916: C. Wright Mills American sociologist (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1916: Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1916: Jack Vance, American author [category: Births]
• 1916: World War I: Germany declares war on Romania. [category: Events]
• 1916: World War I: Italy declares war on Germany. [category: Events]
• 1917: Jack Kirby, American writer and illustrator (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1917: Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House. [category: Events]
• 1919: Godfrey Hounsfield, English engineer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1919: Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1921: Nancy Kulp, American actress (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1924: Janet Frame, New Zealand author (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1924: Peggy Ryan, American actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1924: Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1925: Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1925: Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1928: F. William Free, American advertising executive (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1928: Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1928: Karl Röderer, Swiss target shooter (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: István Kertész, Hungarian conductor (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1929: Ken Gampu, South African actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1930: Ben Gazzara, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: Windsor Davies, English actor [category: Births]
• 1931: John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer [category: Births]
• 1931: Tito Capobianco, Argentinian director [category: Births]
• 1931: France and Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression. [category: Events]
• 1932: Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1933: Patrick Kalilombe, Malawian bishop (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1933: Helen Dunbar, American actress (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Tannatt William Edgeworth David, Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian politician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1935: Melvin Charney, Canadian artist and architect (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1936: Don Denkinger, American baseball umpire [category: Births]
• 1937: Toyota Motors becomes an independent company. [category: Events]
• 1938: Maurizio Costanzo, Italian journalist [category: Births]
• 1938: Paul Martin, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1940: Ken Jenkins, American actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Roger Pingeon, French cyclist [category: Births]
• 1940: William Cohen, American politician and author, 20th United States Secretary of Defense [category: Births]
• 1941: Paul Plishka, American opera singer [category: Births]
• 1941: Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Belgian mother of Delphine Boël [category: Births]
• 1942: Jorge Urosa, Venezuelan cardinal [category: Births]
• 1942: Sterling Morrison, American singer and guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1943: David Soul, American-English actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1943: Lou Piniella, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1943: Surayud Chulanont, Thai politician, 24th Prime Minister of Thailand [category: Births]
• 1943: Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: George Underwood, American runner (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: World War II: in Denmark, a general strike against the Nazi occupation is started. [category: Events]
• 1944: Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer [category: Births]
• 1944: Melvin Dummar, American forger of Howard Hughes estate [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated. [category: Events]
• 1945: Bob Segarini, American singer-songwriter and composer (The Wackers) [category: Births]
• 1945: Robert Greenwald, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1947: Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1948: Danny Seraphine, American drummer and producer (Chicago) [category: Births]
• 1948: Heather Reisman, Canadian businesswoman, founded Indigo Books and Music [category: Births]
• 1948: Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1948: Vonda McIntyre, American author [category: Births]
• 1949: Hugh Cornwell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Stranglers) [category: Births]
• 1949: Svetislav Pešić, Serbian basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1950: Ron Guidry, American baseball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1951: Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1951: Wayne Osmond, American singer-songwriter (The Osmonds) [category: Births]
• 1952: Guy Nadon, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Jacques Chagnon, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Rita Dove, American poet [category: Births]
• 1952: Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman [category: Births]
• 1953: Ditmar Jakobs, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1953: Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement. [category: Events]
• 1954: George Church, American biologist [category: Births]
• 1955: Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement. [category: Events]
• 1956: Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Mark Lutz, Puerto Rican actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Daniel Stern, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Ivo Josipović, Croatian politician, 3rd President of Croatia [category: Births]
• 1957: Rick Rossovich, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator. [category: Events]
• 1958: Scott Hamilton, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1958: Whip Hubley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Brian Thompson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Dinah Cancer, American singer-songwriter (45 Grave) [category: Births]
• 1960: Emma Samms, English actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Edward Hennig, American gymnast (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Julius Frey, German swimmer (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Cliff Benson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1961: Ian Pont, English cricketer [category: Births]
• 1961: Kim Appleby, English singer-songwriter and actress (Mel and Kim) [category: Births]
• 1962: Craig Anton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: David Fincher, American director [category: Births]
• 1962: Paul Allen, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1963: Jennifer Coolidge, American actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Regina Jacobs, American runner [category: Births]
• 1963: Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie are murdered in their Manhattan flat, prompting the events that would lead to the passing of the Miranda Rights. [category: Events]
• 1963: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech [category: Events]
• 1963: The Evergreen Point Bridge, the longest floating bridge in the world, opens between Seattle and Medina, Washington, US. [category: Events]
• 1964: Kaj Leo Johannesen, Faroese footballer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands [category: Births]
• 1964: The Philadelphia race riot begins. [category: Events]
• 1965: Amanda Tapping, Canadian actress, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1965: Satoshi Tajiri, Japanese video game designer, founded Game Freak [category: Births]
• 1965: Shania Twain, Canadian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1965: Giulio Racah, Israeli physicist (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Priya Dutt, Indian politician [category: Births]
• 1967: Dominic Lucero, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1968: Billy Boyd, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Riots in Chicago, Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention. [category: Events]
• 1969: Jack Black, American actor, singer, and guitarist (Tenacious D) [category: Births]
• 1969: Jason Priestley, Canadian actor and director [category: Births]
• 1969: Mary McCartney, English photographer [category: Births]
