August 28

August 28 in recent years

2023 (Monday)

2022 (Sunday)

2021 (Saturday)

2020 (Friday)

2019 (Wednesday)

2018 (Tuesday)

2017 (Monday)

2016 (Sunday)

2015 (Friday)

2014 (Thursday)

August 28is the 240th day of the year (241st inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;125 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

• 475– TheRomangeneralOrestesforces westernRoman EmperorJulius Neposto flee hiscapital city,Ravenna.
• 489–Theodoric,king of theOstrogoths,defeatsOdoacerat theBattle of Isonzo,forcing his way into Italy.
• 632–Fatimah,daughter of the Islamic prophetMuhammad,dies, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among theSunniMuslims andShiaMuslims.
• 663–Silla–Tangarmies crush theBaekjerestoration attempt and forceYamato Japanto withdraw from Korea in theBattle of Baekgang.
• 1189–Third Crusade:The Crusaders begin theSiege of AcreunderGuy of Lusignan.
• 1521–Ottoman wars in Europe:TheOttoman TurksoccupyBelgrade.
• 1524– TheKaqchikelMayarebel against their former Spanish allies during theSpanish conquest of Guatemala.
• 1542–Turkish–Portuguese War:Battle of Wofla:The Portuguese are scattered, their leaderChristovão da Gamais captured and later executed.
• 1565–Pedro Menéndez de Aviléssights land nearSt. Augustine, Floridaand founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in thecontinental United States.

1601–1900

• 1609–Henry HudsondiscoversDelaware Bay.
• 1619– Election ofFerdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1640–Second Bishop's War:KingCharles I's English army loses to aScottish Covenanterforce at theBattle of Newburn.
• 1648–Second English Civil War:TheSiege of Colchesterends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during theSecond English Civil War.
• 1709–Meidingnu Pamheibais crowned King ofManipur.
• 1789–William Herscheldiscovers a newmoon of Saturn:Enceladus.
• 1810–Napoleonic Wars:TheFrench Navyaccepts the surrender of a BritishRoyal Navyfleet at theBattle of Grand Port.
• 1830– TheBaltimore and Ohio Railroad's newTom Thumbsteam locomotiveraces a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in U.S. railroads.
• 1833– TheSlavery Abolition Act 1833receivesroyal assent,making the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal in theBritish Empirewithexceptions.
• 1845– The first issue ofScientific Americanmagazine is published.
• 1849–Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire:After a month-long siege,Venice,which had declared itself independent as theRepublic of San Marco,surrenders to Austria.
• 1850–Richard Wagner’sLohengrinpremieres at theStaatskapelle Weimar.
• 1859– TheCarrington eventis the strongestgeomagnetic stormon record to strike the Earth.Electrical telegraphservice is widely disrupted.
• 1861–American Civil War:Unionforces attackCape Hatteras,North Carolinain theBattle of Hatteras Inlet Batterieswhich lasts for two days.
• 1862– American Civil War: TheSecond Battle of Bull Run,also known as the Battle of Second Manassas, begins in Virginia. The battle ends on August 30 with another Union defeat.
• 1867– The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied)Midway Atoll.
• 1879–Anglo-Zulu War:Cetshwayo,last king of theZulus,is captured by theBritish.
• 1898–Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".

