Tukuk-OS📅 August 28
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on August 28? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2021 — The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service.
- 1993 — The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon (both pictured).
- 1993 — The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon.
- 1987 — Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.
Ryugyong HotelPyongyangList of tallest buildings in North Korea
- 1973 — Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; the hostages had bonded with their captors during the incident, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.
- 1963 — American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
- 1955 — African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.
- 1950 — American tennis player Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.
- 1916 — A confrontation at Blargies prison camp in France led to a charge of mutiny for New Zealand private John Braithwaite, for which he was later executed.
- 1909 — The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.
- 1830 — Tom Thumb (replica pictured), the first American-built steam locomotive, took part in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.
- 1789 — With the first use of his 1.2-metre (3.9 ft) telescope, then the largest in the world, William Herschel discovered a new moon of Saturn, later named Enceladus (pictured).
- 1640 — Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.
- 1619 — Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman EmperorKingdom of BohemiaKingdom of Hungary
- 1542 — Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts: During the Battle of Wofla, the Portuguese commander Cristóvão da Gama was captured by the Adal Sultanate and executed the next day.
Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560)Battle of WoflaCristóvão da Gama
- 475 — Orestes took control of Ravenna, the capital of the Western Roman Empire, forcing Emperor Julius Nepos to flee.
Orestes (father of Romulus Augustulus)RavennaWestern Roman Empire
Births
- 2004 — Kano Fujihira, Japanese entertainer
- 2003 — Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress
- 2001 — Kamilla Rakhimova, Russian tennis player
- 2000 — Marissa Bode, American actress
- 1998 — Weston McKennie, American soccer player
- 1996 — Kim Se-jeong, South Korean actress and singer
- 1994 — Manon Arcangioli, French tennis player
- 1994 — Ons Jabeur, Tunisian tennis player
- 1993 — Jakub Sokolík, Czech footballer
- 1992 — Bismack Biyombo, Congolese basketball player
- 1992 — Max Collins, American-Filipino actress and model
- 1992 — Gabriela Drăgoi, Romanian gymnast
Deaths
- 2026 — Harald V of Norway (born 1937)
- 2024 — Obi Ndefo, American actor (born 1972)
- 2024 — Steve Silberman, American writer and journalist (born 1957)
- 2020 — Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (born 1976)
- 2017 — Mireille Darc, French actress and model (born 1938)
- 2016 — Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter (born 1950)
- 2016 — Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and manager (born 1934)
- 2015 — Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1932)
- 2015 — Mark Krasniqi, Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (born 1920)
- 2015 — Nelson Shanks, American painter and educator (born 1937)
- 2014 — Glenn Cornick, English bass guitarist (born 1947)
- 2014 — Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (born 1956)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Alexander of Constantinople
- Christian feast day: Augustine of Hippo
- Christian feast day: Edmund Arrowsmith
- Christian feast day: Florentina
- Christian feast day: Hermes
- Christian feast day: Joaquina Vedruna de Mas
- Christian feast day: Moses the Black
- Christian feast day: August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- National Grandparents Day (Mexico)
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