• 1969: Pierre Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1970: Rick Recht, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1970: Sherrié Austin, Australian actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Janet Evans, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1971: Raúl Márquez, Mexican-American boxer [category: Births]
• 1971: Shane Andrews, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Todd Eldredge, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1971: Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Jay Witasick, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Ravindu Shah, Kenyan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1972: Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: DJ Assault, American DJ [category: Births]
• 1973: Kirby Morrow, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Matthew John Armstrong, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Carsten Jancker, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Jen Kirkman, American comedian, writer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Johan Andersson, Swedish game programmer and designer [category: Births]
• 1974: Kaori Mizuhashi, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1975: Gareth Farrelly, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Jamie Cureton, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Vera Jordanova, Finnish actress and model [category: Births]
• 1975: Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Federico Magallanes, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY, Foreign Objects, Viking Skull, and The Company Band) [category: Births]
• 1978: Robert Shaw, English actor and author (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Kristen Hughes, Australian netball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Markus Pröll, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Robert Hoyzer, German football referee [category: Births]
• 1979: Ruth Riley, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Shaila Dúrcal, Spanish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1979: An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels. [category: Events]
• 1980: Carly Pope, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Debra Lafave, American teacher and convicted sex offender [category: Births]
• 1981: Agata Wróbel, Polish weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1981: Daniel Gygax, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Martin Erat, Czech ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1981: Matt Alrich, American lacrosse player [category: Births]
• 1981: Raphael Matos, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1981: Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: LeAnn Rimes, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Thiago Motta, Brazilian-Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Geoff Chubb, South African cricketer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Alfonso Herrera, Mexican actor and singer (RBD) [category: Births]
• 1983: Ashley Hansen, Australian rules footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Kimberly Kane, American porn actress and director [category: Births]
• 1983: Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1983: Lilli Schwarzkopf, German heptathlete [category: Births]
• 1983: Luke McAlister, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1984: Sarah Roemer, American actress and model [category: Births]
• 1985: Ashlyne Huff, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1985: Ruth Gordon, American actress (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Armie Hammer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Florence Welch, English singer-songwriter (Florence and the Machine) [category: Births]
• 1986: Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier [category: Births]
• 1986: Jeff Green, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1987: John Huston, American director (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Jean Marchand, Canadian politician (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Max Shulman, American comedian and writer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Ramstein airshow disaster: three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. 75 are killed and 346 seriously injured. [category: Events]
• 1989: Cassadee Pope, American singer-songwriter (Hey Monday) [category: Births]
• 1989: Christina Von Eerie, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1989: César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Jo Kwon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (2AM) [category: Births]
• 1990: Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Jane Randall, American model [category: Births]
• 1990: Willy Vandersteen, Belgian writer and illustrator (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province. [category: Events]
• 1990: The Plainfield Tornado: an F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people. [category: Events]
• 1991: Andrej Pejić, Australian model [category: Births]
• 1991: Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Kyle Massey, American actor and rapper [category: Births]
• 1991: Samuel Larsen, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1991: Alekos Sakellarios, Greek writer and director (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Collapse of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. [category: Events]
• 1991: Ukraine declares its independence from the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1992: Gabriela Drăgoi, Romanian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1993: William Stafford, American poet (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Carl Giles, English cartoonist (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Earl W. Bascom, American rodeo performer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales divorce. [category: Events]
• 1997: Masaru Takumi, Japanese mobster (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1999: Prince Nikolai of Denmark [category: Births]
• 2003: Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress [category: Births]
• 2003: Brian Douglas Wells, American pizza delivery man forced bank robber (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: An electricity blackout cuts off power to around 500,000 people living in south east England and brings 60% of London's underground rail network to a halt. [category: Events]
• 2005: Esther Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: George Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Jacques Dufilho, French actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Benoît Sauvageau, Canadian politician (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Melvin Schwartz, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Arthur Jones, American inventor and businessman, founded Nautilus, Inc. and MedX Corporation (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist and novelist (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Hilly Kristal, American businessman, founded CBGB (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress and singer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Paul MacCready, American engineer, founded AeroVironment (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Phil Hill, American race car driver (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Adam Goldstein, American drummer, DJ, and producer (Crazy Town and TRV$DJAM) (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Wayne Tippit, American actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Bernie Gallacher, Scottish-English footballer (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: K. Pankajakshan, Indian politician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Maffeo Giovanni Ducoli, Italian bishop (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ramón Sota, Spanish golfer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rhodes Boyson, English politician and author (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: William Pascal Kikoti, Tanzanian bishop (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: The Republican National Convention takes place in Tampa Bay, Florida. [category: Events]
• _: Assumption of Mary (Eastern Orthodox Church, a public holiday in the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Georgia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Augustine of Hippo [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saint Hermes [category: Holidays and observances]