1901–present

• 1901–Silliman Universityis founded in thePhilippines.It is the first Americanprivate schoolin the country.
• 1909– A group of mid-levelGreek Armyofficers launches theGoudi coup,seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• 1913–Queen Wilhelminaopens thePeace PalaceinThe Hague.
• 1914–World War I:TheRoyal Navydefeats theGermanfleet in theBattle of Heligoland Bight.
• 1916– World War I: Germany declares war onRomania.
• 1916 – World War I:Italydeclares war on Germany.
• 1917– Tensuffragists,members of theSilent Sentinels,are arrested while picketing theWhite Housein favor ofwomen's suffrage in the United States.
• 1921–Russian Civil War:TheRed Armydissolved theMakhnovshchina,after driving theRevolutionary Insurgent Armyout ofUkraine.
• 1924– TheGeorgianopposition stages theAugust Uprisingagainst theSoviet Union.
• 1936–Nazi Germanybegins itsmass arrestsofJehovah's Witnesses,who are interned inconcentration camps.
• 1937–Toyota Motorsbecomes an independent company.
• 1943–Denmark in World War II:German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day,martial lawis imposed on Denmark.
• 1944–World War II:MarseilleandToulonare liberated.
• 1946– TheWorkers’ Party of North Korea,predecessor of the rulingWorkers’ Party of Korea,is founded at acongressheld inPyongyang,North Korea.
• 1955–BlackteenagerEmmett Tillis lynched inMississippifor whistling at a white woman, galvanizing the nascentcivil rights movement.
• 1957–U.S. SenatorStrom Thurmondbeginsa filibusterto prevent theUnited States Senatefrom voting on theCivil Rights Act of 1957;he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longestfilibusterever conducted by a single Senator.
• 1963–March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom:Rev. Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.gives hisI Have a Dreamspeech.
• 1964– ThePhiladelphia race riotbegins.
• 1968– Police and protesters clash during1968 Democratic National Convention protestsas protesters chant "The whole world is watching".
• 1973–Norrmalmstorg robbery:Stockholmpolice secure the surrenders of hostage-takersJan-Erik OlssonandClark Olofsson,defusing theNorrmalmstorg hostage crisis.The behaviours of the hostages later give rise to the termStockholm syndrome.
• 1988–Ramstein air show disaster:Three aircraft of theFrecce Tricoloridemonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
• 1990–Gulf War:IraqdeclaresKuwaitto be itsnewestprovince.
• 1990 –An F5 tornadostrikes theIllinoiscities ofPlainfieldandJoliet,killing 29 people.
• 1993–NASA'sGalileoprobe performs aflyby of the asteroid 243 Ida.Astronomers later discover a moon, the first knownasteroid moon,in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl.
• 1993 –Singaporean presidential election:Former Deputy Prime MinisterOng Teng Cheongis electedPresident of Singapore.Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition.
• 1993 – The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia inBosnia and Herzegovinais transformed into theCroatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.
• 1993 – ATajikistan AirlinesYakovlev Yak-40crashesduring takeoff fromKhorog Airportin Tajikistan, killing 82.
• 1996–Chicago SevendefendantDavid Dellinger,antiwar activistBradford Lyttle,Civil Rights Movementhistorian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by theFederal Protective Servicewhile protesting in a demonstration at theKluczynski Federal Buildingin downtownChicagoduringthat year's Democratic National Convention.
• 1998–Pakistan'sNational Assemblypasses aconstitutionalamendment to make the "Qur'anandSunnah"the" supreme law "but the bill is defeated in theSenate.
• 1998 –Second Congo War:Loyalist troopsbacked byAngolanandZimbabweanforces repulse theRCDandRwandanoffensive onKinshasa.
• 1999– The Russian space missionSoyuz TM-29reaches completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on thespace stationMiras it approaches the end of its life.
• 2003– In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of theFBI",Brian Wellsdies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving abank robbery,ascavenger hunt,and ahomemade explosive device.
• 2016– The first experimental mission ofISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System is successfully conducted fromSatish Dhawan Space CentreSHAR,Sriharikota.
• 2017–China–India border standoff:ChinaandIndiaboth pull their troops out ofDoklam,putting an end to a two month-long stalemate over China’s construction of a road in disputed territory.

