What are the important events that happened on August 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 28: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 28 is the 241st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 125 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 15, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,746,720 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontahenagon’ day.
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 154 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,268 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 28 Historical Events
- 1619 –Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1845 –The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
- 1849 –After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
- 1867 –The United States takes possession of the, at this point unoccupied, Midway Atoll.
- 1953 –Nippon Television broadcasts Japan’s first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
- 1963 –March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech
- 1979 –An IRA bomb explodes on the Grand Place in Brussels.
- 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.
- 1990 –The Plainfield Tornado: an F5 tornado hits in Plainfield, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 28 people.
- 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.
Who were born on August 28?
- 1749 –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (d. 1832)
- 1906 –John Betjeman, English poet (d. 1984)
- 1913 –Robertson Davies, Canadian writer (d. 1995)
- 1952 –Guy Nadon, Canadian actor
- 1952 –Jacques Chagnon, Canadian politician
- 1952 –Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
- 1960 –Emma Samms, English actress
- 1970 –Sherrié Austin, Australian actress/singer
- 1979 –Ruth Riley, American basketball player
- 1982 –Thiago Motta, Brazilian footballer
Who died on August 28?
- 1947 –Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917)
- 1972 –Prince William of Gloucester of the British Royal Family (b. 1941)
- 1976 –Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958)
- 2005 –George Szekeres, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1911)
- 2005 –Jacques Dufilho, French actor (b. 1914)
- 2007 –Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b. 1935)
- 2007 –Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913)
- 2009 –Adam Goldstein, American DJ also known as DJ AM (b. 1973)
- 2009 –Wayne Tippit, American actor (b. 1932)
- 2011 –Bernie Gallacher, British footballer (Aston Villa) (b. 1967)
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