Births

Pre-1600

• 1023–Go-Reizei,emperor of Japan (d. 1068)
• 1366–Jean Le Maingre,marshal of France (d. 1421)
• 1476–Kanō Motonobu,Japanese painter (d. 1559)
• 1481–Francisco de Sá de Miranda,Portuguese poet (d. 1558)
• 1582–Taichang,emperor of China (d. 1620)
• 1591–John Christian of Brieg,duke of Brzeg (d. 1639)
• 1592–George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham,English courtier and politician (d. 1628)

1601–1900

• 1612–Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn,Dutch linguist and scholar (d. 1653)
• 1667–Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow,queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)
• 1691–Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel,Holy Roman Empress (d. 1750)
• 1714–Anthony Ulrich,duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774)
• 1728–John Stark,American general (d. 1822)
• 1739–Agostino Accorimboni,Italian composer (d. 1818)
• 1749–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (d. 1832)
• 1774–Elizabeth Ann Seton,American nun and saint, co-founded theSisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition(d. 1821)
• 1801–Antoine Augustin Cournot,French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1877)
• 1814–Sheridan Le Fanu,Irish author (d. 1873)
• 1816–Charles Sladen,English-Australian politician, 6thPremier of Victoria(d. 1884)
• 1822–Graham Berry,English-Australian politician, 11thPremier of Victoria(d. 1904)
• 1827–Catherine Mikhailovna,Russian grand duchess (d. 1894)
• 1833–Edward Burne-Jones,English artist of thePre-Raphaelite movement(d. 1898)
• 1837–Francis von Hohenstein,duke of Teck (d. 1900)
• 1840–Alexander Cameron Sim,Scottish-Japanese pharmacist and businessman, foundedKobe Regatta & Athletic Club(d. 1900)
• 1853–Vladimir Shukhov,Russian architect and engineer, designed theAdziogol Lighthouse(d. 1939)
• 1859–Matilda Howell,American archer (d. 1938)
• 1859 –Vittorio Sella,Italian mountaineer and photographer (d. 1943)
• 1867–Umberto Giordano,Italian composer and academic (d. 1948)
• 1878–George Whipple,American physician and pathologist,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1976)
• 1884–Peter Fraser,Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24thPrime Minister of New Zealand(d. 1950)
• 1885–Vance Palmer,Australian author, playwright, and critic (d. 1959)
• 1887–August Kippasto,Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (d. 1973)
• 1887 –István Kühár,Slovenian priest and politician (d. 1922)
• 1888–Evadne Price,Australian actress, astrologer, and author (d. 1985)
• 1891–Benno Schotz,Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (d. 1984)
• 1894–Karl Böhm,Austrian conductor and director (d. 1981)
• 1896–Firaq Gorakhpuri,Indian author, poet, and critic (d. 1982)
• 1898–Charlie Grimm,American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (d. 1983)
• 1899–Charles Boyer,French-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1978)
• 1899 –Béla Guttmann,Hungarian footballer and coach (d. 1981)
• 1899 –Andrei Platonov,Russian author and poet (d. 1951)
• 1899 –James Wong Howe,Chinese American cinematographer (d. 1976)

1901–present

• 1903–Bruno Bettelheim,Austrian-American psychologist and author (d. 1990)
• 1904–Secondo Campini,Italian-American engineer (d. 1980)
• 1904 –Leho Laurine,Estonian chess player (d. 1998)
• 1905–Cyril Walters,Welsh-English cricketer (d. 1992)
• 1906–John Betjeman,English poet and academic (d. 1984)
• 1908–Roger Tory Peterson,American ornithologist and author (d. 1996)
• 1910–Morris Graves,American painter and academic (d. 2001)
• 1910 –Tjalling Koopmans,Dutch-American mathematician and economistNobel Prizelaureate (d. 1985)
• 1911–Joseph Luns,Dutch politician and diplomat, 5thSecretary General of NATO(d. 2002)
• 1913–Robertson Davies,Canadian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1995)
• 1913 –Jack Dreyfus,American businessman, founded theDreyfus Corporation(d. 2009)
• 1913 –Lindsay Hassett,Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1993)
• 1913 –Robert Irving,English conductor and director (d. 1991)
• 1913 –Terence Reese,English bridge player and author (d. 1996)
• 1913 –Richard Tucker,American tenor and actor (d. 1975)
• 1915–Max Robertson,Bengal-born English sportscaster and author (d. 2009)
• 1915 –Tasha Tudor,American author and illustrator (d. 2008)
• 1916–Hélène Baillargeon,Canadian singer and actress (d. 1997)
• 1916 –C. Wright MillsAmerican sociologist and author (d. 1962)
• 1916 –Jack Vance,American author (d. 2013)
• 1917–Jack Kirby,American author and illustrator (d. 1994)
• 1918–L. B. Cole,American illustrator and publisher (d. 1995)
• 1919–Godfrey Hounsfield,English biophysicist and engineerNobel Prizelaureate (d. 2004)
• 1921–John Herbert Chapman,Canadian physicist and engineer (d. 1979)
• 1921 –Fernando Fernán Gómez,Spanish actor, director, and playwright (d. 2007)
• 1921 –Nancy Kulp,American actress and soldier (d. 1991)
• 1921 –Lidia Gueiler Tejada,the first female President of Bolivia (d. 2011)
• 1924–Janet Frame,New Zealand author and poet (d. 2004)
• 1924 –Tony MacGibbon,New Zealand cricketer and engineer (d. 2010)
• 1924 –Peggy Ryan,American actress and dancer (d. 2004)
• 1924 –Zalman Schachter-Shalomi,Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (d. 2014)
• 1925–Billy Grammer,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 1925 –Donald O'Connor,American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2003)
• 1925 –Philip Purser,English author and critic (d. 2022)
• 1928–F. William Free,American businessman (d. 2003)
• 1928 –Vilayat Khan,Indiansitarplayer and composer (d. 2004)
• 1929–István Kertész,Hungarian conductor (d. 1973)
• 1929 –Roxie Roker,American actress (d. 1995)
• 1930–Windsor Davies,British actor (d. 2019)
• 1930 –Ben Gazzara,American actor (d. 2012)
• 1931–Tito Capobianco,Argentinian director and producer (d. 2018)
• 1931 –Cristina Deutekom,Dutch soprano and actress (d. 2014)
• 1931 –Ola L. Mize,American colonel,Medal of Honorrecipient (d. 2014)
• 1931 –John Shirley-Quirk,English actor, singer, and educator (d. 2014)
• 1931 –Roger Williams,English hepatologist and academic (d. 2020)
• 1932–Yakir Aharonov,Israeli academic and educator
• 1932 –Andy Bathgate,Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2016)
• 1933–Philip French,English journalist, critic, and producer (d. 2015)
• 1933 –Patrick Kalilombe,Malawian bishop and theologian (d. 2012)
• 1935–Melvin Charney,Canadian sculptor and architect (d. 2012)
• 1935 –Gilles Rocheleau,Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
• 1935 –Sonny Shroyer,American actor
• 1936–Don Denkinger,American baseball player and umpire (d. 2023)
• 1936 –Warren M. Washington,American atmospheric scientist
• 1938–Marla Adams,American actress (d. 2024)
• 1938 –Maurizio Costanzo,Italian journalist and academic (d. 2023)
• 1938 –Bengt Fahlström,Swedish journalist (d. 2017)
• 1938 –Marcello Gandini,Italian automotive designer (d. 2024)
• 1938 –Paul Martin,Canadian lawyer and politician, 21stPrime Minister of Canada
• 1939–John Kingman,English mathematician and academic
• 1940–William Cohen,American lawyer and politician, 20thUnited States Secretary of Defense
• 1940 –Ken Jenkins,American actor
• 1940 –Roger Pingeon,French cyclist (d. 2017)
• 1941–Michael Craig-Martin,Irish painter and illustrator
• 1941 –Toomas Leius,Estonian tennis player and coach
• 1941 –John Stanley Marshall,English drummer (d. 2023)
• 1941 –Paul Plishka,American opera singer
• 1942–Wendy Davies,Welsh historian and academic
• 1942 –Jorge Urosa,Venezuelan cardinal (d. 2021)
• 1943–Jihad Al-Atrash,Lebanese actor and voice actor
• 1943 –Surayud Chulanont,Thai general and politician, 24thPrime Minister of Thailand
• 1943 –Robert Greenwald,American director and producer
• 1943 –Shuja Khanzada,Pakistani colonel and politician (d. 2015)
• 1943 –Lou Piniella,American baseball player and manager
• 1943 –David Soul,American actor and singer (d. 2024)
• 1944–Marianne Heemskerk,Dutch swimmer
• 1945–Bob Segarini,American-Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2023)
• 1947–Emlyn Hughes,English footballer (d. 2004)
• 1947 –Debra Mooney,American actress
• 1947 –Liza Wang,Hong Kong actress and singer
• 1948–Vonda N. McIntyre,American author (d. 2019)
• 1948 –Murray Parker,New Zealand cricketer and educator
• 1948 –Heather Reisman,Canadian publisher and businesswoman
• 1948 –Danny Seraphine,American drummer and producer
• 1948 –Elizabeth Wilmshurst,English academic and jurist
• 1949–Hugh Cornwell,English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 –Svetislav Pešić,Serbian basketball player and coach
• 1950–Ron Guidry,American baseball player and coach
• 1950 –Tony Husband,English cartoonist (d. 2023)
• 1951–Colin McAdam,Scottish footballer (d. 2013)
• 1951 –Wayne Osmond,American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1951 –Keiichi Suzuki,Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1952–Jacques Chagnon,Canadian educator and politician
• 1952 –Rita Dove,American poet and essayist
• 1952 –Wendelin Wiedeking,German businessman
• 1953–Ditmar Jakobs,German footballer
• 1953 –Tõnu Kaljuste,Estonian conductor and journalist
• 1954–Katharine Abraham,American feminist economist
• 1954 –George M. Church,American geneticist, chemist, and engineer
• 1954 –John Dorahy,Australian rugby player and coach
• 1954 –Ravi Kanbur,Indian-English economist and academic
• 1956–Luis Guzmán,Puerto Rican-American actor and producer
• 1956 –John Long,American basketball player
• 1956 –Steve Whiteman,American singer-songwriter
• 1957–Greg Clark,English businessman and politician,Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
• 1957 –Ivo Josipović,Croatian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 3rdPresident of Croatia
• 1957 –Daniel Stern,American actor and director
• 1957 –Ai Weiwei,Chinese sculptor and activist
• 1958–Scott Hamilton,American figure skater
• 1959–Brian Thompson,American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960–Emma Samms,English actress
• 1961–Kim Appleby,English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1961 –Cliff Benson,American football player
• 1961 –Jennifer Coolidge,American actress
• 1961 –Ian Pont,English cricketer and coach
• 1961 –Deepak Tijori,Indian actor and director
• 1962–Paul Allen,English footballer
• 1962 –Craig Anton,American actor and screenwriter
• 1962 –David Fincher,American director and producer
• 1963–Maria Gheorghiu,Romanian folk singer-songwriter
• 1963 –Regina Jacobs,American runner
• 1964–Lee Janzen,American golfer
• 1964 –Kaj Leo Johannesen,Faroese footballer and politician, 12thPrime Minister of the Faroe Islands
• 1965–Dan Crowley,Australian rugby player
• 1965 –Sonia Kruger,Australian television host and actress
• 1965 –Satoshi Tajiri,Japanese video game developer; createdPokémon
• 1965 –Amanda Tapping,British-Canadian actress and director
• 1965 –Shania Twain,Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1966–Priya Dutt,Indian social worker and politician
• 1967–Jamie Osborne,English jockey and trainer
• 1968–Billy Boyd,Scottish actor and singer
• 1969–Jack Black,American actor and comedian
• 1969 –Mary McCartney,English photographer and activist
• 1969 –Jason Priestley,Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1969 –Sheryl Sandberg,American business executive
• 1969 –Pierre Turgeon,Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1970–Melina Aslanidou,German-Greek singer-songwriter
• 1970 –Rick Recht,American singer-songwriter
• 1971–Shane Andrews,American baseball player
• 1971 –Todd Eldredge,American figure skater and coach
• 1971 –Janet Evans,American swimmer
• 1971 –Daniel Goddard,Australian-American actor
• 1971 –Raúl Márquez,Mexican-American boxer and sportscaster
• 1972–Ravindu Shah,Kenyan cricketer
• 1972 –Jay Witasick,American baseball player and coach
• 1973–J. August Richards,American actor
• 1974–Johan Andersson,Swedish game designer and programmer
• 1974 –Takahito Eguchi,Japanese pianist and composer
• 1974 –Carsten Jancker,German footballer and manager
• 1975–Jamie Cureton,English footballer
• 1975 –Gareth Farrelly,Irish footballer and manager
• 1975 –Hamish McLachlan,Australian television personality
• 1975 –Royce Willis,New Zealand rugby player
• 1976–Federico Magallanes,Uruguayan footballer
• 1978–Karine Turcotte,Canadian weightlifter
• 1979–Shaila Dúrcal,Spanish singer-songwriter
• 1979 –Robert Hoyzer,German footballer and referee
• 1979 –Kristen Hughes,Australian netball player
• 1979 –Markus Pröll,German footballer
• 1979 –Ruth Riley,American basketball player
• 1980–Antony Hämäläinen,Finnish singer-songwriter
• 1980 –Debra Lafave,American sex offender and former teacher
• 1980 –Ryan Madson,American baseball player
• 1980 –Jaakko Ojaniemi,Finnish decathlete
• 1980 –Carly Pope,Canadian actress and producer
• 1980 –Jonathan Reynolds,English lawyer and politician
• 1981–Matt Alrich,American lacrosse player
• 1981 –Kezia Dugdale,Scottish politician
• 1981 –Martin Erat,Czech ice hockey player
• 1981 –Daniel Gygax,Swiss footballer
• 1981 –Raphael Matos,Brazilian race car driver
• 1981 –Jake Owen,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 –Ahmed Talbi,Moroccan footballer
• 1981 –Agata Wróbel,Polish weightlifter
• 1982–Anderson Silva de França,Brazilian footballer
• 1982 –Kevin McNaughton,Scottish footballer
• 1982 –Thiago Motta,Brazilian-Italian footballer
• 1982 –Carlos Quentin,American baseball player
• 1982 –LeAnn Rimes,American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1983–Lasith Malinga,Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1983 –Luke McAlister,New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 –Lilli Schwarzkopf,German heptathlete
• 1984–Will Harris,American baseball player
• 1985–Kjetil Jansrud,Norwegian skier
• 1986–Jeff Green,American basketball player
• 1986 –Armie Hammer,American actor
• 1986 –Tommy Hanson,American baseball player (d. 2015)
• 1986 –Simon Mannering,New Zealand rugby league player
• 1986 –Gilad Shalit,Israeli soldier and hostage
• 1986 –Florence Welch,English singer-songwriter
• 1987–Caleb Moore,American snowmobile racer (d. 2013)
• 1988–Shalita Grant,American actress
• 1988 –Rosie MacLennan,Canadian trampoline gymnast
• 1989–César Azpilicueta,Spanish footballer
• 1989 –Valtteri Bottas,Finnish race car driver
• 1989 –Jo Kwon,South Korean singer and dancer
• 1989 –Cassadee Pope,American singer-songwriter
• 1990–Katie Findlay,Canadian actor
• 1990 –Bojan Krkić,Spanish footballer
• 1991–Felicio Brown Forbes,German footballer
• 1991 –Samuel Larsen,American actor and singer
• 1991 –Kyle Massey,American actor
• 1991 –Andreja Pejić,Bosnian model
• 1992–Bismack Biyombo,Congolese basketball player
• 1992 –Max Collins,American-Filipino actress and model
• 1992 –Gabriela Drăgoi,Romanian gymnast
• 1993–Jakub Sokolík,Czech footballer
• 1994–Manon Arcangioli,French tennis player
• 1994 –Ons Jabeur,Tunisian tennis player
• 1998–Weston McKennie,American soccer player
• 2001–Kamilla Rakhimova,Russian tennis player
• 2003–Quvenzhané Wallis,American actress

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 388–Magnus Maximus,Roman emperor (b. 335)
• 430–Augustine of Hippo,Algerian bishop, theologian, and saint (b. 354)
• 476–Orestes,Roman general and politician
• 632–Fatimah,daughter ofMuhammad(b. 605)
• 683–Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I,ajaw of the city-state of Palenque (b. 615)
• 770–Kōken,emperor of Japan (b. 718)
• 876–Louis the German,Frankish king (b. 804)
• 919–He Gui,Chinese general (b. 858)
• 1055–Xing Zong,Chinese emperor (b. 1016)
• 1149–Mu'in ad-Din Unur,Turkish ruler and regent
• 1231–Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark
• 1341–Levon IV,king of Armenia (b. 1309)
• 1406–John de Sutton V,Baron Sutton of Dudley(b. 1380)
• 1481–Afonso V,king of Portugal (b. 1432)
• 1540–Federico II Gonzaga,duke of Mantua (b. 1500)

1601–1900

• 1609–Francis Vere,English governor and general
• 1645–Hugo Grotius,Dutch playwright, philosopher, and jurist (b. 1583)
• 1646–Johannes Banfi Hunyades,English-Hungarian alchemist, chemist and metallurgist. (b. 1576)
• 1648–George Lisle,English general (b. 1610)
• 1648 –Charles Lucas,English general (b. 1613)
• 1654–Axel Oxenstierna,Swedish lawyer and politician,Lord High Chancellor of Sweden(b. 1583)
• 1665–Elisabetta Sirani,Italian painter (b. 1638)
• 1678–John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton,English soldier and politician,Lord Lieutenant of Ireland(b. 1602)
• 1735–Edwin Stead,English landowner and cricketer (b. 1701)
• 1757–David Hartley,English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705)
• 1761–Melchor de Navarrete,Spanish colonial governor ofCartagena de Indias(Colombia, 1739 - 1742); of Spanish Florida (1749 - 1752); and of Yucatán (Mexico, 1754 - 1758) (b. 1693)
• 1784–Junípero Serra,Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713)
• 1793–Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine,French general (b. 1740)
• 1805–Alexander Carlyle,Scottish church leader and author (b. 1722)
• 1818–Jean Baptiste Point du Sable,American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
• 1820–Andrew Ellicott,American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
• 1832–Edward Dando,English thief
• 1839–William Smith,English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
• 1888–Julius Krohn,Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
• 1891–Robert Caldwell,English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
• 1900–Henry Sidgwick,English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)

1901–present

• 1903–Frederick Law Olmsted,American journalist and architect, co-designedCentral Park(b. 1822)
• 1919–Adolf Schmal,Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934–Edgeworth David,Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937–George Prendergast,Australian politician, 28thPremier of Victoria(b. 1854)
• 1943–Georg Hellat,Estonian architect (b. 1870)
• 1943 –Boris III of Bulgaria(b. 1894)
• 1955–Emmett Till,African-American kidnapping and lynching victim (b. 1941)
• 1959–Bohuslav Martinů,Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)
• 1965–Giulio Racah,Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909)
• 1968–Dimitris Pikionis,Greek architect and academic (b. 1887)
• 1971–Reuvein Margolies,Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
• 1972–Prince William of Gloucester(b. 1941)
• 1975–Fritz Wotruba,Austrian sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1976–Anissa Jones,American actress (b. 1958)
• 1978–Bruce Catton,American historian and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1978 –Robert Shaw,English actor (b. 1927)
• 1981–Béla Guttmann,Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1899)
• 1982–Geoff Chubb,South African cricketer (b. 1911)
• 1984–Muhammad Naguib,Egyptian general and politician, 1stPresident of Egypt(b. 1901)
• 1985–Ruth Gordon,American actress and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1986–Russell Lee,American photographer and journalist (b. 1903)
• 1987–John Huston,Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1988–Jean Marchand,Canadian union leader and politician, 43rdSecretary of State for Canada(b. 1918)
• 1988 –Max Shulman,American author and screenwriter (b. 1919)
• 1989–John Steptoe,American author and illustrator (b. 1950)
• 1990–Willy Vandersteen,Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1913)
• 1991–Alekos Sakellarios,Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 1993–William Stafford,American poet and academic (b. 1914)
• 1995–Earl W. Bascom,American rodeo performer and painter (b. 1906)
• 1995 –Michael Ende,German scientist and author (b. 1929)
• 2005–Jacques Dufilho,French actor (b. 1914)
• 2005 –Esther Szekeres,Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
• 2005 –George Szekeres,Hungarian-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1911)
• 2006–Heino Lipp,Estonian shot putter and discus thrower (b. 1922)
• 2006 –Benoît Sauvageau,Canadian educator and politician (b. 1963)
• 2006 –Melvin Schwartz,American physicist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1932)
• 2007–Arthur Jones,American businessman, foundedNautilus, Inc.andMedX Corporation(b. 1926)
• 2007 –Hilly Kristal,American businessman, foundedCBGB(b. 1932)
• 2007 –Paul MacCready,American engineer and businessman, foundedAeroVironment(b. 1925)
• 2007 –Francisco Umbral,Spanish journalist and author (b. 1935)
• 2007 –Miyoshi Umeki,Japanese-American actress (b. 1929)
• 2008–Phil Hill,American race car driver (b. 1927)
• 2009–Adam Goldstein,American drummer, DJ, and producer (b. 1973)
• 2009 –Richard Egan,US Ambassador, Owner ofDell EMC,Engineer (b. 1963)
• 2010–William P. Foster,American bandleader and educator (b. 1919)
• 2011–Bernie Gallacher,English footballer (b. 1967)
• 2012–Rhodes Boyson,English educator and politician (b. 1925)
• 2012 –Shulamith Firestone,Canadian-American activist and author (b. 1945)
• 2012 –Dick McBride,American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1928)
• 2012 –Saul Merin,Polish-Israeli ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1933)
• 2012 –Ramón Sota,Spanish golfer (b. 1938)
• 2013–John Bellany,Scottish painter and academic (b. 1942)
• 2013 –Lorella Cedroni,Italian political scientist and philosopher (b. 1961)
• 2013 –Edmund B. Fitzgerald,American businessman (b. 1926)
• 2013 –Frank Pulli,American baseball player and umpire (b. 1935)
• 2013 –Barry Stobart,English footballer (b. 1938)
• 2013 –Rafael Díaz Ycaza,Ecuadorian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1925)
• 2014–Glenn Cornick,English bass guitarist (b. 1947)
• 2014 –Hal Finney,American cryptographer and programmer (b. 1956)
• 2014 –John Anthony Walker,American soldier and spy (b. 1937)
• 2015–Al Arbour,Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1932)
• 2015 –Mark Krasniqi,Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (b. 1920)
• 2015 –Nelson Shanks,American painter and educator (b. 1937)
• 2016–Juan Gabriel,Mexican singer and songwriter (b. 1950)
• 2016 –Mr. Fuji,American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1934)
• 2017–Mireille Darc,French actress and model (b. 1938)
• 2020–Chadwick Boseman,American actor and playwright (b. 1976)

Holidays and observances

• Christianfeast day:
  • Alexander of Constantinople
  • Augustine of Hippo
  • Edmund Arrowsmith
  • Hermes
  • Moses the Black
  • August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• National Grandparents Day(Mexico)

External links

• "On This Day".BBC.
• The New York Times:On This Day
• "Historical Events on August 28".OnThisDay.com.